KSU Geography Club

02/26/2017

Cartography + Capitalism

The author John Steinbeck once remarked that "maps are not reality at all—they can be tyrants."Take road maps, for example. These maps aren't just designed to provide geographic and navigational information. Since the early 1900s, road maps have been designed to advance capitalism, promoting the ven...

11/30/2016

The next time your in Boston, gotta check this place out! Puts all other globes to shame!

https://youtu.be/avKlU9nrjEA

The only place to stand at the center of the world and look into the past - Subscribe for new videos every Thurs http://bit.ly/1PcJ14b https://facebook.com/a...

11/16/2016

Happy GIS Day!!!!!!!! Come to Burnt Hickory Brewery tonight at 6:30pm for the Annual KSU GIS Day Celebration!

08/10/2016

This is great opportunity to earn some serious $$$. Students should definitely check it out!

Esri's Global Content Challenge is open to undergraduate or graduate students at colleges or universities, as well as high school students enrolled in an Advanced Placement Human Geography or Environmental Science course. Get creative by using Esri's land, ocean, and population premium content libra...

07/26/2016

An interesting article about how breakthroughs in the field of mapmaking are typically accompanied by some sort of conflict, controversy or attempt to repudiate one’s scientific forbears.

A new book shows that mapmaking, from today’s Google Earth and GPS navigation to Ptolemy in the second century, has always been a quarrelsome science.

07/15/2016

This is the award winning web map made by Andrew Bell! Great job!

07/14/2016

Congratulations Jake Gresham and Andrew Bell!!!! Great job guys!

Georgia URISA is pleased to announce the following winners of the 2016 Online Student Map Competition: 1st Place: Jacob L. Gresham, Kennesaw State University (Adviser: Tim Poe) 2nd Place: Andrew Be…

07/07/2016

http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/06/browse-more-than-1000-national-park-maps-all-in-one-place/486002/

A park ranger is diligently uploading these free cartographic resources for the enjoyment and convenience of all.

07/07/2016

An interesting map looking at walk times between transit stops. What happens when your station is closed? Could mean you have a 10-20 minute walk.

06/06/2016

If you grew up thinking Greenland was bigger than India, or that Alaska was the size of Brazil, you probably learned geography from a Mercator map. Originally created in the 16th century for sailors, the immensely popular Mercator map eventually made its way into 20th century elementary schools, where, for decades, it left all of us confused about the relative sizes of countries around the world.
Fortunately, if you’re still befuddled by the sizes of our planet’s land masses, there’s now a simple way to rectify that. WIRED reports that a new web app called The True Size Of, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice, makes it easy to see how big different countries are and lets you compare them to their distorted representation on the Mercator projection.
- See more at: http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=81047 .qoBRTyld.dpuf

The Size Of lets you compare the relative sizes of different nations.

06/02/2016

This is a great article for those of you who are new the GIS field or have just graduated. Just knowing how to create a pretty map is quickly becoming a widely accessible skill set in the business world. Hell, even non-GIS folks can place locations on a Google Map these days. If you want to move up quickly into those positions that pay well, are engaging, and position to be a leader, then learn a programming language. Python, SQL, Javascript.... Apply it to as much as you can! You will find that instead of you searching for jobs, they will begin to come your way.

GIS data is growing, here’s how to keep up… There’s more and more GIS data every day. Every hour and every minute. And there will be more spatial data in the future. Much more. And here’s what’s interesting: you can still access most of it using SQL. There’s no other tool that powerful. Yet it is st...

05/20/2016

I know that your reading list is longer than mine, but free books are always welcome. Check out the link below each day for a different selection.

https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning

A new free programming tutorial book every day! Develop new tech skills and knowledge with Packt Publishing’s daily free learning giveaway.