I saw this on MobuzzTV and thought it fits our them of all things geospatial. The video shows high altitude footage from a V2 rocket test back in 1946. YouTube – White Sands, NM V-2 Rocket (21 Nov 1946) Partial Newsreel
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 83 February 18, 2007 Main Topic: Interview: David DiBiase about the UCGIS GIS&T Body of Knowledge Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
The folks over at Twingly (non-English site) have created what may be the world’s coolest screen saver. It basically reports blog activity around the world in real or near real time. Here’s the YouTube clip of the application working. I haven’t downloaded it (mostly because I can’t read what I believe to be Swedish), but [...]
If you’re really into watching professional biking, but haven’t as of yet had the resources to go to an actual race, this news is for you. The Amgen Tour of California is going to feature riders with geotracking devices to chart the rider’s movements in real time. As Wired is reporting, “The system uses a [...]
A recent Gold Prize winner at the International Design Competition is the Dandella, a lovely and simple GPS tracking device shaped like a flower stem. Once it is set up with locations, you just activate the Dandella and it lights up and points in the direction you need to go, or points to another Dandella [...]
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After switching to LED lights in one of their parking garages, Raleigh realized it can save 40% a year off of their utility bill if they make the switch permanent. Now the city is thinking of taking the experiment city wide. Although they realize the upfront costs are much higher for LED lights, they last [...]
Believe it or not, Google Earth isn’t just for finding your house. The BBC is reporting that Iraqis in Baghdad are using Google Earth mashups to plan escape routes to avoid sectarian violence in Iraq. The site has loads of information about how to avoid getting captured in the violence, not just the map. However [...]
Yes, leave it the Japanese to come up with an automated robot snowplow! Not only does the plow gobble up the snow like a giant roomba, it has onboard GPS and embedded video cameras for self-guidance. And really, how could you resist your own brightly yellow painted giant pokemon clearing your sidewalk and driveway while [...]
Yes, for all those intrepid explorers out there who want to vacation on the Red Planet, the ESA is releasing the 1st “hiker’s maps” for Mars. Based on data from the ESA’s MarsExpress, researchers have also generated a series of HRSC Digital Terrain Models for portions of Mars as well. No word on when you [...]
