I always like to see mapping projects that focus on topics and issues that are unexpected, but informative. That’s why I was intrigued by a project featured over at the Negations blog called the Radical Apple. Although only a small portion of Manhattan has been mapped so far, the project is essentially to map the [...]
The March 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine in now online, and Duncan Lawler’s column features a short writeup on the development of Virtual Earth 3D. Duncan is Development Manager for the Virtual Earth 3D team, and it’s interesting to get an insider’s perspective on the development process, especially on the 3D buildings’ development. I have [...]
Either Sue or I have to skip part of the Podcasting and Blogging/New Media session on Friday morning since we are co-authors on a presentation and the lead isn’t going to be able to make it to the AAG. This leaves a spot open, and while I have no doubt that those in attendance will [...]
I was just catching up on some emails after a hectic couple of days of grant writing, giving an exam, and grading, and Elaine, one of our readers, sent me a link to a website called Mapographer, which features the work of Scott Wittman. Scott uses maps to create artworks, and there are some cool [...]
Sorry, I took down the blog for at least an hour while upgrading WordPress. Apparently the problem I had wasn’t uncommon, and since I made plenty of back-ups before I started (unlike the terrible Very Spatial Poll update of ’06 which I still haven’t brought back yet) I wasn’t too worried about getting back eventually. [...]
In this episode Jesse talks about his Genographic project results. Click here to download VSTV Episode 08
I am working on a series of podcasts in my role as interim-chair of the Graduate Student Affinity Group of the AAG leading up to the conference in April. In one of the episodes I would like to highlight interesting things to do outside of the conference in San Francisco, touristy, outdoory, etc. If you [...]
What with all the tech shows going on, new LBS and mobile hardware and software is just coming out out of the woodwork. One device that isn’t out yet promises to take away some of the hassle (and danger) of staring at your GPS in-car nav system by projecting the navigation information, as well as [...]
Looks like AAA (American Automobile Association) is looking to get more heavily into the online mapping market, as they’ve announced the venerable TripTik, now in online form as the Internet TripTik, will be available free of charge. It’s a crowded market already, but AAA has a long history of providing travel services, and they may [...]
The folks down under are one upping our friends in Raleigh, NC, by moving the entire country away from the beloved, but past its prime, incandescent light bulb. They will be moving to greener options that will reduce the power requirements of the country and, they hope, set an example for the rest of the [...]
