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GIS Center at Stony Brook

A local New Jersey watershed protection organization sponsors this regional GIS clearinghouse.  They've got lots of good content from over the years, most of it focused on the Northeast and environmental data collection/visualization.

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http://www.giscenter.org/

Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development - IAPAD

The IAPAD site contains a wealth of information about participatory and public participation GIS, including an excellent overview of some community resource mapping strategies, as well as tips for community mapping practitioners.

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http://www.iapad.org

CIFOR Participatory Mapping Workshop in Indonesia

Brief article about an intensive participatory GIS workshop held with rural Indonesians, including training of geographic and GIS concepts and fieldwork mapping, with a focus on peaceful resolution of boundary disputes between tribes and villages.

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http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/acm/methods/pm.html

Airplane-Bird Collisions

Great map illustrating airplane-bird states.

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FlowingData

What would happen if the world stopped spinning

"This map illustrates (the very impossible, but intellectually exciting) scenario of the Earth standing still.  If the Earth stopped spinning, the only remaining force that could affect our oceans is gravity. "

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ESRI Prototype Blog

Youth Media Reporter: Gmaps

The Youth Media Reporter wrote a pretty good article and embedded some maps made by community group in Chicago. Check it out: one is environmental justice in Little Village, and another of Chicago Youth Voices Against Violence.

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http://www.youthmediareporter.org/2009/06/google_maps_a_tool_for_the_you.html