TomTom not SueSue
Jun 26th, 2006 | By JesseI know it is just a commercial, and I have never actually used a TomTom, but I agree that it is better to go with a TomTom than SueSue…she doesn’t always give the clearest directions
Archive for June 2006
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 49
Jun 25th, 2006 | By JesseA VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 49 June 25, 2006 Main Topic: Discussion with Di-Ann Eisnor of Platial.com. Click to directly download Episode 49 Click for the detailed shownotes
In search of comic artist
Jun 25th, 2006 | By JesseI have wanted to work with someone on a weekly four panel comic to go along with everything we cover on the podcast and blog for a while now, I just haven’t been able to find someone who has a drawing style that I am into. So if you draw or know someone who does [...]
mapz Powerful Geospatial Suite of Free GIS
Jun 24th, 2006 | By JesseMapz has posted a great list of free geospatial tools that he uses. Where his list really stands out is the great description of each package/service. You should definitely head over and check it out. mapz: a gis librarian: My Powerful Geospatial Suite of Free GIS
The Bio Mapping Project
Jun 24th, 2006 | By SueThe Bio Mapping project is an example of creative research that seeks to combine information gather about our bodies’ measurable responses to the world around us, and how those responses vary across space and time. According to the project’s website: “The Bio Mapping tool allows the wearer to record their Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which [...]
GeoPortail apparently a work in progress
Jun 23rd, 2006 | By SueI checked out the newly launched French GeoPortail, which made the news at CNN today, and was mentioned on OgleEarth and Anything Geospatial. It is at this point just a 2D map viewer and even that is not working well (at least for me). While my French is pretty rusty, I found a little timeline [...]
ArcPad and mobile handhelds for 2010 US Census field data collection
Jun 23rd, 2006 | By SueA press release today announced that ESRI’s ArcPad will be used as part of the Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) project for the upcoming 2010 census, and Harris Corporation has won the $600 million, 5-year contract to develop and implement an automated field data collection system. I know there have been a number of recent [...]
MapInfo 8.5
Jun 23rd, 2006 | By JesseI just realized that I forgot to blog the release of MapInfo 8.5 when I first saw it. The 8.5 release seems to have a quite a few updates, nothing I would consider groundbreaking, but many of which look like the are important to remain competitive. They seem to be providing new webservices support for [...]
Geographer Ken Martis discusses the political geography of US elections
Jun 22nd, 2006 | By SueThis morning, I saw an article at the Detroit Free Press website about one of our own faculty here at WVU and, of course I just had to post about it. Dr. Ken Martis is a well-known geographer whose research interests include political and historical geography, and he has been a professor here for many [...]
Maps101 – The problem with commercial education websites
Jun 22nd, 2006 | By JesseI was looking up some domain names to register (I always look, but only own 2 domains) and thought of geography101.com. When I found it was taken I had to go see what great site had grabbed up that morsel of education goodness. I was definitely disappointed by what I found. The URL forwarded me [...]
