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MAY 2013 4 POSITION The Human Brain Holds the Power of Geovisualization F E AT U R E S By Todd Danielson 6 NEWSLINK 10 BEYOND MAPPING 'Mixing It Up' in GIS Modeling's Kitchen By Joseph Berry Personal Virtual Reality 3-D Visualizations Heading to the Desktop BY DAVE CHAVEZ 14 12 EDGE NODES Fixing the GIS Curriculum: Time for a Radical Rethink? By Nigel Waters 30 DYNAMIC DECISION POINTS The Difficulties of Modeling 'Agency' in Space and Time The Beauty of Fractals New Technologies Converge to Aid 3-D Point-Data Processing BY MARK RAHMES, MORRIS AKBARI, O'NEIL SMITH AND KATHY WILDER 18 By Erik Shepard Time-sensitive GeoWorld departments such as NetLink, PeopleLink, Product News and Business News now are maintained solely at the GeoPlace.com Web site. Check there often for the latest updates as they happen. Kill the County? A Case for Geographic Visualization Freed from Political Polygons BY JOHN NELSON 22 The digital version of this issue contains additional coverage of this section. Visit GeoPlace.com for more information. GeoWorld (ISSN 0897-5507, USPS 023-416) is published monthly by M2MEDIA360, a Bev-Al Communications, Inc. company. 1030 W. Higgins Road, Suite 230, Park Ridge, IL 60068 USA GeoWorld is distributed free to qualified subscribers in the geospatial industry. POSTMASTER Please send change of address to: GeoWorld, PO Box 4290, Port Jervis, NY 12771 An American Tradition The U.S. Census Bureau Continues to Innovate in Data Visualization BY DIERDRE BEVINGTON-ATTARDI Subscription rates - one year: US $72, two years: US $128; one year Canada: $90, two years Canada: $163. All other countries, one year: $108 (includes airmail postage). Payable in U.S. funds only. Customer Service and subscription requests, please call Phone (845) 8562229; Fax (845) 856-5822 or subscribe online at www.geoplace. com/subscribe. Periodical postage paid at Park Ridge, IL and additional mailing offices. M A Y 2 O 1 3 / 26 W W W . G E O P L A C E . C O M 3