Archive for September 24th, 2005




Hurricane Rita Pushes Blogs, Rich Maps to Forefront

Sep 24th, 2005 | By Sue

I just found this article after we recorded this week’s podcast, where we discuss blogs, podcasts and other digital media and their role in disseminating information related to geography and geospatial technologies
Read the article from ABCNews.com here

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A Very Spatial Podcast – Special Episode 01

Sep 24th, 2005 | By Jesse

Inspired by Serenity the Movie, Main Topic: Terraforming. Apologies for the sound quality

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Space Elevator

Sep 24th, 2005 | By Sue

That’ s right, a space elevator. This is a serious effort from a number of groups to develop an elevator that could be used to transport stuff – and people – between the earth and space. Conceptually it is a 62,000 mile carbon nanotube composite ribbon that will use mechanical lifters moving up and down [...]

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EarthSLOT – NSF funded 3D GIS

Sep 24th, 2005 | By Jesse

EarthSLOT uses a Google Earth like viewer called TerrExplorer by SkyLine. This is work based on an NSF grant by Matt Nolan at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
EarthSLOT
Via Ogle Earth

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