The following is a Findings Report on web map resources that I completed as part of a study of NYC Community Gardens for Pratt’s Map Institute at the New York Public Library Map Division taught by Matt Knutzen. I reviewed the Library of Congress Geography and Map Reading Room website, GeoCommons and OASISNYC as potential … Read more
Presentation to Digital Humanities class at Pratt Institute, covering the history of computing in the field of archaeology and current digital humanities projects.
An excerpt and presentation from an academic paper on archiving digital maps: Archiving digital maps from Noreen Whysel My research examines the historical challenges faced by a local GIS community and its advocacy for improved access and availability of geographic data on local and national levels. I was primarily interested in the data access issues that … Read more
The first round of results of a recent GIS user poll from GeoSprocket, asking about GIS tool used and frequency of use, are available: Bill Morris surveyed GIS users via several feeds including a Vermont GIS listserv, ESRI and O’Reilly conference hashtags and the author’s social media accounts. An interesting survey, but difficult to get … Read more
Now that I have been accepted into the Pratt Institute Masters of Library and Information Science program, I have started a journey to document the convergence between two of my favorite disciplines, Geographic Information Systems and Information Architecture. In the past few months, I’ve noticed an explosion of conferences and meetups addressing the geolocational aspects … Read more
Imagine if the most graphic and expressive artifacts from one of the most historic events in New York City lay rolled in tubes in a dusty corner. What if millions of bytes of geographic data, produced through an unprecedented, community collaboration, were dispersed, disconnected and hidden from public view? If you had the opportunity to … Read more
The NYC GeoSymposium: 2001-2011-2021 held on November 16, 2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks by examining the response of the NYC GIS community regarding mobilization of geospatial resources after the event, evolution of procedures, data and technologies since the event, and exploring unmet needs for improved emergency planning and response, as … Read more
I just finished reading Roadmap for the Digital City: Achieving New York City’s Digital Future (PDF 2.17MB). A glaring economic concern struck me, which the report acknowledges but does not address adequately, despite devoting several pages to it, and that is the issue of access by underserved populations. Solutions offered by the plan include noble … Read more
Over the next couple of days I am going to post summaries of Internet Week sessions that I attended last month. Here is the first, a panel on open government in NYC: In June, I attended a panel on Open Goverment in NYC, hosted by Time Warner as part of Internet Week NYC. I joined … Read more
I appear to be a late joiner to Google+, if the list of people in my contact’s circles are any indication. It appears to have pulled my info from LinkedIn and has features of Facebook and a very interesting what if discussion among designers going on. I expect it will be a similar experience to … Read more