Previous issues: December 2010 - January 2011 - February 2011 - March 2011 - April 2011 - May 2011 - June 2011 - July 2011

News stories

• Google Misplaces The Biggest Mountain in the Continental United States http://t.co/UHVQG1k
• How geospatial technologies are being applied to achieve resilience http://bit.ly/qODeK7
• ArcGIS for home use: an attractive offer http://t.co/8ewc8xj
• Do the GIS Skills and Employment Survey http://ymlp.com/zI2jur
  

• Looking for GIS Projects for students? http://maps-for-change.org connects students with NGO's needing maps
• Mobile phone geolocation data used for law enforcement http://bit.ly/pQC81N
• NASA Satellite Tracks Severity of African Drought http://bit.ly/qtJ3z4
• The role of social media in the UK riots http://t.co/4veQMW6
• UK Tech City ‘More than Doubled in Size’ http://bit.ly/oyYNI8
  

Maps and mapping

• Alternate Crime Mapping Visualisations: http://bit.ly/pk5WAZ
• Broadband map of UK published - http://t.co/2kBHTw7
• Crowdsourcing making Australian biodiversity maps - http://t.co/gVuxFbv
• Geographical Magazine: London’s riots mapped: http://t.co/jQF7D4v
• Great British Picnics Map Search and select picnic sites http://goo.gl/fb/z9GF6
• Linguistic Geography: Interactive Gough Map of Great Britain http://t.co/DwgeyLL
• Live traffic data in Google Maps now available for 13 countries in Europe - http://t.co/FDftvsY
• Map usability texting presentation http://bit.ly/nbQXRk
• The Connected States of America map of how the US is connecting http://bit.ly/o9Sru0
• Twitter Maps and #ukriots http://bit.ly/qMjJUn
• UK riots: every verified incident - interactive map http://t.co/imwRDbz
• Why Crisis Maps Can Be Risky When There's Political Unrest http://t.co/6bifT6Q

Images and geo-media

• Video on history of digital mapping http://t.co/dcvEnkR
• Visualising data in Google Earth: http://bit.ly/rk6aQI
• Where in the World? Amazing Google Earth Puzzle http://t.co/1NCRgAv
• Fires detected by satellites http://goo.gl/WUqol
• Top 10 countries on the internet and what they search for [infographic] http://bit.ly/pAEFmb

Technology, tools, apps and portals

• ArcGIS Online updated http://ow.ly/1e9J8W
• Cartographica – GIS for the Mac Platform – part 1 http://bit.ly/nx63pD
• Cartographica – GIS for the Mac Platform – part 2 http://bit.ly/pUucQT
• Colour brewer for help in choosing colors for maps http://t.co/cAELh2l
• Creating and Giving a Presentation Using ArcGIS Online. http://ow.ly/1dGZ4U
• Embed maps into Web pages: Map Channels v4 http://bit.ly/q9SrEM
• Export to KML from Google Maps http://bit.ly/reXvN4
• Facebook video chat – Facebook has rolled out video chat http://bit.ly/owbOpj
• Fwix: Organizing the World's Information by Location: http://bit.ly/nPiFF1
• Google Earth Basics now updated http://bit.ly/p5qurZ
• How To Share an Online Map within a Blog? http://bit.ly/j02jbx
• How to update all your social networks with Google Plus - http://t.co/cH8O3wB
• Hurricane Weatherman: the World's First Reality Weather Game for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch http://bit.ly/q298N5
• Juxio: Make interactive posters for the classroom! http://bit.ly/lZibhA
• Leaflet: a lightweight javascript library of interactive maps http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/
• Make a map with ArcGIS Online http://ow.ly/1e3cFo
• MapChat - maps as interfaces supporting online synchronous interaction. http://www.mapchat.ca
• Skype in the classroom for teachers/educators http://t.co/nEqlMuS
• The Virtual Water Project app http://virtualwater.eu
• Triptico App and Web Site for interactive resources http://bit.ly/1atSXE
• Twitter launches its own photo posting tool http://tgr.ph/nD6X5p
• UK Met Office Creates Storm Tracker Beta Version http://goo.gl/fb/OCqfR
• Visualising data in Google Earth: http://bit.ly/rk6aQI
• Web 2.0 Curation Tools for the classroom http://bit.ly/q6oNeo
  
