Flu Outbreak Maps
Here at GISetc we are fighting off the remnants of a cough, and it feels like flu has hit hard this year, affecting several of our friends and family. We turned to these maps from Esri to study this season’s epidemic. The 2013 winter season has seen widespread...Our Spectacular Solar System
Many people say space is the final frontier. With the space shuttle program over, some view the era of exploration is over. It’s not. For the past 50 years we have been sending robotic probes out into the universe and they continue our journey into the great...Global Mining Atlas
Mapperz pointed us to a fascinating global mining atlas. You can scroll across the planet and explore over 10,000 digs and mining projects. Read an excerpt from their article below: “[Mining Atlas is] a nice integration of using Google Earth that allows users to...A Seventh Grader Sets the Map Straight
This is the power of teaching geography to our youth! Learn about a seventh grade boy who caught an error on a map hanging in an exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. excerpt: “On his first trip to the famed museum, Benjamin Lerman Coady detected...