Christine, who works in the research lab down the hall from me, watches The Colbert Report, and told me about a segment on his show featuring Dr. Spencer Wells, head of the Genographic Project, which we have blogged about and participated in ourselves. Although I’m sure that the video reveals that Frank and Jesse did [...]
With nasty thunderstorms outside, and a mountain of work inside, I decided that my Monday post would be something that would cheer me up…..and what is better for that than chocolate! ArtCoco, based in Denver, Colorado, makes and sells gourmet chocolate in various shapes, and they have a cool line of chocolate maps. There are [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 109 August 19, 2007 Main Topic:Interview with Jack Dangermond, President of ESRI Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Daily video wrap-ups from ISDE5 in June 2007. Click here to download VSTV Episode 16 (53MB)
This story has been all over the traditional news – the US is opening up domestic use of spy satellites. The news is rather troubling for privacy concerns. As the article points out, the US is certainly moving into complicated and murky legal waters, as there are specific bans on military use in the domestic [...]
One of our readers, Michelle, emailed me a press release announcing the release of the US National Land Imaging Program plan, which is the result of the work done by Future of Land Imaging Interagency Working Group (FLIIWG). The plan is contained within a 120-page report, which is available here, and offers a set of [...]
Ok, I’ll grant you this is a bit of a stretch for a Spatial post. However, it does have something to do with Virtual Worlds. Kinda. Sorta. And Metaphysics. Anyway, an article in the science section of the NY Times hypothesizes we might all be living in an “ancestor simulator” that people from the future [...]
Not to be out-done by Pleistocene Park, a Scottish landowner, Paul Lister, is attempting to turn his Highland estate, Alladale Estate (near Inverness), into an ecological game preserve with a twist – he is planning on recreating the flora and fauna that were typical of the area 2000 years ago. Lister is hoping to populate [...]
Raymond, the creator of the super fun Statris sent me over a couple of emails about some updates he’s done. If you’re not a huge fan of US geography, fear not! Now you can get your geography gaming in with Statetris Europe and Statris Africa! I have to say my knowledge of both those continents [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 108 August 12, 2007 Main Topic:Interview with Kevin Pomfret of the Spatial Law Blog Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
