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Map your name

A fun new map site from Stephen Von Worley of Datapointed.net.  Click here then scroll to the ‘Find This First Name’ tool (screenshot below) and type in your first name.  Clicking the ‘Map it!’ button will return a map showing the worldwide locations of streets, places and things with your name. Clicking the ‘Earth it!’ option will give you the option of saving and/or opening a Google Earth KML file with the data.

Map my name tool:

Map of streets, places and things named ‘Janine’

Google Earth view of streets, places and things named ‘Janine’

By Janine Glathar

Janine Glathar joined the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship team in 2009 to fill the newly-created role of GIS Specialist at Bucknell. She has worked in the field of geospatial technologies for more than 15 years as research specialist, technical analyst and software trainer. Prior to joining L&IT at Bucknell, Janine spent seven years doing applied GIS research in Philadelphia’s non-profit social services sector as the GIS Senior Analyst for Philadelphia Safe & Sound and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. Before transitioning to the social services research world, Janine worked for the GIS software company ESRI as a trainer and education/non-profit coordinator. She earned a B.A. in European History and Russian Language/Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. If you ask Janine where she’s from, she’ll tell you she’s a Navy brat and will probably offer to show you a map of all of the various places she’s lived over the years.

Areas of expertise:
ArcGIS, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Scholarship, GIS, Google Earth, Spatial Thinking