In honor of this year’s Blog Action Day theme “Environment” we bring you an episode on Recycling covering the basics and some interesting tidbits about why you should join in. Click here to download VSTV Episode 21 (26 MB)
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 117 October 14, 2007 Main Topic: Interview with Phillip Davis of DelMar College Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
A couple of projects by Japanese researchers show that work in the area of augmented or mixed reality is really pushing the boundary between the real and virtual worlds. Michihiko Shoji, a researcher at the Yokohama Nationa University Venture Business Laboratory, has developed a virtual humanoid called U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi. The robot is covered in a green [...]
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I think this is one of the first Nobel Peace Prizes awarded for an area that is dominated by physical geography. Wangari Muta Maathai won in 2004 for her work in sustainable development, which is the other prize focusing [...]
Ever wanted to know how Global Warming might affect your lavish Sim City models? Well the good folks at Sim City are letting you find out! You can choose what power source you want for your city and it will affect global warming and development costs to your citizens. The game is in pre-order, but [...]
I just finished my oral exams and passed, so just that little hurdle of a dissertation between me and those three very expensive and time consuming letters: PhD. One of my main research areas is the use of GIS in historical research, and I thought it would be nice to highlight one of the first [...]
Talk about taking over the (virtual) world…Google has acquired Jaiku and is working with Multiverse and both were announced in a day. The Jaiku purchase is a curiosity as they could have created their own version of the project from a few of the services they already have in house, though they wouldn’t have captured [...]
On to week 2′s contest question. This week are curious about Space, not space. Click through to the answer the question. If you haven’t answered the question from week 1 you have until Nov 7 to go back and answer it.
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 116 September 30, 2007 Main Topic: Interview about Schmap.com Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
This audio is from the the showroom floor at the 2007 ESRI User Conference. We speak to folks from Lead Dog, ET Spatial, GeoPrize, and Pixia. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format