  

Data sets and related information

• EarthScope’s new home: EarthScope is an NSF program that, “that deploys thousands of US data gathering instruments http://bit.ly/nClPie
• Geolocation and privacy legislation http://t.co/mTgSW2Y
• Global Datasets from NASA’s Earth Observatory http://goo.gl/fb/6OBqs
• GSDI Newsletters - a treasure trove of info on SDI initiatives worldwide: http://t.co/C6BXAiL
• Live traffic data in Google Maps now available for 13 countries in Europe - http://t.co/FDftvsY
• Sponsored Podcast: ArcGIS for INSPIRE: A Framework for Sharing Spatial Data: http://t.co/CZ2jHlF
• SPOT satellite coverage of Siberia and East areas http://goo.gl/aX2lw
• United Nations Statistics Division - Commodity Trade Statistics Database (COMTRADE) :http://comtrade.un.org/db
• What is most important for field data collection: YouTube video: http://t.co/pPgldmo
• World Bank releasing financial datasets http://t.co/yGByULK
  
  

Education, Learning and Teaching

• Location Based Integration a Major Mobile Learning Trend to Watch For http://ow.ly/5O5Yo
• 32 Interesting Ways to Use an i-Pod Touch in the Classroom: http://ow.ly/5Zvrp
• Digital Storytelling Techniques http://bit.ly/qaN9GX
• Digital Storytelling: telling tales in innovative new ways: The Observer :http://awe.sm/5QZZs
• eLearning standards for the Open Geospatial Community: http://t.co/Imgfihi
• Geovisualisation: What It Means to Think Spatially: http://t.co/IFScGFU
• GIS Wiki: knowledge and information about GIS and Geography http://wiki.gis.com
• Google Earth Tours in education http://bit.ly/pIDpaF
• Information overload - changing our brains http://2020science.org/Ji
• Looking for GIS Projects for students? http://maps-for-change.org connects students with NGO's needing maps
• Mind visualization diagram The Future of Mapping http://dld.bz/ajVQ6
• New video explaining PISA - Measuring student success around the world‏ http://bit.ly/oeEdZc
• Research shows brain does not map space in 3D http://bit.ly/oWcsqL
• Ten digital era truths about Social Media http://lnkd.in/Ss9mBg
• Ten reasons for researchers to use Twitter http://bit.ly/qje5xg
• The Pros and Cons of Using Education Technology http://bit.ly/mUVv0b
• Using the idea of Twitter in teaching Geography http://t.co/FSLapXW
• Why Schools Should Learn To Use Online Services not Ban Them http://t.co/PVvTugi
• World Future Society: brush up on futuring skills. http://t.co/fQo9OVW
  

Curriculum matters (free to download)

• Careers and GI: interview with @dmgeo, world-renowned GIS analyst, philosopher, expert, & futurist http://t.co/ngKgJEf
• Teaching the GeoNews using geotechnologies and the spatial perspective http://t.co/K1VEdiD
• Curriculum for Excellence - Understanding the curriculum http://bit.ly/bhgtvR
• Curriculum for Excellence and the Diderot Effect: http://t.co/1tswDs4
• Geospatial Humanities: Using Location Tech to Rebuild the Past http://t.co/VwnYDO9
• Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See History - NYTimes.com http://t.co/iA1CarH
• Hurricane Weatherman: the World's First Reality Weather Game for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch http://bit.ly/q298N5
• The Virtual Water Project: http://virtualwater.eu
• UK Met Office Creates Storm Tracker Beta Version http://goo.gl/fb/OCqfR

Publications (free to download)

• enviroGRIDS white paper on INSPIRE tools: Quick overview on tools available to publish INSPIRE-compliant services: http://bit.ly/oNnJWr
• Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See History - NYTimes.com http://t.co/iA1CarH
• How Geodemographics Has Changed Over the Past 40 Years: Part One http://t.co/mm1DURj
• Innovation flourishes best not on devices but in social spaces between them, where people & ideas meet & interact as PC era coming to an end http://bbc.in/oH3OET
• New Esri Map Book Volume 26 online - Full of amazing maps http://t.co/p628nRl
• New paper critiques the e-participation discipline – http://t.co/ho3vZQK
• NYTimes: Jack Dangermond (ESRI Chief) On Leadership http://nyti.ms/nOaGfW