U.S. Census data are used to create this web map showing factory farms in the U.S. In the image above you can see where hog farming is prevalent. The site gives loads of information on how these farms - chickens, cattle and pigs - impact our environment, our food security, the affects on the animals and on our health.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Factory Farm Web Map for the U.S.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
The President's Speech and Thoughts on Paying for Innovation #SOTU
President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night had several aspects that should be of interest to educators, scientists and technologists. Readers of this blog, most typically GIS and geospatial specialists, should take heart in some of the ideas brought forward by the President. Though Obama stressed innovation in fuel and medical technologies, and I will not hypothesize on what Winning the Future might mean, I argue that strength in all areas of technology and innovation will be critical for the nation's future on the global front.
We'll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology - an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.
That's what Americans have done for over 200 years: reinvented ourselves. And to spur on more success stories like the Allen Brothers, we've begun to reinvent our energy policy. We're not just handing out money. We're issuing a challenge. We're telling America's scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best minds in their fields, and focus on the hardest problems in clean energy, we'll fund the Apollo projects of our time.We need to get behind this innovation. And to help pay for it, I'm asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own. So instead of subsidizing yesterday's energy, let's invest in tomorrow's.
We have to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
FedEx and Cartograms
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Can You (Really) Map on an iPad?
I wanted to find out whether anyone has figured out how to use an iPad to map with. I tried out an iPad (with 3G) a couple of months ago and used the Google Earth app, Google Maps app and ESRI's GIS app. With plenty of nearby cell service, I could find myself pretty accurately. Great! But I could not for the life of me figure out how to save a location and, thus, create a KML.
I put the question to a list that I'm on plus I sent out a call on Twitter. Because I think information like this should be freed from the lock-box of email threads and Twitter streams, I am compiling my findings here. I should also say that I am a known skeptic when it comes to the iPad. My research was out of self-interest as I am writing a paper on using tablet PCs in field-based classes and I wanted to talk about alternative mapping technologies. (The geologist in the photo is using a Toughbook, just to confuse you/get your attention.) The reviewers of our paper did not believe me and my collaborators when we said that iPads were not a viable mapping option. What do you think? My question:Dear NY GIS-users list:I am collecting information on whether anyone has tried to use an iPad for data collection. Whether you tried and failed or tried and found success, I am most interested in use of the iPad for mapping. Can it be used for collecting and saving points, lines and polygons? Or if you do Google: placemarks, paths, and polygons? Using the iPad's 3G capability, one can get a fairly accurate location when using ESRI's mapping app or Google Maps or Earth, but can one actually map location and saving and share as a shapefile or KML?Many thanks,
Meg Stewart Geospatial Instructional Technologist_______Meg, The android operating system has similar capabilities.
See also http://www.seeclickfix.com/citizens Brgds,
Susan
_______Hi Meg,I saw your question on the list serv and thought you might be interested in an app that we have developed, MobileRecon. Attached are two PDFs with additional info [Note: just look at the link]. There are actually new features in addition to what is in the brochures, so, if you're interested, let me know and I can detail those for you. While MobileRecon is built for iPhone, we have a version in the works for iPad that takes advantage of its larger surface area. http://navagis.com/Mobile_Recon.phpBest, Jay
________This summers On the Cutting Edge GIS and Remote Sensing workshop had a number of us exploring this. On one field day we had a mix of iPads, Toughbooks and Tablets running ArcPad, ArcMap and other software. Still working out best methods for mapping directly on the iPad, but a consensus was that this had real promise. I'll be exploring more this spring. We looked at using ESRI Arc on iPad, GoogleEarth and GoogleMaps and MotionX GPS HD. Key points were,-need cellular service to access imagery/servers in the field
-GPS was quite good in most cases (we were working in "good" environments)
-screen visibility was good, and in many cases much better than tablets
-iPad will not hold up like Toughbook, but does not cost $5000 either
-ziplock bag worked well to "weatherproof" iPad
-stylus needed to draw accuratelyI'm currently testing BlueSLR app & hardware that links iPad and digital camera to encode GPS data in the EXIF data of digital photos. Be really interested in hearing what others have to say on this.Cheers,Dave
_______Via Twitter
@TheSteve0 @meg_stewart the browser would let you do it with something like openlayers - but not potlach2 since that is flash #GIS#ipad
Monday, January 17, 2011
Restored Map From 1770
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Final Day of the Google Earth GSA Penrose #GEPenrose
From this past week of GSA Penrose Google Earth talks and posters, my head is swimming with ideas. There were people here from all areas of expertise and from very different backgrounds. Most were geology professors, but there were some of us who are geospatial and/or educational technologists. There were course designers, academic press reps, and folks from funding agencies. I think there was so much enthusiasm at this conference that I do not believe this is the end of the conversation. It is the beginning.
