Urban Culture Project presents:

Locate | Navigate - exercises in mapping (part 2)


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Google Earth blog has a good compilation of maps and visuals and articles for understanding the events spacially.
California Fires - Satellite photos, Fire Data in Google Earth

Interactive map of the California fires. statistics and info. so widespread! this is crazy.
:(!!!
I'm so sorry for everyone who has lost there homes or worse...gah cannot

Courtesy of my friend Ken..behold:
STRANGEMAPS
:)

The Day After Peace: Designing Palestine NY Times article regarding The Arc- A vision for Palestine. aerial renderings, slide show, all the yummy mapping of possibilities stuff.:)

Been meaning to post this for a while- this is an artist statement I wrote up for the Cyburbia series:

CYBURBIA: Feedback from the Virtual


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I'm SO supposed to be cleaning and I'm stealing time here while B naps because I HAVE to mention a bit about memory maps! Ok, so Google bought Keyhole which is major. And now we've got an 'annotated memory map' trend starting up. This may seem like just a neat novelty...but I believe we're witnessing the sweet tender green buds of what is to be a ( Read more... )

__carina__ visiting from Germany. Chatting over humus and pitas at my kitchen table...then over to the internet where she showed me pics of the places she just traveled to...the Amber Room of Pushkin Palace in Russia....and a great site with floorplan maps and a virtual tour of The Hermitage. (Course I love the floorplans and navigating).The opulence is just ( Read more... )

Whew, let's see, quick summary: On Sat went to go see my friends'(for this journal let's call em The Pony,The Bunny and The Birdy) singer-songwriter gig at a local coffeehouse, nice atmosphere this place, had myself a chai and relaxed with B taking in the super sounds. Three young children (about 6 yrs old) are Seriously Intently drawing with ( Read more... )