Thoughts - My Daily Tour of the Internet
What does a map maker view on a daily basis, besides maps, maps and more maps. Well, let me tell you what this map maker likes to check out.
My first view is Astronomy Picture of the Day, known as APOD. Great images of deep space, close space and our own little bitty blue marble, Earth.
My next stop is NASA's Earth Observatory. It always carries an interesting image and story to accompany it. I get inspiration for projects from this site.
I am a news-hound. I like to stay informed on whats going on around the world. My favorite site for news is called WorldNews. It literally covers the entire world. Great source for quick scan of the news. Plus it is from a wide variety of news sources, so you often get differing views.
I check out Planet Geospatial and what is going on in the GIS/Mapping community. James Fee did us all a great service with this must visit site.
I do make it a point to visit the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection. I love to browse their collection of digitized maps. There is always something to discover at this site.
ReliefWeb is a UN sponsered site that gives you information on natural and manmade disasters. It gives in-depth information on situations around the world. Good solid news with an extensive collection of maps in their map room.
There are other sites I enjoy visiting, but that is for another post.
Enjoy!