Again, I will just copy in the tweets from the day. The links give a good overview of what we heard.
2011-01-09 03:52:53 I'm in this #gigapan image! But the shirt I'm wearing makes it too easy to pick me out at #GEPenrose... http://gigapan.org/gigapans/68275/ Really inspired by #GEPenrose... want to work on developing some new GE exercises to try out this semester. Too bad classes start on Monday! Now moved from #GEPenrose to @michibusch 's place. And that's a wrap for #GEPenrose! Possibilities for publishing KML data: http://www.pangaea.de, http://www.elsevier.com now also accepts KML files! #GEPenrose Want to suggest some features for Google Earth? http://goo.gl/vJk7v You know you do. #GEPenrose Final session at #GEPenrose Virtual Globes in Geosciences in Journal of Computers &Geosciences http://goo.gl/3ZnQg Hope this links works. #GEPenrose Google Earth KML archive via John Bailey (will grow) http://www.snap.uaf.edu/earth/KMLarchive/index.html #GEPenrose #GEPenrose wrap-up session. Talking about publications. DigitalPlanet wants to help you get virtual geology to ur students. http://www.digitalplanet.org/DigitalPlanet/Get_involved.html #GEPenrose Or get a grant and some grad students and use a 3D scanner - NextEngine for $3000 #GEPenrose Bring the hand samples out of drawers and share In SketchUp create a rough model that mimics the hand sample shape. Drape the photos over the sides. Not that easy to do. #GEPenrose 2/2 Creating a virtual specimen Take 6 pics of a hand sample in the X, -X, Y, -Y, Z, & –Z directions. Bring those into SketchUp. #GEPenrose 1/2 'I've built a virtual hand specimen model that you can split with a virtual hammer' Declan gets appreciative 'oohs' from audience #GEPenrose How do students know what to 'see' when looking at visualizations and images? #GePenrose Declan: As faculty members or technologists, it becomes increasingly harder to remember what it was like to be a novice. #GePenrose RT @meg_stewart: "NSF is like an investment banker"-- and think long term /strategically.#GEPenrose #edtech Wrapping up #GEPenrose this morning. Oodles of great ideas - dig thru the #GEPenrose hashtag posts esp. those by @meg_stewart & @trevesy. First talk of the last day of conference: @pffli on NSF perspectives on research and education #GEPenrose
@guertin I'm in this #gigapan image! But the shirt I'm wearing makes it too easy to pick me out at #GEPenrose... http://gigapan.org/gigapans/68275/
2011-01-08 21:26:50
@guertin Really inspired by #GEPenrose... want to work on developing some new GE exercises to try out this semester. Too bad classes start on Monday!
2011-01-08 20:59:56
@thetaph1 Now moved from #GEPenrose to @michibusch 's place.
2011-01-08 19:52:41
@rschott And that's a wrap for #GEPenrose!
