EarthQuake Maps

The USGS has a site to show the current earthquakes report from around the world. It should suprise you how many occur in a given day, with the most being around the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Link for USGS Earthquakes here! Go Straight to the maps with this link!

GISCafe and GISPilot

Thanks to GISCafe for adding GISPilot.com to their links.

Animaniacs - Wakko's America

More Animaniacs singing songs about Geography. This time around, Wakko sings the states in school.

Previous link: Yakko's World!

Flight Into Mariner Valley & Google Mars.

It's time to take a trip to Mars and visit the red, dusty terrain of our neighboring planet. First off, a CGI video from JPI and Arizona State University that takes a trip through the grand canyon of mars, the Mariner Valley. The computer simulation tours the land with a narrative description. (If the embedded video does not play in your browser, click the link below it to go to the main page.)

Link for Flight into Mariner Valley here

Next up is Google Mars, a mapping system like Google Maps with Infared and satellite images of the planet Mars. This program works just like Google Maps and offers the elevations of the images also.

Click here for Google Mars.

Finally, there's a web site with space simulation downloads called Celestia. This free software lets you explore the solar system on your desktop.

Click here for Celestia simulation.

Thanks to Jason Spalding, of emGISt, Inc for the links.

Florida GIS Data Blogspot Link Added.

I want to thank Jason Spalding at emGISt, Inc. (Enterprise Management & Geographical Information System Technologies) down in sunny Florida for his site, http://www.gis-data.blogspot.com/ and his link on that page. If you ever needed to know GIS info about Florida, than http://www.gis-data.blogspot.com/ is the place to stop. He has all the meta data and shapefile links you could want. You can find his link under 'GIS Company Links' in the main menu or on the sidebar under 'Links'. By the way, how many black dots can you count? Cruel, isn't it?

Celebrity Online Mapping,...sort of...

MSN has launched Celebfavorites.com to the delite of stalkers everywhere. They have taken the MSN VirtualEarth and added a celeb playlist, of sorts. Different celebs pick their favorite places, mostly in hometowns, and have little explanations. So, if you would like to know where Anna Kournikova hangs out to party in Miami, Florida, than this is the site for you.

Thanks for Making GIS Sites #1 with MSN Search!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this site #1 with MSN Search for people looking for 'GIS Links.' I can't thank you enough. Now, on to Google and Yahoo search! Also, I added some more GIS sites tonight. They are:

• Huntsville, Alabama GIS
• Scottsdale, Arizona GIS
• Modesto County GIS, California
• Verona Italy GIS
• Baerum, Norway GIS (for our Scandinavian friends!)
• Upson County Georgia GIS
• Paris, France GIS
• British Columbia Mining, Canada GIS
• Reno, Nevada GIS
• Kongsberg, Norway (with English Language Option)
• Los Angeles, California Interior GIS
• Foster City, California GIS

Once again, thanks for you web traffic!

Blogger Problems - New GIS Site - www.gispilot.com

Sorry, but Blogger's up and down again today. If the page has slow or doesn't load right, that's the reason. My new site, www.GISPILOT.COM , is up and running now. It's not final in design yet, but all the links are the same. It's more stable and faster that this site, so be sure to bookmark it when blogger goes down again.

New Missouri Assessor sites added.

I have added 5 assessor sites to Missouri. They are:

• Jefferson County Assessor site
• Greene County Assessor site
• St Francois County Assessor site
• St. Louis City Assessor site
• Kansas City Assessor site

New GIS Links Site - GISPilot.com

There's a new, quicker site for finding the GIS links you need. GISPilot.com is not a blog, so the loading time is faster. The site will categorize the states on text pages instead of drop down boxes, making it easier to use and find the site you need.

Check out GISPilot.com here.

Chinese Turn To Digital Mapping.

From Yahoo India: "More and more people in China are turning to digital navigation maps, which not only prompts drivers when to turn left but also tells them where to fill up their gas tanks. These maps can be accessed from vehicles and mobile phones and are an indicator of the country's future mobile lifestyle. " Read more: Yahoo India Article on Digital Mapping.

Learn Geography with Yakko Warner.

What better way to learn the countries of the world than to have an odd dog-like cartoon sing it? Works for me. Enjoy the countries of the world by Yakko Warner!

Want more Animaniacs? Click here for more Animaniacs!

Put a Globe onto Your Cell Phone!

