Rachel Kornak has launched a new online magazine and web portal to support communications and career development among existing and aspiring geospatial professionals. To learn more, go tohttp://www.geopivot.org/
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Just came across this on Forbes…
Geoffrey Kass at Pearson Embanet pointed me to the Forbes site showing how John Snow’s Map of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak made their list of the best data visualizations of all time… For more information, click on… http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ejig45efge/the-best-data-visualizations-of-all-time-6/
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Spatial Intersects Big Data in the Big Apple!
I recently came across an interesting article by Alan Feuer about spatially-explicit big data and the various ways they are being analyzed, visualized and deployed in New York City to improve everyday lives. Gotohttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/nyregion/mayor-bloombergs-geek-squad.html for more details.
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The New Cartographers
One of my colleagues, Travis Longcore, recently alerted me to this news article explaining how cartography has changed and why more and more people with these modern skill sets will be needed in the coming decades. Go tohttp://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_03_18/caredit.a1300045to learn more!
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