Archive for August 16th, 2006





Conservation data and maps

Aug 16th, 2006 | By Jesse

One of the cool sites mentioned when we interviewed folks from the SCGIS was the Conservation GeoPortal. The Conservation GeoPortal allows you to search metadata from other conservation researchers for data and information that is of interest. In addition to a metadata search there is also a map browser to look for data [...]



GISnation has a home

Aug 16th, 2006 | By Jesse

While Kyle says they aren’t heading for your iPod yet as they are going to use YouTube for now, they have a home to help keep up with the new geospatial video. Add gisnation.wordpress.com to your RSS aggregator to keep track.



WikiMapia hits 1,000,000 places!

Aug 16th, 2006 | By Frank

I blogged WikiMapia a couple of months ago. Since we’re celebrating our 1,000th post (I guess 1001 now ), I thought I’d note that WikiMapia hit thier 1,000,000 place on the map! In all seriousness, the crucial point here is that sites like these are really only as good as their content. [...]



Kilopost

Aug 16th, 2006 | By Jesse

While we are on object 1035, this is actually our 1,000th post. Thanks for being mildly curious about what we have had to say over the last year or so, and we plan to be here until we reach another large number of posts
Keep an eye out for our 100th podcast (weekly [...]



Geospatial Augmented Reality

Aug 16th, 2006 | By Jesse

Check out this article about how Simon Frasier University is taking advantage of virtual environments and augmented reality in the classroom (and beyond). These technologies are flourishing in some areas, but they are slow to find wide adoption. This probably has a lot to do with the cost of most of the hardware [...]