Category Archives: Technology

MapHub and (seriously) GIS Day!

Well, this is going to be a 2 for 1 post:

MapHub.org is an interactive mapping website sponsored by CMU and a number of city organizations. Hubs are interactive groups of objects and users illustrated on maps. Users can add sounds, text, video and images can be added to any public map hubs.

For example, I registered with the site and started a Hub called Karaoke Pittsburgh. If you dig Karaoke, please register for the site, and add more spots … we can make a definite map of Karaoke sites in the ‘burgh. Rock!

You can use other Public Hubs to find free wi-fi spots, bike info, real estate listings, and audio snippets from Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

AND THERE’S MORE.

MapHub is offering free public workshops at the Carnegie Science Center as part of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day. GIS is a mapping software that organizations from private companies to police departments use to spatially show information and data. (As a map nerd, I can’t even handle the fact that we have GIS Day in Pittsburgh. Yes!)

At 10:30am and 2:30pm on Wednesday and Friday, November 16th and 18th and 12:00pm on Saturday, November 19th, representatives from the project will give one-hour workshops on using MapHub.org in the classroom. These workshops will be at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Side.

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Arts Greenhouse

The Arts Greenhouse is an interdisciplinary project organized by the Center for Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts. They recruit, train and actually record young musical and performing artists. Their 2005-2006 season is just starting, in fact, their first workshop starts this Saturday. Members of the community act as staff in the educational workshops. Students learn about recording their music, including production and marketing skills.

If you know anyone who is interested in developing their hip hop or spoken word skills, call Kat Agres at 412.268.5279. The workshops will be held at ID Labs (5272 Butler Street) in Lawrenceville.