Day: January 25, 2006

• January 25, 2006space (not spatial)

  Most Earth-like Planet Detected

  Continuing last week’s podcast “space theme”, CNN has this story about astronomers using new techniques to discover the most Earth-like planet found yet. From the story, “an international team has […]

• January 25, 2006GeographyBlogs, WebMapping

  Platial

  Adena over at AllPoints Blog posted an entry on Platial, an online friend site which uses Google Maps and tagging to add information about place to a spatial location on […]

• January 25, 2006General, VirtualEnvironments

  Eyebeam R&D’s OpenGLExtractor

  Want to add your favorite 3D game character to GoogleEarth? Eyebeam R&D’s OpenGLExtractor allows you to capture and re-use 3D geometry data in other 3D graphics applications, basically a “screen […]

• January 25, 2006Cartography, Human Geography

  Maps for illegal immigration

  A Mexican government funded commission is moving to distribute 70,000 maps to aid people trying to cross into the US. They will feature water cache locations, show transportation routes, and […]