Archive for August 2008





AVSP Live! the video

Aug 17th, 2008 | By

For those of you who missed out on the live show in San Diego or for those who want to relive the memories (bad lighting and all) check out the video of the show (aka Episode 160). You can download the video here in its full 137 MB grandness. Thanks again to Elvin for participating [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 161

Aug 17th, 2008 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 161 August 17, 2008 Main Topic: Interview with USGS Deputy Director Bob Doyle Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Shanghai 2020 – amazing scale model of the entire city

Aug 16th, 2008 | By

With all the attention focusing on virtual worlds and digital modeling, it’s still cool to see large-scale physical models. One of the most awesome ones I’ve heard about has got to be Shanghai 2020, which is a complete scale model of what Shanghai will look like in 2020 if all planned development projects are completed. [...]



RoofRay – Find out your roof’s solar energy potential

Aug 15th, 2008 | By

I haven’t blogged about a mashup in awhile, but I was catching up on some news and saw a link to RoofRay, a Google Maps app that calculates the solar energy potential of a building’s roof. First, you digitize a polygon representing your roof area, then a ray for the direction of the roof’s slope [...]



AVSP Roadshow – AccuWeather

Aug 14th, 2008 | By

Frank had a chance to talk to AccuWeather (http://www.accuweather.com/gis) about their data solutions. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



AVSP Roadshow – GISInc

Aug 12th, 2008 | By

Frank had a chance to talk to GIS, Inc (http://gis-services.com) about their upcoming ArcGIS Server solutions. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



The Last Guy-Google Maps style gaming experience from Sony

Aug 12th, 2008 | By

Now that my ESRI presentation is over, and the demo went really well, with lots of great feedback, my next job is to work on bumping up the design quality. While looking at a few game trailers for inspiration, I ran across this video of a game from Sony called The Last Guy. It’s basically [...]



Chemical Brothers and Google Earth make Midnight Madness

Aug 11th, 2008 | By

The Chemical Brothers are creating a cool global video project based on the theme “Midnight Madness”, using Google Earth and their fans worldwide to promote the release of their new album “Brotherhood”. Fans simply make a short video or a photo that relates to their favorite Chemical Brothers’ song and the theme, then head over [...]



Would Google Maps steer you wrong?

Aug 11th, 2008 | By

To brighten your Monday, here’s a great comic from xkcd on the perils of trusting Google Maps implicitly……



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 160

Aug 10th, 2008 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 160 August 10, 2008 Main Topic: Live! Mobile GIS with Elvin Slavik Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes