15 March 2007

See the Universe of... concepts: climate change , war, bombs, love : http://universe.daylife.com/ (another Jonathon Harris production).

Mapnik (Debian package) : http://mapnik.org/news/ you can start developing web-mapping applications with your favourite framework right away.

System enabling multimodal interaction with a map : http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/martin/ijcai/article.html

Path-finding Code : http://www.gameai.com/software.html

"Tube Map Visualization" Evaluation of a Novel Knowledge Visualization Application for the Transfer of Knowledge in Long-Term Projects.

Mapping the Afghan Experience in the U.S. : http://gis.uta.edu/afghan/ Via

Satellite Map of Jerusalem : http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-maps.htm

An alternative approach to zoomorphic tessellation : http://www.acevedomedia.com/words_essays2.html From Polygons to Polyhedra

(Conference) Interactive Communications and Web 2.0 : http://www.webcom-toronto.com/ Building Smarter Organizations: Tools & Practices (April 10-11-12, 2007)

Pablo Picasso: Cubism - A Revolution of Spatial Presentation in Artistic Expression : http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/40 (with parallels in cartography). Work is also being done to allow a user to "navigate" a subject by "moving" in, out, and around in a "virtual reality" to better understand the subject. Is this much different than what the Cubists did? They too attempted to help the viewer better understand by presenting many perspectives of the subject, rather than presenting one singular perspective.

'Cartography'; a medium that uniquely links art, technology, and history. Via http://www.afriterra.org/

The Philosopher as Joker : http://www.philosophynow.org/archive/articles/25rickman.htm

Lessons of the Last Bubble : http://www.strategy-business.com/press/freearticle/07102

"Most plans are just inaccurate predictions." - Ben Bayol
"One must always be careful not to let one's work be covered with moss." - Marc Chagall
"It may be well to remind ourselves that we cannot go the second mile until we've gone the first."- ?
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly; but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying anyway." - Mary Kay Ash
"The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." - Ivy Baker-Priest