TED is a small non-profit organization that sponsors an annual
conference bringing together people from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment, and
Design. There are other conferences as well, and all sorts of interesting information
and ideas on their website. Many of their speakers are available in clips on the
website; this one is Parag Khanna, described as a "geopolitical expert", talking about
borders and the future of threats, power, and influence in the future. After you've
watched this clip, explore the site. There is lots here.
14 to 21 February, 2010
David Rumsey Map Collection
Blog
The David Rumsey Map Collection has more than 21,000 maps and
map images available online; it is divided into really useful categories, and it would
be easy to spend a lot of time just browsing and reading and enjoying the content. But
click on 'blog' on the top Navigation Bar, and then within the blog, click on "All
Categories" and you'll find even more; one featured section right now has 19th centry
maps made by children; eye-opening.
21 to 28 February, 2010
HiRISE
The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is part of the
Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson. They use data files
from the NASA Ames archives and create amazing Hi-Res imagery. This week's link takes
you to the images from September of 2009, containing more than 1500 images of the
Martian surface. Spend time exploring. You'll discover new things with every click.
28 February to 7 March, 2010
UK Data Portal
The Public, beta launch of the long-awaited online point of
access to UK "government-held non-personal data". It's purpose is to provide a pathway
into the huge collection of government data held by UK governments and agencies. To see
the richness of what's here, click on "Data" and then "List all datasets". On the first
day the site was online there were 3000 datasets, including road injuries, disease
occurence and disease-related deaths, a dataset called "waiting times", and much, much
more.
7 to 14 March, 2010
Maps-In-Time
A very cool "moving map" from the UK National Archives. In
their words, "This unique resource reveals geo-political change in the 20th century.
Move between points on the timeline for a world overview. A particular time or region
can be viewed in more detail by choosing the zoom view. Hotspots also appear on the
maps - click on these for more information about each region and to download further
resources."
14 to 21 March, 2010
Newseum
Select a map -- USA, North America, Asia, Caribbean, Europe,
Middle East, Oceania, or South America. On the map, little yellow dots appear. Mouse
over any of those dots, and you see the front page of one of today's newspapers from
that city. The image is readable as is, but is also zoomable. Even better, you can
show the newspapers in a list instead of a map, or in a "gallery" of front pages, shown
alphabetically. Powerful and fun. All daily general-interest newspapers are invited to
participate; the only ones shown are those that voluntarily submit their front pages for
the newseum.
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