Wayfinder is a tool to put a digital world into your cell phone. Digital Geography.com has written a review of the product and lets you in on the good and bad of the program. For now, the program remains free, but it looks like upgrades may be needed for a fee in the near future. Integrating a GPS system looks to cost a little $.

Click here for Link to Digital Geography!

FACTMONSTER - INTERACTIVE ATLAS

Factmonster has gathered a ton of information here and put them all in one, easy-to-use website. This site is great for research or just burning time. All the world is easily accessed here through maps and stats. Crossword puzzles and quizzes are thrown in for good measure to test your skills. CLICK HERE FOR FACTMONSTER-ATLAS!

Download the Universe to your computer.

Many consider this one of the best sites for cosmic downloads. There are downloads for the universe you can get for your computer to play with. The Hayden Planetarium is part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Click here for Hayden Planetarium Link.

Mars Atlas

More stellar mapping online with an Atlas of Mars from roving-mouse.com. Not sure who they are, but they have compiled images of the Martian soil for your viewing. After you click on the link, hit anywhere on the image of Mars to the left and it will take you to the images. Crude, but effective.

Click here for Mars Atlas.

Lunar Atlas

Burn some time up with this lunar atlas. Be sure to check out the map catalog and cool pictures of the moon's surface. The website is from the Lunar and Planetary Institute out of Houston, TX. Overall, they have put together a good site with easy navigation.

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO LUNAR ATLAS

Fun with Google Maps-Baseball Geography of the A.L. East.

Google maps is a great way to see some familiar areas with a new perspective. I continue the tour of the A.L. with the East, home of the Yankees and Red Sox. I have already done the A.L. West and Central which can be found here: A.L. WEST LINK A.L. CENTRAL LINK

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-ORIOLE PARK @ CAMDEN YARDS

When the Orioles built Camden Yards in 1992, they not only set a trend in retro-ballparks (Cleveland, Arlington, SafeCo...), they also created one of the best ballparks ever. The grounds are beautiful and there's not a bad seat in the house. Just south is the Ravens Stadium and the Baltimore Harbor is directly east. When Cal Ripken, Jr. broke the consecutive games played record, Camden Yards became an instant shrine.

Click here for Google Map of Camden Yards.

BOSTON RED SOX-FENWAY PARK

The Boston Red Sox. Only the Yankees can compare in having such a rich history. The Red Sox finally brought an end to the Curse of Babe Ruth, who went to the New York Yankees, by winning the World Series in 2004. The Boston Red Sox have fielded some of baseballs greatest players, ranging from Babe Ruth to Roger Clemens. You also can't leave out the Green Monster in left field. On the satellite image, you can see why they had to create the wall to match the road next to it. Fenway is now the oldest park still in use, after Detroit opened their new stadium a couple of years back.

Click here for Wikipedia article on Fenway Park.

Click here for Google Map of Fenway Park.

NEW YORK YANKEES-YANKEE STADIUM

Only the NHL's Montreal Canadians(23) can rival the New York Yankee's (26) in the number of World Championships. There's a little too much history to go over here, but let's just say, the Yankees are world known for winning over the last 100+ years. Ruth, Maris, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Jackson, Jeter... The list goes on. Anyway, check out the confines of the Yankees which is known as the House that Ruth built. The Stadium was the first ballpark to be called a 'stadium' and not field or grounds. However, when you type in Yankees stadium in Google Maps, it takes you to Madison Square Gardens. Odd.

Click here for Google Map of Yankee Stadium.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-TROPICANA FIELD

In 1998, the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays hit the circuit and haven't done much since. While their Flordia pals, the Florida Marlins, have won 2 World Series titles already, the Rays have shown spurts of a good team, but just haven't gotten it together. They play at the Tropicana Field which is a dome. Go figure. The southern most team in the east, and keep in mind there are Boston and New York represented, play in sunny Florida under a dome. The dome is slanted toward the infield and has catwalks running along the inside of the dome, which result in balls bouncing off them. The stadium was started in 1986 to bring a team like the White Sox, or other team with financial woes, to Flordia. All the efforts failed until 1998, when the Rays became the 2nd team in Flordia, after the Marlins.

Click here for Google Map of Tropicana Field.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS-ROGERS CENTRE

Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario was built in 1989 as the SkyDome and ushered in an era of retractable domed stadiums. The stadium has a domed roof that splits open to reveal the field to the elements. The Jumbotron is over 100 ft wide and was the largest of its kind for a decade. Rogers Centre sits below the giant CN Tower, which can be seen in the satellite photo to the right.

Click here for Google Map of Rogers Centre.