Archive for November 2007





Black Friday GPS

Nov 23rd, 2007 | By

If you took a look at the sales flyers in the newspapers for the Black Friday sales you have seen that this is apparently the year of in-car navigation devices. Every sales flyer from Best Buy to Walgreens had at least one device on sale with many of the stores offering multiple devices at great [...]



Happy (US) Thanksgiving

Nov 22nd, 2007 | By

To those of you in the states who have the day off, I hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable day. For those of you working…I’ve been there and empathize with you. Gone are the days when t-giving was a work day only for emergency staff, pizza drivers, chinese takeout, and entertainment folks (theaters and [...]



Geographic questions on TV

Nov 21st, 2007 | By

Tonight’s episode of Corner Gas that aired on WGN talked about map accuracy, scale, etc…and as usual was quite amusing. It was Episode 409: “Outside Joke”. Spoiler…the culprit was a cracked screen.



New Poll: Holiday desires

Nov 20th, 2007 | By

With Black Friday only days away and the holiday gift buying season well underway for many we were wondering what you Geography thing you want for the holidays. The options we are offering up are: Compass and Map – Navigate the old fashioned way or accent a room A trip to… – Who doesn’t want [...]



An anniversary and some rest

Nov 19th, 2007 | By

We have posted the one year anniversary episode of VerySpatial TV…yay! The 9 days of media blitz is officially over. We are taking it easy after last week with holiday travel and all, but we will still get some info up



VSTV Episode 23 – Festival of Maps

Nov 19th, 2007 | By

We took some time to take in portions of the Festival of Maps which is taking place in Chicago through the spring. The video highlights the Newberry Library and the Field Museum. Click here to download VSTV Episode 23 (26 MB)



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 122

Nov 18th, 2007 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 122 November 18, 2007 Main Topic: Our take on spatial media Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Uses of Geography

Nov 17th, 2007 | By

The last day of our Geography Standards focus and the last of Geography Awareness Week brings us to Element 6: Uses of Geography which Sue was kind enough write, though she has been editing the other 5 elements after I have whipped them out. Check out our wrap-up of the last element.



AVSP Roadshow – SSHA 07

Nov 17th, 2007 | By

A quick wrap up of our experiences at the 2007 Social Science History Association Conference in Chicago. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



Environment and Society

Nov 16th, 2007 | By

Element 5: Environment and Society covers standards 14-16 which get to the heart of human/environment interaction. Click through to read the column. Environment and Society