Scanning the globe, sometimes literally.

A RISK™ Of Copyright Infringement

Chris Hazen had an idea of how to use Google Maps; base a game of the classic tabletop strategy work RISK™ on it. One problem; copyright and trademark to the game is owned by the renowned games manufacturer Hasbro. [1] As detailed on this post at Slashdot, Hasbro legal has objected and Hazen has taken the game offline. Hazen has appealed for more ideas for games to put online, only, hopefully, not quite as legally encumbered.

Reinventing the Tube Map

[2] The schematic map of the London Underground is, justly, one of the most famous works in the worlds of cartography as well as graphic design – accurate, usuable, and in timeless style. London design student and map fan Oskar Karlin decided to do what some might feel is reinventing the wheel or perfecting the already perfected; [3] redesigning the world-famous map, something he himself termed the “impossible mission”. His addition? Making it a time-based map. The result is an interesting take on the old stalwart.

Can you still go on Safari with Google Maps?

Some users of older versions of Apple’s browser Safari are reporting problems using Google Maps, specifically, [4] BeenThere.com’s Joel Riggs, specifically Safari 1.3.1 running under Mac OS X “Panther” 10.3.9, [5] according to this item at The Map Room.

They have meetings…

CaGIS (the Cartography and Geographic Information Society) has put out a first call for posters and papers for the upcoming research symposium in conjunction with the UCGIS 2006 Summer Assembly. The symposium, Auto-Carto 2006, is set for Vancouver, Washington USA’s Heathman Lodge, 26-28 June 2006. [6] Complete information can be found via CCA’s Cartography ‘blog (follow this link).

Free GIS Resource

[7] The Distant Librarian annnounced that EBSCO has decided to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database for free to all comers. LISTA indexes more than 600 books and periodicals, including, [8] as mapz notes, GIS-related data published in LISTA journals, raising the possiblility of GIS-related RSS feeds.

(via Slashdot, The Map Room, Cartography, and mapz: a gis librarian. Got a hot map item? [9] Tip me off!!!)