Exit counselling for the Modern?

Exit counselling for the Modern?

By Kimberly Coulter Environmental destruction has often been fueled by such taken-for-granted tenets of Modernism as “progress,” the imperative of growth, and the nature/society dichotomy. The exhibition “Reset Modernity!” at…
The Topography of Envy

The Topography of Envy

by Wilko Graf von Hardenberg Last week, enthusiastic praise of the new US Geological Survey historic topographic maps viewer topoView has made the rounds of the Internet. The response to…
Maps Mania: Nature’s Mixing Desk

Maps Mania: Nature’s Mixing Desk

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility has recently started to add rich media (sound, images, and video) to their open global biodiversity records. GBIF Soundscape has created a Leaflet map which allows you…
Using the WorldMap Platform

Using the WorldMap Platform

A post over at Profhacker aims to "introduce some online services which are starting to bridge the gap between the capabilities of Google Maps or Google Earth, and the more…