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Newsletter for Thursday, May 17th, 2012


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Mapping of potential retail outlets is one of the first steps in putting a distribution channel in place while launching a telecommunications brand. This is the second article in a two-part series on utilizing location intelligence to organize and understand information through a geographical perspective, enabling informed decisions about retail marketing. Author Abhishek Bhardwaj, associate consultant for Infosys, uses Bangalore, India as the setting for his analysis.
Users of maps and other visualizations of data want it all. They want both detail and context as they explore small scale (large area) graphics. Technologies to address this challenge have come and gone. The latest one is from researchers at Purdue. Their tool, dubbed PolyZoom, organizes simultaneous, magnified views from a single document, while maintaining their relationship to the whole.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched of the Health System Measurement Project, an extensive performance dashboard that provides data on about 50 U.S. health system measures, in an accessible, data-driven interactive experience. The breakthrough site, ... Continue reading
The Associated Press is leaving other mapping systems and Flash behind with a new HTML based map to be used for its interactive media offerings. Among the tools used are TileMill (to make the map tiles) and Leaflet (for the JavaScript interaction) according to Michelle ... Continue reading
The concern is that the search company dropped the name Persian Gulf from the latest iteration of the online mapping system, Google Maps. Threats of legal action and serious damages have been made by Iranian officials if the name is not added back to the map. While Iranians prefer ... Continue reading
The University of Michigan's Center for Geospatial Medicine will use a $9.8 million federal grant to study Type 2 diabetes in four under-served counties in North Carolina, Mississippi and West Virginia. It focuses on those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health ... Continue reading
EduContribution is a non-profit hoping to link up students with knowhow and non-profits with GIS needs (Directions Magazine coverage). The organization is looking for graduate students for a pilot project that will match them with a non-profit. The student will perform the work as ... Continue reading
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AP Uses TileMill, Leaflet in its New Zoomable Map Platform
The Associated Press is leaving other mapping systems and Flash behind with a new HTML based map to be used for its interactive media offerings. Among the tools used are TileMill (to make the map... Continue reading
Podcast: The Value of Geospatial Companies
How do you put a value on geospatial technology? Does it just come down to revenue and profits? Or intrinsically is it more because critical information is held within the bounds of certain... Continue reading
Iran to Sue Google over Naming of Water Body on Google Maps
The concern is that the search company dropped the name Persian Gulf from the latest iteration of the online mapping system, Google Maps. Threats of legal action and serious damages have been made... Continue reading
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