Archive for October 2005





UC Irvine’s monster HIPerWall monitor – Engadget – www.engadget.com

Oct 25th, 2005 | By

Very pretty. They don’t mention geography, but U think the image on the monitors says enough! UC Irvine’s monster HIPerWall monitor – Engadget – www.engadget.com HIPerWall – UC Irvine



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Oct 25th, 2005 | By

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USGS Mapping Center Move On Hold

Oct 25th, 2005 | By

The plan to close the USGS mapping center in Rolla, Missouri and move its operations to Denver has been put on hold after Missouri officials and legislators protested, and the decision will now be reviewed before any further action is taken Via Geoplace



BBC NEWS | Menu prices track fishing impact

Oct 24th, 2005 | By

Not exactly spatial in the way the conducted it, but it is easy to see how it could be a significant variable in their work. The Census of Marine Life (COML) looked at over a 100 years of prices of seafood to infer impacts such as over harvesting of marine species. A great use of [...]



Original Map of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is Missing

Oct 23rd, 2005 | By

On Friday, an article at NY Times Online reported that the original map delineating the legal boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been missing since early 2003. And, to make matters worse, there are no known copies, no digitized GIS data, no scanned image, nothing. The USGS made a new map, but it [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 14

Oct 23rd, 2005 | By

Main Topic: Geospatial data dissemination. News: CommonCensus, GITA/DOL, Space Elevator Challenge, Planet Geospatial at SpatiallyAdjusted



Show notes for AVSP Episode 14

Oct 23rd, 2005 | By

VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 14 October 23, 2005 Main Topic: Geospatial data dissemination Click for the detailed shownotes



HOPEWORKS ‘N CAMDEN – Expanding the Futures of Youth

Oct 23rd, 2005 | By

John Krygier pointed us to Hopeworks, a program in Camden, NJ whose mission includes reducing the dropout rate and to create hope for the future. They attempt to do this by engaging students through web and GIS services. The site is impressive and the concept is great. They also have a position open for their [...]



Anyone going to ASA-CSSA-SSSA in SLC

Oct 22nd, 2005 | By

I will be heading to the Agronomy/Soils/Crop conference in Salt Lake City in a couple of weeks (which means we won’t be going to Applied Geography). I will be putting up posters while I am there, but if anyone is going to be at the conference, or just live in SLC, a meetup could be [...]



Newsday.com: Missed class? Try a podcast

Oct 22nd, 2005 | By

An article on the use of podcasts in the classroom, primarily on their use in schools such as Duke and Perdue to act in support of classroom lectures. Fairly interesting. Newsday.com: Missed class? Try a podcast