
Rowan Geospatial Research Lab A "super-earth" spotted (only) 40 light years from us.
arstechnica.com
The latest exoplanet find is hot and heavy, but probably has liquid water, and resides close enough to Earth that we're likely to be able to characterize its atmosphere using existing observatories.

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Demolition work begins on Riverfront State Prison in Camden. (thanks @NewUrbanism)
www.courierpostonline.com
In a slow, arching sweep,the open jaws of an excavator ripped through the door of a loading dock at Riverfront State Prison on Wednesday.

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab 2011 Audi A8 to feature Google Earth. (thanks @entchev)
www.autoblog.com
Among the myriad of technological features coming to the 2011 Audi A8, its revised Multi Media Interface system, complete with the new "MMI touch" feature, will also include the first application of Google ...

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab New projection developed, similar to Fuller's dymaxion. (thanks @atogle)
www.newscientist.com
A new technique for translating the surface of the globe into flat maps provides many different ways to look at the world

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Check out the FortiusOne blog for new features and ideas from the people behind @geocommons.
blog.fortiusone.com
FortiusOne provides next-generation intelligent mapping solutions. We tell stories with intelligent maps, enabling people to find, create, and share geographic knowledge for learning, decision making, and problem solving.

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Google is beefing up its spatial data offerings.
www.washingtonpost.com
The battle for the hearts and minds of geo developers creating map-based apps is on. Last month, Twitter turned on its geo API , and services like SimpleGeo and the GeoAPI are offering to do a lot of the heavy lifting for startups that want to create cool geo apps. Not to sit on the sidelines,...

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab The Census is looking for a GIS specialist in its Philadelphia office.
jobview.usajobs.gov
USAJOBS is the official job site of the US Federal Government.It's your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Don't support subsidizing rail? Roads are subsidized too, ya know.
t4america.org
Critics of public transportation often cling to the canard that government should not subsidize a transportation option that cannot pay for itself. These naysayers reference “self-sustaining” roads and highways, which receive funding from user-fees – in this case, the federal gas tax.

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Images from the Principality of Sealand. (They're on Facebook, too.)
www.bobleroi.co.uk
Sealand the Roughs Naval Tower 7 miles off the Suffolk the aftermath of the fire more pictures

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Watch how Walmart has spread across the US.
projects.flowingdata.com
Over the weekend, I mapped the spread of Walmart using Modest Maps. It starts slow and then spreads like wildfire in the southeast and makes its way towards the west coast. Read more...

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Information about the upcoming Google Maps oblique imagery update.
www.spatiallyadjusted.com
When people always asked me, what did I like about Bing Maps, it was always the Bird’s Eye View. It was something that Google didn’t have in their map API and it really was useful since a top down view doesn’t always tell the full story. ...

Rowan Geospatial Research Lab Mapping the Geography of Wikipedia Content
zerogeography.blogspot.com
The following maps represent the first stage of a project I am embarking on to map out some of the spatial contours of Wikipedia. Data were obtained from the August 2009 Wikipedia geodata dump organised by user Kolossos. ...

www.theonion.com
In violation of non-proliferation agreements, the little nation has developed an itsy bitsy arsenal of destruction.

























