Oblate Spheroid » Maps http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress Earth science - real and virtual - and academic life Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:26:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Places and Spaces: Mapping Science http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/07/14/places-and-spaces-mapping-science/ http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/07/14/places-and-spaces-mapping-science/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:32:08 +0000 Peter http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/?p=278 A while ago, I was preparing a post critiquing a map of domains of scientific knowledge based on users’ database searches. The post never made it to completion, but the idea apparently caught on with other people besides just me. Indiana University has a fascinating exhibit with a bazillion maps of domains of scientific knowledge, all made using different methodologies.

Places and Spaces :: Browse Maps.

[BTW: My critiques of the clickstream map (Bollen et al. 2009) were: 1. specialized domains of knowledge that have little to do with each other are lumped (e.g. soil/marine biology); 2. the data do not reveal connections that would be obvious to anyone using the literature, so something must be fishy (e.g. ecology does not link to mathematics); 3. the definition of a "session" might potentially catch two or more users who use a library computer in rapid succession without logging off, or one academic user who is doing multiple separate research projects on distinct topics (e.g. a librarian or a student).]

]]> http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/07/14/places-and-spaces-mapping-science/feed/ 0 A KML-Ready Map with Projections! http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/05/21/a-kml-ready-map-with-projections/ http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/05/21/a-kml-ready-map-with-projections/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 06:19:57 +0000 Peter http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/?p=254 Axis Maps has put together a KML-ready (and shapefile-ready) online map viewer that support several different map projections. Not very flexible in terms of symbols, but the projection ability makes this a nice tool to have in one’s teaching arsenal.

indieprojector.

]]> http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/05/21/a-kml-ready-map-with-projections/feed/ 0 What if the horizon bent the other way? http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/05/01/what-if-the-horizon-bent-the-other-way/ http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/05/01/what-if-the-horizon-bent-the-other-way/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 19:51:12 +0000 Peter http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/?p=244 An interesting map of Manhattan from Schulze and Webb – looks like some sort of inverse cylindrical projection. [Update 12:56 PM: On closer inspection, the buildings obey a different projection scheme than the ground!] In any case, it makes you think about the reasoning that goes into making maps, which is something I try to teach in physical geography. Thanks to Ethan for the tip.

Here & There — a horizonless projection in Manhattan.

]]> http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/05/01/what-if-the-horizon-bent-the-other-way/feed/ 0 Hand Drawn Maps http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/02/05/hand-drawn-maps/ http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/2009/02/05/hand-drawn-maps/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:46:30 +0000 Peter http://faculty.washington.edu/paselkin/wordpress/?p=174 I don’t know which surprises me more: that there is a Hand Drawn Map Association, or that they are having a contest.

this is the Hand Drawn Map Association : accepting submissions of hand drawn maps via postal mail and email.

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