I have posted the book review for Remote Sensing for GIS Managers under the columns section. I did a book corner on Episode 46 that is a little more detailed than the 500 words we limit our book reviews to. Either way, it is a solid reference book at a good price.
Ok, technically not geography, but it’s been awhile since we’ve blogged anything about Joss Whedon’s Firefly universe, so I am remedying that now. Serenity fans have set up a worldwide series of screenings (47 at last count) of the Firefly-based movie Serenity to benefit the charity Equality Now, which will take place between June 22-30th. [...]
As you all may know I am a fan of the widget. Konfabulator was wonderful, Yahoo Widgets made them more ubiquitous, and of course Apple stole widgets from Konfabulator (and Widgets in Vista…have I mentioned Vista is very pretty). Now, Opera has officially released version 9 complete with…you guessed it, widgets. These are similar to [...]
Inspired by the Smackbook demo and the tabletop Google Earth at the Where Fair, I am trying to use my Toshiba M200 tablet to control Google Earth (and others). Unlike the MacBook and ThinkPad (SmackPad), the Toshiba comes with a utility to take advantage of the accelerometer out of the box (though I haven’t used [...]
It’s a flash map, but it’s still pretty cool. Ever wonder where all the alternative energy is being produced in the world? Well now you can find out! This site has three views of the globle (which I find very attractive, by the by) and nifty 3D icons showing sources of geothermal, solar, wind, and [...]
I saw the link to GeoTagThings.com on SlashGeo and had the idea to make a map of our calendar, linking to the conference web page. I have dumped out a KML from the site for Google Earth which I will keep up to date and will use for a mash-up in the near future, but [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 48 June 18, 2006 Main Topic: Where 2.0 wrap-up Click to directly download Episode 48 Click for the detailed shownotes
Discussions with OSGeo representatives from Where 2.0 2006 Click to directly download Where 2.0 OSGeo Episode
ESA News has a really interesting article about a prototype satellite navigation system for the visually impaired that was successfully tested in Madrid, Spain. The system uses a mobile phone with a location receiver and a voice synthesizer. The phone’s position is tracked accurately enough to give turn-by-turn directions in an urban setting, which are [...]
Discussions from the second day of Where 2.0 2006 Click to directly download Where 2.0 Day 2 Episode