2011-01-08 19:47:02
@thetaph1 Possibilities for publishing KML data: http://www.pangaea.de, http://www.elsevier.com now also accepts KML files! #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 19:44:27
@meg_stewart Want to suggest some features for Google Earth? http://goo.gl/vJk7v You know you do. #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 19:43:32
@thetaph1 Final session at #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 19:41:25
@meg_stewart Virtual Globes in Geosciences in Journal of Computers & Geosciences http://goo.gl/3ZnQg Hope this links works. #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 19:29:07
@meg_stewart Google Earth KML archive via John Bailey (will grow) http://www.snap.uaf.edu/earth/KMLarchive/index.html #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 19:16:02
@meg_stewart #GEPenrose wrap-up session. Talking about publications.
2011-01-08 18:47:10
@meg_stewart DigitalPlanet wants to help you get virtual geology to ur students. http://www.digitalplanet.org/DigitalPlanet/Get_involved.html #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 18:41:42
@meg_stewart Or get a grant and some grad students and use a 3D scanner - NextEngine for $3000 #GEPenrose Bring the hand samples out of drawers and share
2011-01-08 18:40:23
@meg_stewart In SketchUp create a rough model that mimics the hand sample shape. Drape the photos over the sides. Not that easy to do. #GEPenrose 2/2
2011-01-08 18:39:12
@meg_stewart Creating a virtual specimen Take 6 pics of a hand sample in the X, -X, Y, -Y, Z, & -Z directions. Bring those into SketchUp. #GEPenrose 1/2
2011-01-08 18:35:32
@Trevesy 'I've built a virtual hand specimen model that you can split with a virtual hammer' Declan gets appreciative 'oohs' from audience #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 18:18:04
@terraunbound How do students know what to 'see' when looking at visualizations and images? #GePenrose
2011-01-08 18:14:05
@meg_stewart Declan: As faculty members or technologists, it becomes increasingly harder to remember what it was like to be a novice. #GePenrose
2011-01-08 17:57:22
@terraunbound RT @meg_stewart: "NSF is like an investment banker"-- and think long term /strategically. #GEPenrose #edtech
2011-01-08 17:15:10
@rschott Wrapping up #GEPenrose this morning. Oodles of great ideas - dig thru the #GEPenrose hashtag posts esp. those by @meg_stewart & @Trevesy.
2011-01-08 16:51:20
@meg_stewart First talk of the last day of conference: @pffli on NSF perspectives on research and education #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 15:06:57 Taking the Group Photo #GEPenrose http://post.ly/1S4x8 Interested in Prezi as a presentation tool? I combined video editing and Prezi in this talk http://bit.ly/gegbe9 #GEPenrose Day 4 of the GSA Penrose Conference: Just the Tweets #GEPenrose http://post.ly/1S74c
@meg_stewart Taking the Group Photo #GEPenrose http://post.ly/1S4x8
2011-01-08 17:19:40
@Trevesy Interested in Prezi as a presentation tool? I combined video editing and Prezi in this talk http://bit.ly/gegbe9 #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 17:15:26
@meg_stewart Day 4 of the GSA Penrose Conference: Just the Tweets #GEPenrose http://post.ly/1S74c
2011-01-08 01:04:08 RT @pffli: The DeepWater Horizon wreck is modelled in 3-D in Google Earth if you turn on the Buildings layer. #GEPenrose. The #GEPenrose attendees were more than ready to talk to the Googlers http://flic.kr/p/98kcMFhttp://flic.kr/p/98kgb4
@FortBendHouston RT @pffli: The DeepWater Horizon wreck is modelled in 3-D in Google Earth if you turn on the Buildings layer. #GEPenrose.
2011-01-08 01:46:32
@meg_stewart The #GEPenrose attendees were more than ready to talk to the Googlers http://flic.kr/p/98kcMF http://flic.kr/p/98kgb4
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Day 4 of the GSA Penrose Conference: Just the Tweets #GEPenrose
No time to write a full blog post, so I've ported over just the tweets from yesterday's excellent discussions.
