The landscape of Internet mapping technologies has changed dramatically since 2005. New
techniques are being used and new terms have been invented and entered the lexicon such …

In common Web-based search interfaces, it can be difficult to formulate queries that
simultaneously combine temporal, spatial, and topical data filters. We investigate how …

Exploratory visual analysis is useful for the preliminary investigation of large structured,
multifaceted spatio-temporal datasets. This process requires the selection and aggregation …

The authors describe how we are harnessing the power of web 2.0 technologies to create
new approaches to collecting, mapping, and sharing geocoded data. The authors begin with …

In this paper we discuss dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA) as one of the most promising
technologies in electroactive polymers (EAP). For tactile display applications a large number …

Birds are unrivaled windows into biotic processes at all levels and are proven indicators of
ecological well-being. Understanding the determinants of species distributions and their …

Cities are becoming smarter by incorporating hardware technology, software systems, and
network infrastructure that provide Information Technology (IT) systems with real-time …

Qualitative geographic information systems (GIS) has progressed in meaningful ways since
early calls for a qualitative GIS in the 1990s. From participatory methods to the invention of …

Tag clouds are tools that have been widely used on the Internet since their conception. The
main applications of these textual visualizations are information retrieval, content …

As devices continue to scale, future shipped hardware will likely fail due to in-the-field
hardware faults. As traditional redundancy-based hardware reliability solutions that tackle …