Saturday, November 30, 2013
Don't change the stars yet
This is where I begin to wonder if the person who posted this was simply being intentionally stupid:
Friday, November 29, 2013
Low blow
This isn't very nice...but it can feel this way when on the job search:
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Nevertheless, an English major might be worse:
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Nevertheless, an English major might be worse:
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Thanksgiving's weird
Labels:
aliens,
Blue Sky GIS,
Earth,
Gerbil with a Jetpack,
globe,
Halloween,
Matt Bradshaw,
space,
stars,
Thanksgiving,
UFO
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Maps and paper sizes
The explanation of paper sizes utilizes several maps to explain the relationship between the earth and (European) paper sizes.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
USA pup (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up cartoons involving maps for a few Tuesdays (to offset all those Monday globes).
From "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly"
Monday, November 25, 2013
Struggle over the globe (guest post)
Hello!
Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up historical cartoons
involving the world or globe for the next few Mondays.
This
one's from the United States Library of Congress:
Pease - Has this been "settled in advance" too - c 1939
Sunday, November 24, 2013
GPS Seizure
In 500 feet FREAK OUT!
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
car,
GPS,
navigation,
turn-by-turn
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Pale Blue Dot
A Bad Astronomy blog post reminds that it was Carl Segan Day earlier this month and presents the following comic strip from Zenpencils and video in honor of that event.
Labels:
astronomy,
Blue Sky GIS,
Carl Segan,
Earth,
map animation,
ZenPencils
Friday, November 22, 2013
Can't watch without yawning
TED Talks are fascinating ~15 minute lectures on a huge variety of topics. I've posted some on this blog. The TED outfit has united animators with speakers of some of those topics to create animated shorts about some of the subjects. And some of those have maps. The first is a section on one about yawning that shows a map-like thing on a subway.
The other is a short debunking the anti-vaccination nonsense and starts with the Earth getting a shot.
The other is a short debunking the anti-vaccination nonsense and starts with the Earth getting a shot.
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
map animation,
TED,
vaccination,
yawn
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Norman Rockwell maps
Here's a review in Slate of a book by Deborah Solomon entitled American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell.
Here's some Norman Rockwell paintings that are full of maps entitled:
Here's some Norman Rockwell paintings that are full of maps entitled:
Man Charting Maneuvers |
Adventurers |
Airplane Trip |
Family Home from Vacation |
Labels:
art,
Blue Sky GIS,
Norman Rockwell,
radio,
war,
World War II
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The dark ages before 2005
This person is so very, very lost.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Indira Gandhi (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up cartoons involving maps for a few Tuesdays (to offset all those Monday globes).
From "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly"
Monday, November 18, 2013
Churchill takes over the world (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up historical cartoons involving the world or globe for the next few Mondays.
This one's from the United States Library of Congress:
"Churchill as an octopus" by Nazi propagandist "Seppla" (Josef Plank) between 1935 and 1943
Sunday, November 17, 2013
CDZA accoridion
Here's the innovative, educational, and experimental CDZA presenting a mapulicious history of the accordion as part of their "instrumentals"/"learn an instrument" series. Personally I think the fact that they didn't mention They Might Be Giants is a crime:
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
cdza,
history,
map animation,
music
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Animated Inforgraphic Science
Kurzgesagt YouTube channel has a large-and-growing collection of simple-animation explanations of science concepts. This one explains Climate Change & the Global Conveyor Belt.
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
climate change,
global warming,
gulf stream,
infographic,
map animation,
ocean
Friday, November 15, 2013
Tit for tat
Yesterday was an Aussie's understanding of US geography. Today is a Yankee's understanding of Australian geography:
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Not Oz
We've already seen how some Aussies can be as clueless as Yankees about geography. Here's another example (click on image to make it bigger/more legible):
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The great city of Japan, China
There's probably no end to this sort of geographical ignorance:
Labels:
Blue Sky GIS,
China,
education,
geography,
Japan
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Arkansank (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up cartoons involving maps for a few Tuesdays (to offset all those Monday globes).
From "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly"
Monday, November 11, 2013
Earth Pangs (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up cartoons involving the world or globe for the next few Mondays.
Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle, 26 September 2006 in Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2007 Edition.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
D&D maps as webcomic
Over at Wizards of the Coast, curators of D&D, there's a more-or-less-monthly series of maps of D&D dungeons by Jason Thompson. The detail on them is overwhelming. I'd say more but that'd just get in the way of you going and looking at them. Click on the images to embiggen them.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Infographic attack
In this Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic artist Zach Weiner points out that there is such a thing as too many infographics.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Google Mechanicsburg
It's time we check in with Agatha Heterodyne, aka Girl Genius. This masterpiece of a webcomics serial won so many awards the creators took themselves out of contention just so other artists would have a chance. Creators Phil and Kaja Foglio have utilized maps several times in their webcomic as set pieces, and rather elaborate ones they are too. The storyline has advanced considerably since the last time we posted an installment. Go have a look and get lost in the adventure.
Labels:
3D,
Blue Sky GIS,
Girl Genius,
Phil and Kaja Foglio,
war map,
webcomic
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Underskin
Labels:
biology,
Blue Sky GIS,
infographic,
medical,
physiology,
subway
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The shortest distance between two points is silence (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here.
Here's "Sherman's Lagoon" from the 21 Sept 2013 Ottawa Citizen comics page.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Where indeed (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up cartoons involving maps for a few Tuesdays (to offset all those Monday globes).
From "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly"
Monday, November 4, 2013
Globe Gernade (guest post)
Hello! Guest contributor Amanda Murphyao here. I'm putting up cartoons involving the world or globe for the next few Mondays.
Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2006 in Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2007 Edition.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
She's not talking about the fifty US states (guest post)
Saturday, November 2, 2013
People helping each other (guest post)
Friday, November 1, 2013
Laser cut stop motion
Nando Costa's "The New America" is a fantastic animation made from 800+ laser engraved blocks of maple. There's lovely maps in the first 30 seconds and then again later on.
The New America from Nando Costa on Vimeo.
The New America from Nando Costa on Vimeo.
Labels:
art,
Blue Sky GIS,
laser,
map animation,
Nando Costa,
stop-motion,
USA
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