The Afghan War Diary, made available by the Wikileaks group, is the disclosure of internal US Military logs. Wikileaks has been known to release data that contains latitudinal and longitudinal information useful for spatial analysis. I’ve taken the liberty to map the some-76,000 military logs.
The military logs are a collection of top secret classified correspondences that detail various military encounters and situational reports. Some of the most popular headings in the log are: enemies killed/wounded in action, friendlies killed/wounded in action and reporting unit (squad/other).
Not unlike other superstores around the world, Costco’s presence has had somewhat of a profound impact on our consumeristic lives. The ability to purchase goods at larger than normal quantities, sometimes well below average retail value, makes it an attractive shopping experience. The first Costco opened in San Diego, California, 1976. It’s growth shows wildfire-like spread throughout the United States west coast. It is only in the mid-to-late 90’s which show remarkable expansion of Costco locations to central and eastern United States..
A week was spent in Montréal, wining, dining and exploring both old and new. While there, Heather and I had the opportunity to do some geocaching. Not only was this a new experience for Heather, it was also the first time I had been out geocaching in almost 10 years. Only now do I remember how frustrating it can be when you can’t find any of the geocaches you have set out to look for. Heather and I managed to locate 1 of 7 geocaches during our trip and we took pleasure out of finding it in the middle of a concrete jungle.
After having seen the many iterations of the global connectivity map, I have decided to give it a try myself. The maps are being produced using 
As our trip to Montréal nears, Heather (my girlfriend) and I have been studiously keeping track of the places that we would like to explore. One thing is for sure, we are going to be more than prepared because we are using google fusion tables. May it be a raved about restaurant or a grocery store that is closest to our hotel, we have every place of interest accessible online as a map or in tabular format.
My intentions for this blog are to spur intelligent and thought provoking discussions and to provide some insight and/or help to those who may want to delve into various spatial analyses and cartographic trends/methodologies. Cartograms are definitely one of the most trending topics in discussions on how to alternatively geovisualize spatial phenomena. The idea roots back more than half a decade and has evolved from a ‘pencil and graph paper’ skill to a geographical information system (