External cognition: how do graphical representations work? (Review) : http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/human-computer-interaction/design-principles/1996-scaife-rogers-external-cognition-graphical-representation/ ((1) computational offloading: graphics reduce the learners’ cognitive load, the “knowledge in the world” needs not to be memorized by the learner, (2) re-representation: graphics represent abstract structures in a way that is easier to comprehend, and (3) graphical constraining: graphics constrain the number of options in problem-solving tasks).

Visual Thinking Networking Promotes Problem Solving Achievement ... : http://www.umassd.edu/cas/biology/longo/problem_solving.pdf.

A cognitive deep openspace for positioning, comparing, merging and morphing our metaphors, models, maps and views1 : http://www.ceptualinstitute.com/uiu_plus/isss98/house-of-eyes.htm

Conceptual Navigation and Multiple Scale Narration in a Knowledge Manifold : http://kmr.nada.kth.se/papers/ConceptualBrowsing/cid_52.pdf

Getting From Point A to Point X : Effective Site Navigation : http://www.searchengineguide.com/claiborne/2005/0603_sc1.html

Astronomical Images: http://www.astrosociety.org/resources/linkimages.html

"Models are always wrong but many of them are useful." - David Gurteen, Knowledge Consultant
"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it." - Bill Bernbach
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." - Albert Einstein(1879-1955) ,Physicist & Nobel Laureate

The Thesaurus of the Database constitutes a new approach to systemize the field of Digital Art and the terms and concepts connected to it : http://virtualart.hu-berlin.de/common/recentWork.do;jsessionid=ADA948B983B647834E88E9477C1471A7

"...they don't actually have all the sizes and formats stored. Instead, they have a system that generates each requested image. The details of size and format are built into the image's URL." : http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html Sample collages : http://www.gertler.com/nat/abusedimages.html

Knowledge Gazer; "World's First Interactive Web Based Knowledge Browser" - http://wdv.com/KnowledgeMapping/original/kmAnimation.html "Knowledge MappingCreates Permanent Value... Done once, it is done for all time.

"Today’s knowledge explosion makes sophisticated, high-powered knowledge mapping an imperative for tomorrow" ; Evidence that the Process of Constructing a Knowledge Map Helps Learners- http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/CRMSE/Fisher_aaas2000.html The understanding of concepts and ideas by the use of diagrams and imagery, known as diagrammatic reasoning, differs in significant ways from understanding via linguistic or algebraic representations.

Maps, Cartography, Standards for Knowledge : http://www.projectn.com/tangents/userpages/knowmaps.html "A rarity in physical mapping, blurred edges are epidemic in Knowledge Mapping."

Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce : http://www.bustpatents.com/

Sacred Geometry : http://www.psyche.com/psyche/links/sacred_geometry.html (including The Golden Mean , also http://www.psyche.com/psyche/links/dimensionality.html, http://www.psyche.com/psyche/links/timelines.html ...etc). many links to resources like the Fibonacci Spiral Generator : http://www.moonstar.com/~nedmay/chromat/fibonaci.htm

"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery-- always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?" - Virginia Woolf

"... the phinest™ information on The Golden Section, Ratio or Mean, The Divine Proportion, The Fibonacci Series(0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ...), and . . . Phi (1.6180339887... ) : http://goldennumber.net/

Geometric Similarity : http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/GeometricSimilarity.html
Tiling : http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Tiling.html

Conferences on Conceptual Structures : http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/conf/iccs
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing : http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622907/description#description

"When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision,then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."— the black poet Audre Lorde (1934-1992)

Project Looking Glass : https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/lg3d-related-technologies.html (3D Java products). Includes xcruiser - 3D file system navigator - GPL http://xcruiser.sourceforge.net/ (displays directories as galaxies).

"Why Not Make Interfaces Better than 3D Reality?" - Ben Shneiderman (2003 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications) : http://www.computer.org/cga/cg2003/pdf/g6012.pdf

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By bringing together the creative, technical and educationalcommunities, (UK-based) NESTA Futurelab is pioneering ways of usingnew technologies to transform the learning experience. : http://www.nestafuturelab.org reflects the latest thinking in interactive media, educational ICT and digital technologies.

Classification of Interactive Map Software : http://eprints.cs.vt.edu:8000/archive/00000669/01/TechReport.pdf (or View as HTML ).

Hacking Resources : http://www.cquis.com/cgi-cquis/index.pl

The Institute of Cartography (Switzerland) : http://www.karto.ethz.ch/links/index_EN

All Maps Welcome Album by Tom McRae : http://www.tommcrae.com/

The "four-legged wooden table "problem is a philosophical straw man where one side stoutly maintains a table is made of wood, while the other side contends it has four legs.

"People are more likely to believe a quote if it is anonymous." - ?

Software Wars Map : http://www.sandstorming.com/dump/index.php?file=./000%20(25).jpg

Oblique Perspective : http://www.directionsmag.com/blog/archives/260-More-on-MSN-Virtual-Earth-An-Oblique-Perspective.html

MSN Virtual Earth, Google Maps: What's all the Fuss? Evolutionary? Revolutionary? Or Just Eye Candy? http://www.directionsmag.com/blog/archives/264-MSN-Virtual-Earth,-Google-Maps-Whats-all-the-Fuss-Evolutionary-Revolutionary-Or-Just-Eye-Candy.html