Friday, January 26, 2018

Urgentry

Urgentry is a quick an easy way to display census tract data (1990, 2000, 2010) for Boston. Why only Boston...this should be easy to expand statewide. And, let's use block or at least block groups.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Glacial Retreat 1985 - 2017

NASA offered this nice example from the South Patagonian Icefield - make sure you click-on View Image Comparison to get the best effects.

NASA SEDAC

Who knew that NASA runs SEDAC = the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center. They provide tons of maps, population data, and a fun online Population Estimator.

Friday, January 19, 2018

LiDAR vs Photogrammetry

Drone LiDAR or Photogrammetry? Everything you need to know. is an interesting and useful read. But it misses the point (I think). LiDAR is LIDAR = gives you a DEM, DTM, DSM - whatever you prefer to call it. Photogrammetry gives you orthophotos - which is something entirely different. Unless you are talking about doing SfM from your images.

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Blockchain

I still have no idea how it works, but this video is a nice explanation of what it can do for us:

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018

6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018 includes some fun things, for example Sway and AutoDraw. InsertLearning looks actually useful - basically allows you to create a learning activity by annotating a web page.

Want more ideas? Jennifer Gonzalez annually produces The Teacher's Guide to Tech 2018 that you can purchase for $25.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

The National Climate Assessment (NCA)

The National Climate Assessment (NCA) still exists - at least for now. In-fact, NCA4 Volume 1 - the Climate Science Special Report (CSSR) has just been released.

Start with Why.

Worth 18-minutes listening to Simon Sinek here:

Mapping Electricity in Real-Time

Here are two nice examples:
  1. UK offshore wind electricity generation in real-time.
  2. Global real-time electricity generation map (great to compare different countries).

Monday, January 15, 2018

The Global Map of Accessibility

The Global Map of Accessibility is pretty much self-explanatory.

Digital Humanities

I'm reading the book Using Digital Humanities in the Classroom and here are some of the interesting websites and tools mentioned:

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Story Maps 101

Story Maps 101 is a nice introduction to story mapping:
  • What kinds of stories can you tell with story maps?
  • What kinds of apps are available to help you tell your story?
Each 'kind' includes an example to illustrate the possibilities.

Giovanni

Giovanni is NASA's new web-based tool for accessing and visualizing earth science data. Looks great, but perhaps a bit too complex...have a look at Giovanni: The Bridge Between Data and Science for a nice introduction.