2011-01-08 01:10:37 ..Sylvia Earle: "Our goal is to identify areas with potential for Gulf [of Mexico] ecosystem recovery" http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose RT @pffli "Check out Google's LatLong blog for info on new data in..Gulf from @natgeosociety & @usoceangov http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose" ..
@FortBendHouston ..Sylvia Earle: "Our goal is to identify areas with potential for Gulf [of Mexico] ecosystem recovery" http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose
2011-01-08 01:06:57
@FortBendHouston RT @pffli "Check out Google's LatLong blog for info on new data in..Gulf from@natgeosociety & @usoceangov http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose" ..
2011-01-07 22:46:20 My tutorial on how to do a rising block like they are just showing http://bit.ly/gGBykn #GEPenrose I really like Prezi as slideware, gr8 for adding ref links to talks but I don't like the rotated text feature - no purpose #GEPenrose Don Duggan-Haascreating place-based professional development with local teachers #gepenrose RT @cbdawson: Really appreciating the tweets and blog posts from @meg_stewart and others about #GEPenrose Really appreciating the tweets and blog posts from @meg_stewart and others about #GEPenrose Using Prezi is like being flown around on a google earth tour... how's it feel?#GEPenrose Ooo, this is my first experience of a live Prezi presentation. #GEPenrose Ryan: We need to keep these conversations going (develop a community of practice). Tools shouldnt be developed in isolation. #GEPenrose Ryan: Do students really learn with technology and informatics tools and resources? We need authentic assessment #GEPenrose Jeff Ryan: Private sector tools and data systems are becoming the “standards” for geo-information access. That’s GE and ArcGIS #GEPenrose Speaker: Because integration of Google Earth in classrooms is fairly new, more research should be done on learning outcomes. #GEPenrose I like this: "A well written learning objective is a contract between you and the student" #GEPenrose Talk now is about use of Google Earth & assessment. Lecturer uses the Carlton resource of structural geol http://goo.gl/BNpHO #GEPenrose Comment about use of Google Earth in early edu so that by the time students get to college, they can use more advanced features. #GEPenrose Hearing about use of GE to teach middle schoolers geographic literacy & geol and geog skills.http://www.spatialsci.org/ #GEPenrose Sean Askey on spreadsheet mapper bit.ly/gmup1O Good if u have a table with lat longs and want to put data in rich pop up balloons #GEPenrose Have a lot of points w/photos to bring into GE? Use Spreadsheet Mappr. http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_spreadsheet.html #GEPenrose To get lat lon GPS data from placemarks in Google Earth, save them as a .kml file, rename the extension to .xml, import to Excel. #GEPenrose It was a techy discussion so I didn't understand it but Google were there #GEPenrose Day 3 of the GSA Penrose Conference: Using a GigaPan #GEPenrose http://post.ly/1RqjH
@Trevesy My tutorial on how to do a rising block like they are just showinghttp://bit.ly/gGBykn #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:30:57
@Trevesy I really like Prezi as slideware, gr8 for adding ref links to talks but I don't like the rotated text feature - no purpose #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:25:52
@terraunbound Don Duggan-Haas creating place-based professional development with local teachers #gepenrose
2011-01-07 22:24:56
@tedlouie RT @cbdawson: Really appreciating the tweets and blog posts from@meg_stewart and others about #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:21:47
Really appreciating the tweets and blog posts from @meg_stewart and others about #GEPenrose / @cbdawson
2011-01-07 22:18:04
@terraunbound Using Prezi is like being flown around on a google earth tour... how's it feel?#GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:15:38
@meg_stewart Ooo, this is my first experience of a live Prezi presentation. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:09:51
@meg_stewart Ryan: We need to keep these conversations going (develop a community of practice). Tools shouldnt be developed in isolation. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:04:37
@meg_stewart Jeff Ryan: Do students really learn with technology and informatics tools and resources? We need authentic assessment #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 22:03:34
@meg_stewart Jeff Ryan: Private sector tools and data systems are becoming the "standards" for geo-information access. That’s GE and ArcGIS #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:17:15
