Archive for the ‘Cool Ideas and Sites’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Have you ever had one of those “Wow, if I had only known this existed” moments? Well unless you’re a direct mail veteran, a visit to the USPS’s Business 101 section will leave you feeling that way. There you’ll find a ton of handy tips, r...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Another site that I check out when I can is The Map Room. This is a fascinating blog about maps and anything to do with mapping. The author, Jonathan Crowe, has been blogging since 2003. His frequent posts cover an enormous range of topics, from ba...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
As a cartographer, I periodically visit many of the thousands of mapping and geography related websites out there, in order to stay on top of new features and tools. To my surprise, I found a real gem today: The National Geographic Map of the Day....
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
If you have been involved in map creation for any period of time, chances are that you’ve heard of ColorBrewer. Originally created for academics by Cindy Brewer and Mark Hanower, this popular site helps novices and experts alike select optimized co...
[read more] Tags: map color palettes, map color schemes, map color selection, Map Design
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Ever need to find just the right piece of ZIP Code information? Here are a few ZIP Code related resources you may find useful and interesting. Leave a post if you have others to suggest!
Individual 5 Digit ZIP Codes
Map of Single ZIP Code Boundarie...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
ESRI’s Mapping Center is a year old and continues to expand its collection of useful cartographic information. While focusing on ESRI’s ArcGIS, most of the ArcGIS-related tools and suggestions can be applied to non-ArcGIS platforms, and ...
[read more] Tags: Cartography, Map Design, Map Making, Map Style
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
TypeBrewer.org features a great interactive tool to help you design optimized map templates. Rather than just providing a font wizard, the site allows you to explore how topography and font interplay. This way, you learn why map templates work or don...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
This web page offers a fantastic explanation of the different US Census Bureau geographic units - check it out. From smallest (census blocks) to largest (states), you can learn how many of each unit there are, how often they change and more…..
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[read more] Tags: Census Boundaries, census tract maps
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Ever need a quick sense of what state a ZIP Code is in? 5-digit ZIP Code maps of the entire US are impossible to work with, but Maponics has created - for free distribution - some cool 1-digit and 2-digit ZIP Code maps in convenient PDF format. Cli...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Loopt has one of the more interesting geo-based business models: mobile services. Learn more at Loopt’s website and their recent neighborhood press release.
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