06 January 2006

Web-Based SVG Map System : http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/gis/techgis_001pf.htm Via http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/

"the Information Visualization community platform" : http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php/Main_Page

Golden rules for concept mapping : http://www.missouri.edu/~ryh352/gpc/cmap/cmap.htm ..Illustrated !!

"Maps as social constructions: power, communication and visualization " : http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/arn/pihg/2001/00000025/00000002/art00004

What is a Knowledge Representation? : http://groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/ftp/psz/k-rep.html Logical, Philosophical, and Computational Foundations; http://www.jfsowa.com/krbook/

"Infographics: What They Are And How To Make Them Effective" : http://www.masterviews.com/2005/12/26/infographics_what_they_are_and.htm

What do Sketches say about Thinking? Pictorial and Verbal Tools : http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~skubic/SketchSem/tversky.ppt (File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint 97) View as HTML

Images of various visualizations built with the prefuse toolkit : http://vw.indiana.edu/ivsi2004/jherr/

Google API tutorial : http://www.daweidesigns.com/map.php

Literature Map : http://literature-map.com/william+shakespeare.html

Make your own digital map online : http://www.planiglobe.com/omc_set.html

The Inglehart Vals Map visualizes the strong correlation of values in different cultures : http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/statistics/some_findings.html

"Navigating time" : http://thinkingandmaking.com/entries/38 (maps make better interfaces?)

Cartographic Curiosities : http://www.barron.co.uk/?pgid=42

The 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY : http://lazarus.elte.hu/~zoltorok/ichc/ichc2005.htm Final Report

Why Do You Have So Many Pictures of Road Signs? : http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/

(The view changes, the facts remain) Palestine: the forgotten reality : http://mondediplo.com/2006/01/02palestine - the core problems remain: the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem are still occupied territories, Israel remains an occupying power, and the creation of a Palestinian state remains the key to peace. (?)

"Turin is to uncover the world's oldest surviving map as part of the rich programme of cultural events accompanying February's Winter Olympics ." : http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-01-05_2278607.html

MYSTERY MAP CONTEST example : http://www.3drender.com/jbirn/Invasion/BehindTheScenes.html

The City Tie (designed using accurate plans of the world's most renowned cities) : http://www.citytie.com/ 'gentlemen with discriminating taste will appreciate the subtle urban patterns of this distinguished collection.'

"The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
"Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other." - Mary Caroline Richards
“A man's homeland is where ever he prospers.” - Aristophanes
"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." - Lawrence J. Peter
"He who cannot draw from 3,000 years is living from hand to mouth." - J.W. v. Goethe (1749-1832)
"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." - T. E. Lawrence in Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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