@meg_stewart Speaker: Because integration of Google Earth in classrooms is fairly new, more research should be done on learning outcomes. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:16:11
@terraunbound I like this: "A well written learning objective is a contract between you and the student" #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:11:44
@meg_stewart Talk now is about use of Google Earth & assessment. Lecturer uses the Carlton resource of structural geol http://goo.gl/BNpHO #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:01:47
@meg_stewart Comment about use of Google Earth in early edu so that by the time students get to college, they can use more advanced features. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:59:56
@meg_stewart Hearing about use of GE to teach middle schoolers geographic literacy & geol and geog skills. http://www.spatialsci.org/ #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:30:17
@Trevesy Sean Askey on spreadsheet mapper bit.ly/gmup1O Good if u have a table with lat longs and want to put data in rich pop up balloons #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:27:50
@meg_stewart Have a lot of points w/photos to bring into GE? Use Spreadsheet Mappr.http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_spreadsheet.html #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:20:54
@pffli To get lat lon GPS data from placemarks in Google Earth, save them as a .kml file, rename the extension to .xml, import to Excel. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:14:37
@Trevesy It was a techy discussion so I didn't understand it but Google were there #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:13:59
@meg_stewart Day 3 of the GSA Penrose Conference: Using a GigaPan #GEPenrosehttp://post.ly/1RqjH
2011-01-07 20:47:49
@AVMaltese @meg_stewart ABSOLUTELY!! We spent lots o time last spring looking thru all sorts of Fed & State sites 4 layers that work well. #GEPenrose
@meg_stewart ABSOLUTELY!! We spent lots o time last spring looking thru all sorts of Fed & State sites 4 layers that work well. #GEPenrose Re poles problem; at a conference that one of the digitial globes (not one of the main ones) had it fixed 4 years ago (cont) #GEPenrose @avmaltese Good to know. Sounds like you know how to find your layers for teaching. Would it be easier to have them in 1 place? #GEPenrose The poles have always been a problem in Google Earth - this is a deep level issue in coding that is a long way from being solved. #GEPenrose Margins project for Google Earth and plate tectonics & geology http://serc.carleton.edu/margins/minilessons/PTLandforms.html #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:12:34
Re poles problem; at a conference that one of the digitial globes (not one of the main ones) had it fixed 4 years ago (cont) #GEPenrose / @Trevesy
2011-01-07 20:42:07
@meg_stewart @AVMaltese Good to know. Sounds like you know how to find your layers for teaching. Would it be easier to have them in 1 place? #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 19:06:23
@pffli The poles have always been a problem in Google Earth - this is a deep level issue in coding that is a long way from being solved. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:39:36
@meg_stewart Margins project for Google Earth and plate tectonics & geologyhttp://serc.carleton.edu/margins/minilessons/PTLandforms.html #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 18:52:33
@tweetingdonal RT @pffli: Check out Google's LatLong blog for information on new data in the Gulf from @natgeosociety and @usoceangov http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose 2011-01-07 20:39:14
@AVMaltese @meg_stewart Haven't used TOC (Tab of Contents?) or the Showcase much - the layers I use R from agencies (i.e., USGS, EPA, etc.) #GEPenrose
@meg_stewart Haven't used TOC (Tab of Contents?) or the Showcase much - the layers I use R from agencies (i.e., USGS, EPA, etc.) #GEPenrose Check out Google's LatLong blog for information on new data in the Gulf from @natgeosociety and @usoceangov http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose @avmaltese @meg_stewart re: alternative to layers is to put it in the Google Earth showcase #GEPenrose Do you use Google Earth to teach with? and do you use Layers? Just wondering. #GEPenrose Dave Mogk: One reason to use GE in the classroom - allows for observation of the unobservable. #GEPenrose the novice sees the representation, the expert sees the thing it represents #GEpenrose Janice Gobert explaining why logging students' actions when working through geological educational materials is critical#GEPenrose Janice Gobert on using visualizations for teaching concepts, esp. geological, presents all information at once. #GEPenrose Google Ocean View, perhaps? RT @kwinkunks Better Google ocean data from... this? http://flic.kr/p/98hkcP #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 18:47:38
