We recently wrote an article for Geo:Connexion on how new media can be used to support Geography and geospatial technologies. The article is now available through the digital version of the publication at the link below. GEO:connexion Online: March 2006 Issue
On Feb 16th, Microsoft announced the winners of its Trustworthy Computing and Virtual Earth academic grants competition. 23 grants were awarded, totaling $1 million. The maximum amount for each grant was $50,000 and 8 recipients were awarded grants for Virtual Earth RFP, which is “designed to encourage university research in areas relevant to digital geography, [...]
We came across information on the 5th International Symposium on Digital Earth that will take place in the summer of 2007 in San Francisco. The call for papers should be coming out soon and abstracts will be due in June. In addition, there is information on the Inaugural Digital Earth Summit on Sustainability that will [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 31 February 19, 2006 Main Topic: Discussion on the National Map and other US Federal GeoPortals Click to directly download Episode 31 Click for the detailed shownotes
Main topic: National Map and US Geoportals. News: Mayan sites, CLICK, GeoSoft Giveaway, new podcasts.
Abdel Aziz Duaik, a geography professor from the West Bank, was elected speaker of the new Palestinian parliament yesterday. Duaik earned his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and is a professor at An Najah University in Nablus. Via NorthJersey.com
The USGS has recently announced the Center for LIDAR Information Coordination and Knowledge. According to CLICK’s fact sheet: “The Center for LIDAR Information Coordination and Knowledge (CLICK) was designed to assist users in accessing LIDAR data and provide information to help facilitate LIDAR innovation in the scientific community….The CLICK web portal (http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov) is a way [...]
Glenn over at the GIS User Blog has the scoop on a new podcast from Sprint that will look at business/mobility solutions. There are for available already Glenn suggests that they are looking at releasing new podcasts every couple of weeks. Check it out at The Communications Insider.
As you may have noted from the podcast music, I am determined to support my musician friends…this time I bring you the wonderful SlimFatz. As with most of my music contacts, I met Slim playing at a coffee shop in undergrad in Boone, NC. Sad to say the coffee shop is gone, but Slim is [...]
A pretty interesting article in Nature.com talks about how free tools like Google Earth are changing the way scientists collaborate on projects. The best quote comes from Michael Goodchild when he says, “‘It’s like the effect of the personal computer in the 1970s, where previously there was quite an élite population of computer users,’ Goodchild [...]
