The open data movement is for everyone, by everyone. Open data provides a rich source of freely available information to make good decisions and understand the world. The key to this movement is crowd-sourced data – data gathered from a “crowd”. The crowd could be everyone in the world or a local group. It’s exciting […]
Yes, really! An interesting study conducted in 2014 by the Business Insider lists the 11 most normal states in the U.S. This article explains in detail the analysis that went into their ranking, including the indicators that were used for their study. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-average-states-in-america-2014-4#. Try it Yourself! Your state might not be as normal as Illinois […]
When viewing interactive, online maps, we’ve come to expect more details when zoomed in and fewer details when zoomed out. Streets, rivers, landmarks, buildings appear and disappear at different zoom levels. While most are aware that multi-scale maps are essential for navigation, their value for analyzing demographic trends from the world view all the way […]
Steps to making a world cube puzzle: 1. Open up a new map in ArcMap (For a 60 Day ArcMap trial visit http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-desktopState-wide. Site licenses for K-12 are available for certain states. Illinois teachers may apply for an ArcMap license at https://illinoised.maps.arcgis.com/home/) 2. Choose a world basemap (I chose the National Geographic basemap) 3. Change […]