@pffli Check out Google's LatLong blog for information on new data in the Gulf from@natgeosociety and @usoceangov http://ht.ly/3A7XG #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:33:49
@Trevesy @AVMaltese @meg_stewart re: alternative to layers is to put it in the Google Earth showcase #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 18:46:52
Do you use Google Earth to teach with? and do you use Layers? Just wondering.#GEPenrose / @meg_stewart
2011-01-07 20:24:20
@meg_stewart Dave Mogk: One reason to use GE in the classroom - allows for observation of the unobservable. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 17:28:53
the novice sees the representation, the expert sees the thing it represents#GEpenrose / @terraunbound
2011-01-07 17:20:37
@Trevesy Janice Gobert explaining why logging students' actions when working through geological educational materials is critical #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 17:19:30
@meg_stewart Janice Gobert on using visualizations for teaching concepts, esp. geological, presents all information at once. #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 20:19:16
@meg_stewart Google Ocean View, perhaps? RT @kwinkunks Better Google ocean data from... this? http://flic.kr/p/98hkcP #GEPenrose
2011-01-07 21:09:04 RT @fofsgigapan: GigaPan of the audience at #GEPenrose http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/68275/
@guertin RT @FOFSgigapan: GigaPan of the audience at #GEPenrose http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/68275/
Friday, January 7, 2011
Day 3 of the GSA Penrose Conference: Using a GigaPan #GEPenrose
Yesterday (Jan 6) was a field trip day at the Penrose conference. Prior to taking off, however, we had an overview of the use and purpose on GigaPan panorama photographs from Ron Schott. You may recall, or at least this is how I first heard of GigaPan shots, the Obama Inauguration panorama photo. That was a GigaPan.
How GigaPan works is you use a digital camera, the higher the zoom number the better, the pixels aren’t as important as the zoom, and a motorized swivel head on a tripod. You set the camera up (using the GigaPan to control your digital camera) so that it takes a certain number of photographs sweeping from one side of the region you wish to pan to the other. This process can be short, say taking nine photos, to quite long, where you are taking hundreds of shots, all semi-overlapping. The photos are then stitched together in some sort of stitching software that blend the multiple images into one seamless panoramic photograph. GigaPan has a stitching software but there are others as well. Once the panorama is complete, you can zoom in very close, and depending on the configuration of the camera you use, you can see amazing detail.
Ron Schott showed a variety of ways he uses GigaPans in his geological teaching. He showed a rock hand sample (maybe fist-sized) that he could zoom in on small feldspar and hornblende crystals. Using these images could be more illuminating than using hand lens. GigaPan technology can be used with not only traditional microscopes but Scanning Electron Microscopes as well.
Use of GigaPan photos in Google Earth is fairly straightforward. In Google Earth under the Layers section and within the Gallery, click on the GigaPan layer and see what is available in the place you’re interested in. When you click on the GigaPan icon in Google Earth, you will fly “into” the panoramic photo and “see” in the spatial direction that the photographer took the GigaPan. Another resource for the GigaPan photos that are geo-located in Google Earth can be within the GigaPan web site. Look for the View in Google Earth link under the photograph. Or search for a place you’d like to look at in more detail.
Use of the GigaPan out in the field was not difficult. You do not necessarily need a fancy DSLR camera to take a pretty good panorama. Some people used their simple point and clicks. If you’re buying a GigaPan set up the motorized swivel head costs about $900 USD, get a digital camera with a large zoom range, buy lots of space on SD cards, and get a sturdy tripod. I hear that the processor on your laptop or desktop computer ought to be pretty souped up also.
