Tuesday, December 9, 2008


This is an isotach map which shows the forecast for India for December 8, 2008. It is from the Indian government and can be found at http://www.monsoondata.org/wx/india.120hr.html

This is an isobar map that depicts Cyclone Grace coming ashore in Australia in 2004. It is from a website of someone's personal travel memoirs an can be found at http://www.summ.org/travels/014_to-sydney/2004

This is a LIDAR scan of a Daly City, California landslide that occurred in 2007. This scan was done by the USGS and can be found at http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2007/06/pubs.html


This is a Doppler radar image of a tornado that hit Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 8, 2003. It hit and destroyed a General Motors plant there but due to advance warning, there were no injuries. This image came from the NOAA website at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s2097.htm


This is a black and white aerial photo that I found on a website that describes variations in the type of film used for aerial photographs. It can be found at http://freegeographytools.com/2007/goofing-around-with-pan-sharpening

Saturday, December 6, 2008


This is an infrared aerial photo which shows the heat loss emanating from an office building in Oregon. This photo came from a company which specializes in energy efficient upgrades for companies. The photo can be found at http://www.oregoninfrared.com/Infrared_Aerial_Photo.htm



This is a cartographic animation of sea level air pressures. The entire series moves through each month of the year to show the annual flow. The top map is of December and the bottom is of June. This map came from the University of Wyoming and can be viewed at http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/JSHINKER/animations/global/flash/mslp.html