11 October 2006

Realizations of Regular Toroidal Maps : http://journals.cms.math.ca/cgi-bin/vault/public/view/monsoncox6A/body/PDF/monsoncox6A.pdf?file=monsoncox6A#search=%22isometric%20map%20%20hexagons%22 [PDF]

Earthquake Mapping : http://www.andrewlarcombe.co.uk/index.php/quakes with OpenLayers, Mapserver and AJAX . Built by

EMAP Hexagon : ftp://ftp.gap.uidaho.edu/outgoing/emap_hex/EMAP.zip - This downloadable (.zip file) hexagon grid consists of a tessellation of hexagons that cover the conterminous United States.

'Landscape within a landscape' : http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/484568/ the place in the middle of the desert where the Chinese Army has constructed a scale-model replica of the entire region of Aksai Chin (shows everything: rivers, lakes, roads and snow-capped mountains) Via http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/10/wikis_come_to_g.html

http://www.gmapsdirectory.com : THE ? unofficial directory for everything Google Maps

Fractals: an Introduction through Symmetry : PDF or PowerPoint

AntWeb : http://www.antweb.org/google_earth.jsp in Google Earth. Mentioned http://keillor.richmond.edu/blojsom/blog/ats/?permalink=More-Google-Earth-Fun-AntWeb-org.html

Visual search results : http://www.viewfour.com/?event=search&src=WS_HOME&windows=10&mode=standard&query=social%20networking?%3ESocial%20Networking%20at%20ViewFour

Context as a key factor in making content more valuable : Via http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/09/27/contextual_content_distribution_gets_publishers.htm
Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane : http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/crocheting.php

30 questions to elevate your awareness (and literacy) of the greater place in which you live : http://www.kk.org/helpwanted/archives/001084.php

Interesting search : http://images.google.com.au/images?q=the+road+not+taken&start=260&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=N

Trivia : One 150-pound person can be held above water on 6,000 corks.

(Taoism) Navigation : http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/tao_heal/wuwei.html "wander without purpose" - The Wu-Wei Principle

"Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier." - Blore's Razor
"I develop datascopes, not microscopes or telescopes: I create tools for people to see large-scale data sets." - Katy Borner ( http://future.iftf.org/visualization/index.html )
"So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen." - M.C. Escher
"Although war is cruel and brutal, it is also dangerous and stupid." - Yakko Warner
"Asking "how" is pure, unadulterated, low energy, health zapping, fun squeezing, party-pooping doubt." - TU
"You can't have everything, where would you put it?" - Steven Wright

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