Tweets from YESTERDAY
@meg_stewart Meg Stewart
Geology? Yes, folded chert #GEPenrose http://flic.kr/p/98asTR
Geology? Yes, folded chert #GEPenrose http://flic.kr/p/98asTR
— Meg Stewart (@meg_stewart) January 7, 2011
@meg_stewart Meg Stewart
And this is what we saw (and GigaPanned) #GEPenrose http://flic.kr/p/98dzy5
And this is what we saw (and GigaPanned) #GEPenrose http://flic.kr/p/98dzy5
— Meg Stewart (@meg_stewart) January 7, 2011
@pffli Dr. Paul Filmer
The Gigapans we'll b shooting are 180° from the usual - we look @ the roadcut. But u cn also do Gigapan through a microscope or SEMs.
The Gigapans we'll b shooting are 180° from the usual - we look @ the roadcut. But u cn also do Gigapan through a microscope or SEMs.
— Dr. Paul Filmer (@pffli) January 6, 2011
@pffli Dr. Paul Filmer
About 100 Gigapan images from 2006 r still available via GoogleEarth interface. More recent photos r on gigapan.org & u cn go frm thr 2 GE.
About 100 Gigapan images from 2006 r still available via GoogleEarth interface. More recent photos r on gigapan.org & u cn go frm thr 2 GE.
— Dr. Paul Filmer (@pffli) January 6, 2011
@pffli Dr. Paul Filmer
Most interesting yesterday was the concept of layered Google Earth tours - you can _record_ a tour even while another's playing. #GEPenrose
Most interesting yesterday was the concept of layered Google Earth tours - you can _record_ a tour even while another's playing. #GEPenrose
— Dr. Paul Filmer (@pffli) January 6, 2011
@pffli Dr. Paul Filmer
Off to the Marin headlands today to do some test Gigapans of outcrops with some loaner equipment. #GEPenrose
Off to the Marin headlands today to do some test Gigapans of outcrops with some loaner equipment. #GEPenrose
— Dr. Paul Filmer (@pffli) January 6, 2011
@guertin Dr. G
#GigaPan fieldtrip today at #GEPenroseled by @rschott - hoping to snap some beautiful San Francisco gigapans!
#GigaPan fieldtrip today at #GEPenrose led by @rschott - hoping to snap some beautiful San Francisco gigapans!
— Dr. G (@guertin) January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Day 2 of the GSA Penrose Conference #GEPenrose
Today was another full day in Mountain View. I tweeted a lot. I've copied all hastagged tweets in below. I also gave a poster session later in the day (part of the above video) so I was not tweeting during that time. My interactive poster was on work based in the Grenadine Islands that I did last year while on my Fulbright.
