state of the art: blogging on maps

I found a lot of good examples of blogs... I specificlly liked http://blog.mazop.net/ because they have a lot of pictures and print screen captures that is cool because then you get to see exactly what it would look like on your screen.

Over all though there is not a lot of graphics in some you can tell they are purely intellecutal conversaions without examples or pictures of any kind. I like out blogs the most and think that a lot of people in class did a great job with their blogs and got a lot of good examples. However, there are still people that have NO GRAPHICS at all! Some people only have 1 or 2 of the blogs even finished. This is very irritating

It was cool to see youtube videos!

mapping games

http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/games/index.html
http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

There are many websites for mapping games I have listed some at the top of my blog but while I was searching the internet for some cool websites I obviously had to play some of the games.... This graphic to the left is a "print screen" of one of the games and the questions that are asked. "Locate and Click on the Columbia River" needless to say I got the wrong twice lol. I did learn something while I was playing though.

A lot of big gaming brands are coming out with games that are created around maps and streets and planning. The new Monopoly is all about buying land and setting up buildings. It is still in the production process so I could not actually play the game but my step mom works for Hasboro so maybe I can get some inside info lol

Mapping Recreation

I have found some cool websits about recreation navigation sites....http://www.backcountrynavigator.com/ This website mapped out how to get to almost any outdoor recreation uploaded to your phone or PDA.

There are also websites that show the mapping of certain parks. They map out the recreation on the certain public land. To the right is a map of Hells cayon where Oregon, Washington State and Idaho meet. It shows camp grounds, airports,state lands, scenic walk ways along the river.

This is a map of the Westfield River recreation and state parks along the river. There are many of these maps and brochers for this river in this area because it is so close.