Yes, we all know it, but today seems like a good day to reiterate that sentiment, as we desperately work to get our Geography and GIS lab computers up and running after we were compromised by a security hole in our anti-virus software’s live update. Ironic really. The university has blocked all ports on the [...]
We are beginning to plan our conference travel and we are going to hit the ESRI Dev Summit again this year. We are trying to find a decent hotel (with high speed) that isn’t far from the Wyndham (conference) and doesn’t cost $200 a night. I am sure some of you are familiar with Palm [...]
The New York Times has another article on the impacts of global warming, this one discusses how the melting of glacial ice is exposing new land area and changing our knowledge of the coastline geography of Greenland. This is illustrated by the example of a recently-identified island, which was thought to be part of a [...]
Yes, Ed tagged us and we just now sat down and came up with our 5 things you didn’t know about the VerySpatial crew. 1. Before moving to West Virginia, Sue used to exercise thoroughbred racehorses. 2. Frank is deathly afraid of snakes…..especially snakes on a plane! 3. Jesse used to play mandolin and guitar [...]
The National Research Council has released its report on the state of US Earth Observation satellite operations, which discusses the 29 current missions, including Landsat, and offers recommendations for continuing US earth monitoring capabilities into the next decade at least. I have only read the executive summary so far, but it paints a disturbing picture: [...]
Last week, a committee from China visited Brazil to sign a cooperative agreement for collaboration between the countries in GIS and cartographic projects. According to the press release: “The accord is aimed at improving both sides’ cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), as well as their environmental monitoring techniques and research.” It is an interesting [...]
In this episode we take our first step in the Genographic Project by going over the contents of the sample kit and doing the DNA test. Click here to download VSTV Episode 07
If you listened to this week’s podcast, you heard us talk about CES and MacWorld. John Dvorak reached the same conclusions we reached in our discussion. This, of course, means that either we here at Very Spatial are either very wise or very in tune with the obvious. Knowing us, I’m thinking the ‘obvious’ one. [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 78 January 14, 2007 Main Topic: Gadget goodness Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
It appears that in general there is a new device type that is running on Windows CE that is built for media. Sandisk’s Sansa® View features a 4 inch screen and a replacable LiPoly battery for those long flights. The more interesting device though might be the iRiver W10 which has a 3.5″ screen, but [...]
