Month: October 2008

• October 8, 2008Data, general

  Marine Sanctuaries in Google Earth

  Ars Technica is reporting about a new layer for marine sanctuaries being added to Google Earth. To me, this is a perfect example of some of the issues Jesse, Sue, […]

• October 7, 2008ESRIUC, general, Podcast, TV

  VSTV Episode 38 – Solid Terrain Modeling

  At the ESRI UC we dropped by the Solid Terrain Modeling booth to check out their products. The video highlights just a few options they offer. Click here to download […]

• October 7, 2008general, LBS

  Geode starts the conversation

  I have to say that Mozilla Labs Geode has kicked up some good questions over on the Geowanking listserv. The most important, I think, is the discussion on the W3C […]

• October 6, 2008general, Software

  ERDAS moves to annual release cycle

  Today ERDAS sent out a press release that states that they are moving to an annual release cycle with a major release in the fall and a minor release in […]

• October 5, 2008general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 168

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 168 October 5, 2008 Main Topic: Data Dissemination Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes

• October 4, 2008general, GeographyAwareness, WebMapping

  Map-making mania

  The Globe and Mail has an interesting article on the new cartography aka neogeography. You might want to head over and check it out. globeandmail.com: Map-making mania

• October 3, 2008avsp, general, URISA

  URISA, Oct 7-10

  Sue and I arrived in New Orleans today for next week’s URISA conference. Conference registration is still available online at the URISA website however the deadline for the conference hotel […]

• October 2, 2008Data, general, Hardware

  Broadband Data Collection Bill Passed

  Ars Technica is reporting that Congress has finally passed the broadband data collection bill. As any good geographer will tell you, normally the first step in figuring out where you […]

• October 1, 2008general, General

  Poll results, new poll

  The poll has closed and the question we asked was “Which element of GIS is most important?”. The results broke down as follows (based on 122 votes): Hardware -3% Software […]