I consider Joseph smart. In fact most parents will think their kid is very smart. But this little girl (2 year old) amazes me.
In wandering today I ran across a great resource of old maps that have been scanned and put up. They aren’t the normal old maps I’ve seen here and there. But there are some real gems among them.
[Hipkiss' scans of old maps]
Adding a map to your website or blog is now as easy as embedding a YouTube video. No programming skills are required, and there’s no need to sign up for a Maps API key. All it takes is three simple steps:
1. Go to Google Maps and pull up the map you want to embed. It [...]
As the Arctic icecap thins due to global warming, a race is looming to claim ownership of the rich energy resources under the North Pole.
The Russian mission involves a nuclear-powered icebreaker smashing through the ice to clear a path to the Pole for the Akademik Fedorov. This will launch the submersibles to scoop samples from [...]
Continue reading about Russia plans to use sub to plant flag on North Pole
Putin’s Arctic invasion:
Russia lays claim to the North Pole - and all its gas, oil, and diamonds
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic - so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
His scientists claim an underwater ridge near the North Pole [...]
Continue reading about Putin’s idea to solve global warming. Heat up the Arctic…
When talking about why money from companies where sometimes spent in certain countries and not others a guy spent time to match up each state in the United States with an equivalent Country in the world. He took in account the Gross National Product as the main indicator.
Continue reading about The United States economy seems large… especially compared to the world.
Somewhere in this lakeside Central American town, there’s a woman who lives beside a yellow car. But it’s not her car. It’s her address. If you were to write to her, this is where you would send the letter: “From where the Chinese restaurant used to be, two blocks down, half a block toward the [...]
Continue reading about Managua, Nicaragua where mapmakers cringe
George W. Bush isn’t the first Republican president to face a full-blown immigration crisis on the US-Mexican border.
Fifty-three years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America’s southern frontier was as porous as a spaghetti sieve. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period [...]
Continue reading about Is Bush looking at how Eisenhower dealt with Illegal Immigrants?
Official Google Blog: Google Earth and Katrina help
When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast almost a year ago, people across the country and around the world wondered how to help. Many donated money; others lent their homes to dislocated survivors. A group of Googlers lent their expertise by leveraging the power of Google technology.
Over several [...]
Continue reading about Google Earth and Katrina help gets recognized
Chinese black helicopters circle Google Earth | The Register
Those among you who like your skies darkened by black helicopters are invited to mosey on down to the remote Chinese village of Huangyangtan which hosts what must be the strangest military installation ever spotted by the Google Earth Community:
Zooming in for a closer look, we have [...]
