Mapping Earthquakes & Tsunamis: Chile's recent magnitude 8.8 quake

For visual representations of the earthquake and resulting tsunami, here are two great government sources; USGS & NOAA.


From USGS, the have a detailed site (image below):

For NOAA, here are a few quick map highlights of the resulting tsunami.


Energy Forecast in wave height:

Timetracker of wave position:

For some definintions on magnitude - Richter magnitude scale via Wikipedia:

" The Richter magnitude scale, also known as the local magnitude (ML) scale, assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake. .... So, for example, an earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger than one that measures 4.0. The effective limit of measurement for local magnitude ML is about 6.8...."

Mapping for the Gold - Olympics Style:Vancouver’s Olympic Venues

My family & I have really enjoyed this year's Olympic saga. Having some co-workers from Vancouver and parts of Canada added "a nice flair" to watching the events. My favorites - skeleton, short track & anything freestyle. Seemed appropriate to give the Olympics its credit with a map related post. This was first posted online at the NY Times site.

Credits:
Interactive map from the NY Times by SHAN CARTER, MATTHEW ERICSON and JOE WARD; Additional reporting by Melissa Hoppert .


Sources: Elevation data by Intermap Technologies Inc.; satellite photographs by DigitalGlobe, Province of British Columbia and TerraMetrics via Google Earth

A perspective on scale - from point to universe

I like this a short film "The Known Universe" from the American Museum of Natural History, “shows the known universe as mapped through astronomical observations....”. We begin from a point on earth, in this case the Himalayan Mountain range, and then rapidly "expand outwards". This portion of the movie where it shows the “fields of mapped space” intrigued me, particularly the astronomical swath of obscured vision that is "uncharted space". This puts you "in your place" a bit, but is still a rewarding perspective.

Valentine's Day Projection - Mapping Style

From Flowing Data , Cartogrammer and others.  Happy V-Day.

Sinam's Favorite Super Bowl ad - Simpson's Coke "Sell Out"

This was an easy choice, as my allegiance to Coca Cola is literally "tattooed" on my ribs - and I've been a Simpson fan for decades. Tame by most measures, and a shameless "sell-out" - but suitable to the "my generation" they are targeting.

Wal-Mart Tightens Delivery Deadlines

Wal-Mart Tightens Delivery Deadlines


Article on balancing Wal-Mart vendor requirements for supply chain inventory mgmt & just in time delivery.

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