NPR WNYC Brian Lehrer Show Interview and Penn State's Geospatial Revolution Project

Penn State, along with their online masters program, has a great new video on the Geospatial Revolution, which in direct opposition to Gil Scott Heron, will be televised or at least on youtube.


Here's the link (http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2010/sep/09/map-your-moves-data-visualization-challenge/) to the segment I was on and below is the audio.

Brian Lehrer Show tomorrow

Tomorrow I'll be on a segment for the Brian Lehrer Show on a graphic visualization of moves of New Yorkers surveyed online.

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/blogs/scrapbook/2010/aug/18/map-your-moves-data-visualization-challenge-submissions/

Arcade Fire - Google Maps - Geocoding Music Video

The Arcade Fire: 'We Used to Wait'

The Arcade Fire and Chris Milk have created an interactive music video that requires you to input your home address and creates a custom music video showing aerial photography and streetview.

Solar Power Plane Flies 26 Hours

“When you took off it was another era,” The Associated Press quoted Mr. Piccard as saying. “You land in a new era where people understand that with renewable energy you can do impossible things.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/europe/09plane.html

NYC MTA Delay Notification System

"On the morning of June 29, 2010 there were multiple disruptions in service including a fire and smoke conditions, track circuit failure, brakes in emergency, and sick customers at various locations, which caused massive service delays..."

If you're like me and find that the MTA's Subway service is increasingly bad and if you ever need verification about your lateness isn't your fault but because of mismanaged and under-financed public transit then check out the New York City Transit Delay Verification System.

Also, report your questions to @NYCTSubwayScoop on Twitter

Check out my delay below;
REF. NUM: ----
ENTER DATE: 6/29/2010 10:46:27 AM
SERVICE DATE: 6/29/2010

SUBWAY SERVICE DELAY

Station Entrance Information:
LINE: C Line
BEGIN TRAVEL (STATION): Clinton - Washington Avenues	TIME DEPARTED : 8:00 AM
Transfer 1
LINE: 2 Line
BEGIN TRAVEL (STATION): Fulton Street
ENDED TRAVEL (STATION): 96 Street
Transfer 2
LINE: 1 Line
BEGIN TRAVEL (STATION): 96 Street
ENDED TRAVEL (STATION): 116 Street - Columbia University
Station Exit Information:
ENDED TRAVEL (STATION): 116 Street - Columbia University	TIME ARRIVED: 9:45 AM
LENGTH OF DELAY: 125 minutes

RIDER COMMENTS: F trains were running on the A, C line.

TRANSIT COMMENTS: On the morning of June 29, 2010 there were multiple disruptions in service including a fire and smoke conditions, track circuit failure, brakes in emergency, and sick customers at various locations, which caused massive service delays, reroutes and our trains to be discharged on the A B C D E F G J M N Q R. As a result, any one delay lasted up to 120 minutes on one or on any combination of the aforementioned subway lines.


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Pianos around NYC & Gulf Spill and Spatial Law

An organization called Play Me I'm Yours has put publicly available pianos all around NYC. And they even have maps of where the pianos are. awesome.

BP, the Gulf Oil Spill and Spatial Law

...Third, and perhaps most important, is the role spatial data will play in the litigation that will inevitably follow. Lawyers have been slow to introduce spatial technology in the court room. However, I predict that spatial data will play a critical role in Gulf oil spill litigation. One reason is simply that the nature of many of the claims and defenses will have a strong temporal-spatial component....

This Just In: Excel Is the World’s Most Used “Database”

Hilarious James Fee Post:This Just In: Excel Is the World’s Most Used “Database”