28 posts tagged People's Map

On May 10th, Pangea Day will bring the world together through film and music. It will be the first global campfire ever. Several major cities (Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro) will interact in a 4-hour long live videoconference that will be streamed on the Internet, on mobile phones, and on TV channels so that the whole world can see it.

GPS Review: Probably one of the most discussed threads this week was about the new Tomom 7.20 maps (as well as the corresponding 805 maps for the 730/930 devices). In that thread we talk a bit about how the Latest Map Guarantee button frequently doesn’t seem to work properly but people who call

It’s really pathetic how people keep bringing up American history, as it’s not only history, but also a lame excuse. The US isn’t the only one objecting to China’s human rights violations, and today an unspeakable amount of Americans do realize that the way early settlers treated natives was anything but proper.

Last weekend I went to the Barcamp Leipzig. Location, weather and the attending people were brilliant, so it was a weekend well spent. Barcamps are also called “unconferences”, as they are conferences without a plan. There is no predefined schedule, instead, anybody from the audience can declare to give a talk or host a session on any topic they fancy.

Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans The tool - for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change - is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be able to see the underwater topography, called bathymetry; search for particular spots or attractions; and navigate through the digital environment by zooming and panning.

There are days when the delicate equilibrium of my usual sparkling good nature fails a bit, and I have myself a little bout o’ the moody. It’s not necessarily anybody’s fault, but sometimes it is, and you better bet those bodies responsible are festooned with chest-hair and dangly bits.

To understand how the organization is organized to deliver its products and/or services (i.e., function-based or process-based ) and relate the organizational structure to the high-level business proc...

Sahara Desert AfricaSahara desert image courtesy: z.about.com The cradle of human evolution The largest desert in the world that occupies half the area of the Great African Continent, in area it equals the US and larger than continent of Australia.

Christian Nold thinks we should pay more attention to how our environment shapes our emotional and physiological states. His work with Bio Mapping—which measures people’s responses to their environment and connects those feelings to their physical location—suggests that a map of emotional landscapes

Cool Thanks chey for pointing out I had the wrong map now all my friends can add themselves to mine hopefully Please take into consideration that I am not perfect friends and other people as I am blind I do get most stuff right. Thanks for taking the extra time to help me fix [...]