The Afghan War Diary, made available by the Wikileaks group, is the disclosure of internal US Military logs. Wikileaks has been known to release data that contains latitudinal and longitudinal information useful for spatial analysis. I’ve taken the liberty to map the some-76,000 military logs.
The military logs are a collection of top secret classified correspondences that detail various military encounters and situational reports. Some of the most popular headings in the log are: enemies killed/wounded in action, friendlies killed/wounded in action and reporting unit (squad/other).
Not unlike other superstores around the world, Costco’s presence has had somewhat of a profound impact on our consumeristic lives. The ability to purchase goods at larger than normal quantities, sometimes well below average retail value, makes it an attractive shopping experience. The first Costco opened in San Diego, California, 1976. It’s growth shows wildfire-like spread throughout the United States west coast. It is only in the mid-to-late 90’s which show remarkable expansion of Costco locations to central and eastern United States..
As our trip to Montréal nears, Heather (my girlfriend) and I have been studiously keeping track of the places that we would like to explore. One thing is for sure, we are going to be more than prepared because we are using google fusion tables. May it be a raved about restaurant or a grocery store that is closest to our hotel, we have every place of interest accessible online as a map or in tabular format.
An earthquake measuring in at 5.9 magnitude, hit Virginia (epicentre) at approximately 17:51:03