A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 66 Enhanced
Oct 22nd, 2006 | By JesseMain Topic: Interview with Ed Parsons. News: Landsat Team, Tyler Mitchell, and Scotland GI registry Click here to download enhanced AAC version
Archive for October 2006
One Geography to rule them all
Oct 21st, 2006 | By JesseGeoConnexion UK (Sept/Oct 2006) has an article on Scotland’s geospatial portal – The Geospatial Project Registry Home Page. While it has been around since 2005, it seems to have had some updates recently (the site says that version 2.0.1 went live in August). The site offers a great way to find out about projects that [...]
National Geographic’s Digital Places Special News Series
Oct 20th, 2006 | By SueIf you haven’t read them already, you should definitely check out the articles in National Geographic’s Digital Places Special News Series. They cover topics relating to Second Life, to mobile gaming, privacy issues, GeoRSS, and next week, using Google Earth to monitor environmental damage. I think the articles offer a nice introduction to some of [...]
Fun map things you find when meandering the web
Oct 19th, 2006 | By BarbWhile doing research for something else I ran across some interesting sites that compare different countries. The first is Nationmaster which is “a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.” They want to be “the web’s one-stop resource for country statistics on everything from soldiers to wall plug voltages” There [...]
What are the 9.2 graphics requirements
Oct 19th, 2006 | By JesseI am in the market for a new laptop. My sticking point is that I have no idea what the graphics requirements will be for ArcGIS 9.2. I would prefer to save money and buy a laptop with shared video memory as opposed to spending significantly more for a dedicated graphics card. However, since I [...]
BBC NEWS | US shows signs of net addiction
Oct 18th, 2006 | By Jesse1 out of 8 folks in the US apparently shows signs of net addiction. Only 1 of 8…I don’t know at least 3 of those people. I guess I am in a bad environment to see the full breadth as I am surrounded by undergrads who can’t be torn from FaceBook and YouTube. My favorite [...]
Zoom Into Maps- nice Library of Congress educational site
Oct 17th, 2006 | By SueZoom Into Maps is a nice educational tool for an introduction to historic maps and the Library of Congress’ digital map collections. There are digital images of maps on various themes, including exploration, migration, local places, and, since it’s getting close to election time, I especially enjoyed looking at the original broad-side from 1812 popularizing [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 65
Oct 17th, 2006 | By JesseA VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 65 October 15, 2006 Main Topic: How ‘real’ is real enough? Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Can you pass the third grade?
Oct 17th, 2006 | By BarbThis is an old but fun flash map of the United States that gives you a timed test to fill in the map. Its a little touchy how you drag and drop things but really fun. It was at the Pasadena IBM Users Group site. For more fun kids geography games you can also go [...]
BBC NEWS | The map gap
Oct 17th, 2006 | By JesseI am not sure if this has made the rounds yet, but the BBC has an article that talks about…wait for it…PROJECTIONS. It starts off as human interest piece about the sell of the Cosmographia, but quickly extends to broader ideas. This article is great (at least at 1:30 AM) and is more insightful than [...]
