Microsoft announced yesterday that it has updated its Power Map Preview functionality on Excel to allow for easier visualization of data that was entered by either address, or by latitude and longitude. Check out more info and a video after the break.
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By: The Male Cheerleader Sure, many of us have smart phones with built in navigation, but those can use data and also stop navigating every time you get a call or text. Magellan is still kicking, and is coming up with a new line of navigation aids. The one pictured above also sports a wireless back up assist camera to boot! Read about it more past the break.
By: The Male Cheerleader There is a growing consensus that online shopping may actually use less fuel than shopping locally, because delivery trucks tend to run routes that are far more efficient than you, and I travelling from store to store. However, there is a new idea that could change how we get our online orders, so click past the break to learn more.
By: The Male Cheerleader I have had my Windows Phone for 5 days now and I have to admit that I am blown away by the mapping software offered in the handset. Read past the break to learn more about the different offerings Nokia has on its WP8 handsets.
By: The Male Cheerleader Read more about the about cartogram sequence and watch and animation by hitting the source link below!
[via http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/amislove/twittermood/] By: The Male Cheerleader Have you ever wanted to look up the health of that stream right before you jump in? How about look at how healthy a river is you just caught a fish out of, before you eat it? Now the EPA has created an App that can tell you.
By: The Male Cheerleader There is nothing better than a fun way, and interactive way to look at data on a map. Atlas by Collins is an iOS app that I wish was available on Kindle Fire because it looks pretty dang amazing. It is a bit on the pricier end at $9.99, but that may be a small price to pay just to learn a little bit more about the world.
Combined heat and power technology is moving along as an important niche filler in the quest to make better use of our resources. Instead of generating electricity off site and using the grid to get it to your furnace to then create heat, it does both, create energy and heat all in one unit.
By: The Male Cheerleader The Old Weather Project used a form of crowd sourcing done by scientist when a job may seem too daunting to do on their own time. Read past to break to find out exactly what this video is showing you.
By: The Male Cheerleader Wikipedia is full of information, and many of it has geographic coordinates associated with it. Read past the break to find out who is plotting all this data and find out how to get access to such a wonderful interactive map.
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