Out Standing in the Field

I've included a link to the left that has an interactive political map for the 2005 elections throughout the British Isles and Northern Ireland. I thought this was a particularly effective way of summarizing and communicating election results for each area. It's simple, which I think is what makes it such a good example...it's intuitively obvious to even the least technically oriented user. The zoom feature is also nice...again, very simple but effective. My main critique is with the color scheme. Not being from Great Britain, though, I don't know if these colors have a particular association with the parties; so, my critique of it not being aesthetically pleasing may not be appropriate.

I haven't seen this sort of thing in the US. It's probably out there somewhere but I haven't found it. I'll be interested to see other classmates' posts to see if someone finds something like this.

I've updated my blog with a stunning new picture of me doing what I love. I've also added three new links:

(1) The ESRI Archaeology page. Wow! It's all about the use of GIS in archaeology and has some wonderful examples of real world projects. This is what I want to specialize in as an archaeogeographer (I just made that term up...but I like it).

(2) The American Geographical Society page. Oldest professional organization for geographers in the US. Has links to job boards, travel opportunities, etc.

(3) The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. I took a class in aerial photo interpretation last semester and did a lot of reading in this society's excellent journal. Really good resource on the lastest stuff happening in the use of imagery.

Here I am collecting data in North Kohala, Hawaii for an archaeological research project. This is the life (even if my hair does look bad!)