Month: June 2006
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Q or text balloon
Quiznos. the sub joint, has these bizarre little trays that are supposed to be Q shaped I guess. They are much more useful as text balloons in my opinion. That […]
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Data, general, Physical Geography, WebMapping
MesoStor – Online GIS data delivery system for Central America
I was going through my Caribbean GIS listserv alerts, and I noticed one about MesoStor, a project to make GIS data about Mesoamerica available online. MesoStor is part of SERVIR, […]
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LAPD Get their Spidey Tracer!
If you read the blog regularly, you’ll know my facination with the “Spidey Tracer”. (in truth, I’m facinated with all super gadgets… Batman is my hero!) Now the LAPD will […]
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Texas Redistricting Decision – Legislators can redraw maps whenever they like
Well, the Supreme Court decision on the case of the Texas congressional re-districting map is in and, while there was a small victory for Democrats and minority voters, the real […]
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50th Anniversary of the creation of the US Interstate Highway system
Tomorrow, June 29th, will be the 50th anniversary of the signing of the bill that created the US interstate highway system. An article at MSNBC today has a nice little […]
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Major calendar update
Update: I have found how to make WebCalendar allow subscriptions. If you are using an iCalendar based software use http://www.veryspatial.com/calendar/publish.php/?user=public as the subscription address and you should receive all updates […]
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Comments and pingbacks
Update: NOW comments work without a login. I apparently forgot to uncheck a box on another page in the options. Happy commenting. I am going to give it a try. […]
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Mark Up Your Google Maps
Quickmaps is a beta site that allows you to draw on your googlemaps. You can drag and drop a bunch of different markers, add a text label, or even draw […]
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general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments
Urban Planning – Sim City style
BBC News has a nice article about MetroQuest, a software application that uses a Sim City-like visual interface to allow users to model how urban planning decisions might affect the […]
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general, Navigation, WebMapping
Watch Boats In Real Time
This site, although still in beta, shows boat traffic in the San Francisco bay in real time. You can see different boats and ships move around the bay over the […]
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