Using the map:
  • Left-click any pin for more details (tweet date is Atlantic time);
  • Bookmarks "zoom to" various zoom levels;
  • Move map around (ie pan): hold down left mouse and drag;
  • Various basemaps are used as you zoom in / out
  • See a triangle to right of pop-up image? Click for hiRes.
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The underlying basemap and mapping technology are hosted by Esri; pin locations are maintained in an ArcGIS Online Feature Service. That FS is edited in a separate (password-protected) map and updated via a python script. Changes to the FS are automatically promulgated on to this viewer map. For an 2-minute video on this, click here (new tab).

More maps:

Notes on pin placement, there are four methods:
  • When present in tweet text, use a place name (ex: Reid's Maryland pics)
  • Use familiar geography in photo (ex: Oleg's Namibian pics & Max's Patagonia pics)
  • Use ISS location info at photo time (ex: many in S Pacific)
  • For some, geography doesn't matter: many aurora and sunrise/sunset pics or SpaceVines (ex: video south of Ghana or Alex's reference to Louis Armstrong at New Orleans)
Photos & tweets are by @Astro_Alex, @Astro_Reid, @OlegMKS, & non-Astro (especially @pc0101) people - notify me if you'd like your material removed.
Cameras: Nikon D2X & D3S. More camera & mission info here (new window).
Watch ISS position real-time here (new window).
The NASA high-resolution images are maintained here (new window) > Find Photos > Search > "Mission-Roll-Frame".

To see some ISS-sourced tweets with many other data sources, have a look at urbanobservatory.org (new window).

Students will use this as an idea-starter upon which to model their assignments / projects.

Map content is a work in progress; map format/Details edited 12 May 2014 (last updated 3 Jun 2016); comments welcome at David.MacLean@nscc.ca or @DaveAtCOGS

(My mantra: "a picture is worth 1000 words; a map is worth 1000 pictures; a GIS is worth 1000 maps")
Expeditions 40 & 41
Alex Gerst
Reid Wiseman
Макс Сураев
Oleg Artemyev
non-Astro contributor
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