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Paul Beaufait

Latitude and Longitude of a Point - 29 views

itouchmap.com/latlong.html

geography Google Maps latitude longitude maps online resources tools

shared by Paul Beaufait on 07 Sep 11 - Cached
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  • Paul Beaufait on 07 Sep 11
     
    This site enables you to "Get the Latitude and Longitude of a Point" you select on a Google Map, and to "Show [a] Point from Latitude and Longitude" coordinates that you have already.
Dennis OConnor

John Quincy Adams, Twitterer? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...06adams.html

twitter history

shared by Dennis OConnor on 06 Aug 09 - Cached
  • They may be two centuries old, but, written with staccato-like brevity, entries from one of Adams’s diaries resemble tweets sufficiently that they began appearing Wednesday on Twitter.
  • The diary, which Adams maintained until April 1836, is a rarity among the many he kept, in that the description for each day is no more than one line long. Historians believe he used the descriptions as references to longer entries in other journals.
  • Word spread, and the society decided to tweet the entries. They average 110 to 120 characters, below the 140-character limit imposed by Twitter, and there is nary an LOL or BFF among them.
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  • The posts will link to maps that, using the latitude and longitude coordinates from his entries, pinpoint his progress across the ocean. There will also be links to the longer entries of other Adams diaries, which can be found on the society’s Web site, http://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries/.
  • The idea appears to be working. As of Wednesday evening, only nine hours after the first entry was Twittered, the post had more than 4,800 followers, and Mr. Dibbell said the number was climbing.
  • Dennis OConnor on 06 Aug 09
     
    Clever use of social networking tech. The initial take on twitter was that it just broadcast mindless sort personal observations. This use turns that idea around. Interesting way to teach a bit of history. What if we started tweeting Basho & Issa, the great Japanese haiku poets? Hmmm sounds like a fun lit project doesn't it?
Martin Burrett

Neave Planetarium - Interactive star map and virtual sky - 0 views

www.neave.com/planetarium

astronomy science space stars planetarium constellations

shared by Martin Burrett on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • BTerres on 07 May 10
     
    A browser-based virtual planetarium of stars and planets customizable by location (latitude and longitude) and time of day.
  • Martin Burrett on 16 Jul 11
     
    A superb real time flash planetarium. View the stars from any position on Earth. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
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