The Beat - Instagram Photos and What's Around Them - by the Rutgers Social Media Information Lab About the Beat We use Instagram pictures users added to their map, and combine them with the corresponding Google StreetView location to help explore topics in a new way. Feel free to explore your own beat by putting a new topic in the search box. Privacy This project uses entirely public Instagram information, available from the Instagram API and viewable in various way in many other Instagram applications.Street addresses are only proximate, and the photo location is randomly altered within a small radius. Contact For press inquiries contact Ken Branson at kbranson AT ur.rutgers.edu. Credits This is a project of the Social Media Information Lab (SMIL), at the School of Communications and Information at Rutgers University, led by Mor Naaman. Read more about SMIL at sm.rutgers.edu or The app was built by Jerry Reptak (@JetFault) , Abe Stanway (@abestanway) , and Ian Jennings (@sw1tch). The Beat, Instagram and Your Privacy Protect Your Privacy Protecting Your Privacy on Instagram: A Guide
The Map Room The Map Room is a blog that points to maps, map collections, map-related resources, and material about maps on the web. Anything that fits under that rubric, from medieval mappæ mundi to satellite imagery, and from topo maps to Tolkien, is fair game. Launched in March 2003, The Map Room is aimed at a broad audience. While cartographers and people in the geospatial industry seem to enjoy reading it, it’s meant to be accessible to anyone with nothing more than an interest in maps. Need more information? About the Author I’m Jonathan Crowe, and I’m not a map expert. My training is in European history, but I work as an editor and writer, both online and in the public sector. Ankylose This! My personal site is at mcwetboy.com, where I also have a personal blog. You can also find me on Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed, Gowalla, LibraryThing, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, MetaFilter, OpenStreetMap, Twitter and YouTube. Privacy Information
Domestic Violence: Can your smartphone save your life? Erasing domestic violence with a swipe of the finger? There’s an app for that. From apps to combat cyberstalking and real life domestic abuse, to using existing popular Facebook features, hundreds of volunteer developers contributed their time and talent to create online solutions against domestic violence during a weekend hackathon spanning two continents. The leading cause of injury for women - more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined - domestic violence claims more female victims than any of the main threats to women’s wellbeing in the world. Latin America -and Central America in particular - are no strangers to this issue. To further raise awareness of the challenge posed for the region, the first Domestic Violence hackathon took place across Central America and Washington DC January 26-27. Digital Solutions ‘In Guatemala, violence is a significant problem. A selection of the winning prototypes: A web app to combat cyber stalking, in Washington. What is the Bank doing?
Westmoreland County Tax Maps The Westmoreland County Department of Geographic Information Systems helps Westmoreland County to fulfill a statutory requirement that all taxable property needs to be mapped to aid in the tax assessment process. Using cutting age technology, Westmoreland GIS is able to provide a layout of properties, at and below the surface, both in the past and present. This information is made available in a variety of formats to the paying and public requestors via the GIS Tax Mapping website and a secure file transfer site. New GIS Tax Mapping Site with No Subscription FeesMonday, November 18, 2013, Westmoreland County launched a new GIS Tax Map Parcel Application. Those who pay for subscriber access will no longer be charged for added features beginning on the first of November. The new version of the GIS Tax Map Parcel Application has increased functionality and a subscription will no longer be necessary to search by address or view deeds. Feel free to email any questions, comments or concerns.
Wind Map An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. We've done our best to make this as accurate as possible, but can't make any guarantees about the correctness of the data or our software. Please do not use the map or its data to fly a plane, sail a boat, or fight wildfires :-) If the map is missing or seems slow, we recommend the latest Chrome browser. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind.
Rumsey Historical Map Collection Iran: A Crime on YouTube, an Execution in Public Two young men, Alireza Mafiha and Mohammad Ali Sarvari, were executed by hanging in Tehran, Iran in the early hours of January 20, 2013 before the eyes of public spectators [warning: graphic photos] who had gathered to watch, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Crime and YouTube The hunt for the alleged muggers was given top priority after security camera footage was posted on YouTube towards the end of 2012 showing four youths on two motorbikes who ambushed a pedestrian, threatening him with a knife and taking his belongings. Four men were soon arrested and tried. Over a fistful of dollars Amirhadi from Tehran writes about this photo in his blog [fa]: Look at this photo, it is as if the accused has laid his head on the shoulder of the very agent who is to carry out the [death] sentence. Kill us. Spectator sport Reacting to the news, Dara writes in his blog called [fa] ‘Words from the depth of my heart‘:
Google Street View H. G. Wells Herbert George "H. G." Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946)[3] was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells's earliest specialised training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context.[5] He was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often (but not always, as at the beginning of the First World War) sympathising with pacifist views. Early life[edit] A defining incident of young Wells's life was an accident in 1874 that left him bedridden with a broken leg.[3] To pass the time he started reading books from the local library, brought to him by his father. No longer able to support themselves financially, the family instead sought to place their sons as apprentices in various occupations. Teacher[edit] H. H. He soon entered the Debating Society of the school. During 1888 H. Upon leaving the Normal School of Science, Wells was left without a source of income.