Have you ever heard of Atlantis being called the land beneath the ocean? Well how about an ocean beneath the land? Apparently researchers have found a sizable blob of water beneath Asia. It’s about the size of the Arctic Ocean and the yet another lovely byproduct of plate tectonics. Apparently it also serves a critical
New 3D virtual world Kaneva getting ready to launch
While catching up on virtual world and metaverse news, I found this interesting little article about a startup virtual world called Kaneva, which is in beta testing. Its creator, Christopher Klaus, notes in the article that he is expecting Kaneva to go live in the first half of this year. Klaus previously founded a company
GSAG Podcast 01
This week we talk to the organizer of the 2 “Making It Up As We Go” sessions, Tamara Wall, and the organizers of the “Spread the Word” Session, Sue and Jesse. Click here to download GSAG Podcast 01
GSAG podcasts
Over the next few weeks Sue and I, as board members of the AAG’s Graduate Student Affinity Group, are doing a few preconference podcasts on the conference/roadshow feed. We will be talking to organizers of grad student oriented sessions. Just a heads up before the shows start appearing on the blog.
Digitized Russian Military Maps of the UK go on sale
A couple of news outlets in the UK are reporting on Landmark Information Group’s recently completed project to digitize Soviet military maps of the UK, which include 16,000 square kilometres and 103 UK town and cities, which have just gone on sale. The maps were mostly done between 1950 and 1990 and, in some cases
Top 11 Underground Systems in the World
Part two of our two part expose of the World’s Great Subways is this great article detailing the Top 11 Underground Systems in the World. If you’ve every had a hankern’ to travel the world to see it’s underground wonders, this is the site for you. Rather nice pictures of each of the Underground systems
Subway Maps From Around The World
Ever have an upcoming trip to (INSERT CITY NAME) and think, “Wow, I hate taking cabs. I wish I knew how to use the subway system in (INSERT CITY NAME FROM ABOVE HERE)!” Well here’s a great site for you! This site has gone through the trouble to scan in digital copies of all the
Virtual Worlds 2007
I was catching up on my metaverse news this morning, and realized I missed the announcements about Virtual Worlds 2007, a conference about the future of Virtual Worlds in a number of areas, including entertainment and marketing. Now, opinions may be divided about Virtual Worlds like Second Life, but if you look at the speakers
Common Sense and Scavenger Hunts
Some people don’t like scavenger hunts such as geocaching and the old fashioned clues and X marks the spot map because participants sometimes ignore common sense or courtesy. Some of the problems are caused by poor planning on the part of organizers. What was Cadbury Schweppes thinking when they organized a scavenger hunt that included
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 84
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 84 February 25, 2007 Main Topic: Interview with James A Owen, author of Here There Be Dragons. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
































