02 June 2006

carto.net link page : http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/links/

What does it take to build a simple SWF (Flash) based vector map viewer? : http://www.wildsong.biz/index.php/SWF_viewer (As opposed to plain html+javascript or java).

This is a color-coded and partially de-obfuscated listing : http://sompost.atspace.org/maps.htm of the JavaScript code for the user interface of Google Maps.

Building and Applying Geographical Information System Grids : http://grids.ucs.indiana.edu/ptliupages/publications/GISGrids_Concurrency_submitted.pdf

What's Up With Knowledge? : http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/audio/podcast2?wid=12&func=viewSubmission&sid=54 (David Weinberger mp3).

Hex Grid benefits;
+ Under the hexagonal system, all points are equidistant, at 1 unit.
+ the constituent points are more densely packed than an equivalent rectangular rendering of roughly the same apparent size
+ many operations of interest to the field of vision can be more successful when dealing with a hexagonal lattice – such as edge detection and shape extraction over images showing complex objects with rounded features
+ they more closely resemble the layout of photo-receptors in the human retina
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CVonline/LOCAL_COPIES/AV0405/MARTIN/Hex.pdf

Google's site: Query Gives Wrong Results for Hyphenated Domains ; "Google's report: 'We've had some issues with our 'site:' operator not returning appropriate results when used with hyphenated domains... so it's quite likely that much of the falloff you've seen is thankfully illusory (requires Webmaster World subscription).

A Metaphysical "Map" of Consciousness/Reality : http://www.kheper.net/integral/diagrams_of_reality.html Via : http://www.kheper.net/integral/universal_and_individual.html

Found : http://www.foundmagazine.com/whatsup/?cat=2 'Magazine'.

'Something new from strands of classic Beatles DNA' : http://sacredcowboy.sensoryresearch.net/mutation/index2.html

"Love what you do (what you're now doing), and you'll become a magnet for all things good." - The Universe
"Since your accomplishments are seldom noticed, and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable. That doesn't mean your job isn't important but..." - Star Trek Personality Quiz
"I used to be lost in the shuffle. Now I just shuffle along with the lost." - ?

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