A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 156 July 13, 2008 Main Topic: Interview with Ted Florence of Avenza Systems Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association is a multidisciplinary group that has been around since 1963. In their own words: URISA promotes the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems. The association supports this mission in many ways and is very active [...]
Following up on the Book Corner from Episode 155 I have written up my thoughts on the book GIS for Web Developers: Adding Where to your Web Applications by Scott Davis. You can find this and previous book write-ups in the ever quiet columns section of the web site.
The App Store is available if you have updated to iTunes 7.7. I took a quick look at some of the first round of apps (there are 500 at launch) and found the expected Whrrl, Loopt, and Yelp apps, but there are others as well. If you need a map for a subway in the [...]
I find it fascinating to think about the places human’s choose to call home. Some places are clearly understandable – like along a river – while others are rather perplexing. What might be even more fascinating than that are places we choose to vacate. That’s the topic of this blog post: 20 Abandoned Cities from [...]
For those of you who have listened to our first 6 months of podcasts you will know that we are all rabid fans of Joss Whedon. We will consume basically anything he has a hand in for one simple reason…it is good. So when Sue came across the mention of Joss working on something with [...]
We are really interested in what will come out of the recently announced ESRI video contest. Hopefully, if you are entering the contest, you will think of us and send us a link to your video so that we can take a look at what you are doing in your daily (geospatial) lives. Since they [...]
Registration for the upcoming GeoWeb Conference, which will be taking place July 21-25, ends next Monday July 14. If you are wondering about what is going on at this year’s conference check out our interview with Ron Lake and Bob Samborski back in Episode 147.
…. but you’re too lazy to train? Well the helpful people at Google feel your pain! Google has outlined the route of the Tour in their Street view application. You can “ride” the path using Street View and “experience” the Tour third hand! It’ll be just like you’re there, but only without the wind and [...]
According to this CNN, a former lawyer is making a living out of creating Lego structure art. If a lawyer can do it, can you imagine what a person with a GIS background could do. What if there was an ARC or other spatial Lego software? Anyone already doing something using GIS and Legos? You [...]