Here are today's tweets using the hastag #GEPenrose:
2011-01-05 00:01:09 Tips on Creating a Tour in Google Earth http://post.ly/1RGgP #GEPenrose
@meg_stewart Tips on Creating a Tour in Google Earth http://post.ly/1RGgP #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 23:23:33 GE crashed on the Google guy presenting touring. "Trust me, if it bothers you guys...." Laughter all around.#GEPenrose
@meg_stewart GE crashed on the Google guy presenting touring. "Trust me, if it bothers you guys...." Laughter all around. #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 23:06:25 Making tours in GE, explained by a Googler. Hope folks let him talk. #GEPenrose Python programming is as easy as Lego Mindstorms? OK #GEPenrose
@meg_stewart Making tours in GE, explained by a Googler. Hope folks let him talk. #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 22:46:43
@meg_stewart Python programming is as easy as Lego Mindstorms? OK #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 22:31:08 Wernecke's book: to consider The KML Handbook: Geographic Visualization for the Web #gepenrose Tyler Erickson on Python programming for KML http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pykml #GEPenrose Ken McCaffery discussing getting outcrop-scale digital acquisition (mentioned tablet PCs!) Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) #GEPenrose What is LiDAR video http://youtu.be/dwGT9B4s6Iw #GEPenrose RT @meg_stewart: LiDAR info: http://www.opentopography.org/ Tiered data access 1) KMZ, 2) standard DEMs, 3) Point cloud and custom DEMs... MT @meg_stewart: http://www.opentopography.org/ Tiered data access 1) KMZ, 2) standard DEM, 3) Points & custom DEM #GEPenrose #wishiwasthere Follow @opentopography to hear about#lidar and Google Earth #GEPenrose LiDAR info: http://www.opentopography.org/ Tiered data access 1) KMZ, 2) standard DEMs, 3) Point cloud and custom DEMs #GEPenrose Now Christopher Crosby – LiDAR and Google Earth. OpenTopography project. #GEPenrose more on TEL and 3) involving design team members, 4) usability testing (get real data on usability) via @trevesy #GEPenrose [2/2] From @trevesy: From history of TEL – we need to put the users first 1) guerrilla testing, 2) best practices from reflection [1/2] #GEPenrose Showing how fast to make a Google Earth tour, @trevesy stumps many us. Need more research into how fast/slow to make tours #GEPenrose RT @reventazon: RT @manomarks: The State of Google Geo2010 and beyond, my slides from #GEPenrose: http://goo.gl/Nv8mu Day #2 of the #GEPenrose conference is underway with Richard Treves' keynote. http://bit.ly/gNwppg Keynote @trevesy talking about "User First, All Else Follows" 1st point: Just because we can does it mean we should? #GEPenrose
@terraunbound Wernecke's book: to consider The KML Handbook: Geographic Visualization for the Web #gepenrose
2011-01-05 22:42:37
@meg_stewart Tyler Erickson on Python programming for KML http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pykml #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 18:46:16
@meg_stewart Ken McCaffery discussing getting outcrop-scale digital acquisition (mentioned tablet PCs!) Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 18:41:23
@meg_stewart What is LiDAR video #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 18:36:50
@MikeOlkin RT @meg_stewart: LiDAR info: http://www.opentopography.org/ Tiered data access 1) KMZ, 2) standard DEMs, 3) Point cloud and custom DEMs #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 18:22:22
@kwinkunks MT @meg_stewart: http://www.opentopography.org/ Tiered data access 1) KMZ, 2) standard DEM, 3) Points & custom DEM #GEPenrose #wishiwasthere
2011-01-05 18:21:59
@meg_stewart Follow @OpenTopography to hear about #lidar and Google Earth #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 18:04:45
@meg_stewart LiDAR info: http://www.opentopography.org/ Tiered data access 1) KMZ, 2) standard DEMs, 3) Point cloud and custom DEMs #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 17:59:07
@meg_stewart Now Christopher Crosby – LiDAR and Google Earth. OpenTopography project. #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 17:57:23
@meg_stewart more on TEL and 3) involving design team members, 4) usability testing (get real data on usability) via @Trevesy #GEPenrose [2/2]
2011-01-05 17:55:57
@meg_stewart From @Trevesy: From history of TEL – we need to put the users first 1) guerrilla testing, 2) best practices from reflection [1/2] #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 17:51:18
@meg_stewart Showing how fast to make a Google Earth tour, @Trevesy stumps many us. Need more research into how fast/slow to make tours #GEPenrose
2011-01-05 01:07:40
@wernerc RT @reventazon: RT @ManoMarks: The State of Google Geo 2010 and beyond, my slides from #GEPenrose: http://goo.gl/Nv8mu
2011-01-05 17:22:20
@rschott Day #2 of the #GEPenrose conference is underway with Richard Treves' keynote. http://bit.ly/gNwppg
2011-01-05 17:12:45
@meg_stewart Keynote @Trevesy talking about "User First, All Else Follows" 1st point: Just because we can does it mean we should? #GEPenrose