Well, I tend to either hand down my old equipment or repurpose it, but Engadget has some info on how different manufacturers can help you make everyday EarthDay by disposing your old equipment properly. As Frank mentioned on Episode 39 many local recycling centers can also help you with disposing also. Its Earth Day — [...]
I really need to do a general post on 3D Nature’s offerings. We have been playing with World Construction Set and Visual Nature Studio for a few years now, but today’s news is that 3D Nature has released their Google Earth KML Exporter for Scene Express. This product allows you to take terrain and models [...]
NASA has just released World Wind 1.3.4, with some cool new features, including Mars with full 3D terrain and imagery from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I haven’t really played much with World Wind, so as soon as the semester is over, I am going to have to do some catching up. If you don’t [...]
The Times online has a rather amusing article on the dangers of relying on our technology too much. Apparently quite a few drivers have ignored road signs and conditions in favor of their navigation systems and they’re ending up in a river! On the bright side, it has boosted the local economy in the form [...]
We-make-money-not-art recently posted about an exhibition that will be part of the upcoming Sonar festival in Barcelona, Spain. Sonar showcases advanced music and multimedia art called Digital Art a la Carte, and this year’s theme is Google Earth and Google Maps Hacks. Regine from we-make-money-not-art is curating the exhibit and is looking for suggestions for [...]
Think Geek has a pretty cool device for all you spy fans out there (and a for those that aren’t). Use the portable GPS USB Tracker to track your pay throughout the day! Or, if you’re of the nefarious bent, plant it on someone else and see where they’ve been. When you get the device [...]
Listener Alex just emailed me about how he listens to the podcast during his drive time. He uses a $30 device, the VR3, that allows you to use any USB memory stick to hold your mp3′s while the device allows you to play them, move between songs, adjust volume, etc. It includes an FM modulator [...]
Keith at the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority sent me an email (woohoo! I promise not to complain about it anymore!) about the National States Geographic Information Council’s “Imagery For The Nation (PDF)” initiative. The idea is to consolidate all the various ortho-imagery initiatives in the Federal government into one big batch. Then imagery can [...]
If you love to tinker with stuff, especially tech stuff, or find yourself strangely fascinated by the MythBusters, then the Maker Faire this weekend (April 22-23) in San Mateo, California is right up your alley. Organized by the creators of MAKE magazine, a popular tech DIY publication, Maker Faire is a chance to get together [...]
OGC has put out a Request for Comment for a new candidate OGC standard. It is the Catalogue Services Specification 2.0.1 – ISO Metadata Application Profile. From the press release: ” Catalogue services are the key technology for locating, managing and maintaining distributed geo-resources (i.e. geospatial data, applications and services). With OGC catalogue services, client [...]
