Here is an Actionscript based mapping framework that was recently released. It too uses the vanrijkom toolset for accessing shapefiles. No projection control though. Via FlowingData.
February 23, 2010
August 18, 2009
I actually have been planning a separate post on circular cartograms for a while now, but need to finish some things up on it (which may take a while). In the meantime, this came across my "desk" and thought I would share. It i...
September 16, 2008
I've been traveling a broad, and two days after returning I caught a cold, so I haven't felt much like posting. But, this was too cool to pass up.
http://www.turningthepages.com/
You can look at Mercator's Atlas :).
July 15, 2010
Interesting list of the Ten Greatests Maps from The Daily Mail, via Flowing Data. Interestingly, Google Earth made the list. "Is Google Good for Geography?" I think I would have liked to see the Hereford mappa Mundi on the...
June 17, 2009
First the good news. I am quite pleased that this blog was referenced by Kelso's Corner, a very enjoyable cartography oriented blog, not once but twice. Unfortunately, the flow map entry on my blog wasn't particularly interesting...
February 18, 2009
Being from Colorado originally, I always get asked if I ski. Well, yes and no. I used to downhill ski, but before I left I tried and really enjoyed cross country skiing. Either way, I still find these interactive maps pretty cool.
*Can't se...
November 05, 2009
Interesting entry from Axis Maps. Whether you agree or disagree with it, Streetview still doesn't resolve the issue of temporality with maps. A streetmap is frozen in the time of when it's data was created. Updating spatial ...
May 17, 2010
I'm currently reading the English translation of Heaven and Earth in the Middle Ages by Semik. One might describe it as an intellectual history of geography during the middle ages. I'm really enjoying it, but only a few chapters ...
August 13, 2009
I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with James Fee on this post. Quick synopsis: He criticizes those who are critical of the Mercator projection used by the majority of mapping services like Google and Bing, and of course th...
September 17, 2008
Getting a head start on a new project that is more cartographic. It will involve mapping migration/flows from Australia to the Northern Territory (probably smaller geographic units than states). I like making maps, and so I'm excited to do some...
August 09, 2010
This is a poorly executed map (the labeling makes me cringe), but it was entertaining nontheless.
December 16, 2009
James Fee brought the Google Visualization API and Google Fusion API to my attention, so I went and checked them out. The video on the Google Fusion intro page is interesting. It is all about putting the power to display information in a...
August 03, 2010
This website was posted on Cartotalk and I thought it looked pretty good: Cartography 2.0. Seems to be a lot of valuable theoritical and some practical guides to cartography.
July 29, 2010
Kelso has posted a link to an interesting article. The gist - "How Google’s open-ended maps are embroiling the
company in some of the world’s touchiest geopolitical disputes." Of course this isn't really anythi...
November 05, 2009
Here is a Javascript library for thematic mapping with Google Maps, via Flowing Data. Haven't tried to use it, but it looks really nice.
February 26, 2009
October 21, 2008
Good demonstration on how to use Representations in ArcGIS to create the ED effect for building footprints...
Link.