Archive for December 2008





Synthin’ with Photosynth

Dec 9th, 2008 | By

As I’m sure many of you remember, I have been a fan of Microsoft Research’s Photosynth since we saw the first tech previews back in July 2006. Today I finally got some time to sit down and try it out myself. After setting up my profile on the Photosynth site and downloading and installing Photosynth, [...]



VerySpatial TV Conference – AU’08 Tuesday Afternoon

Dec 9th, 2008 | By

You guessed it. We did a wrap-up video Tuesday afternoon that covered some of our thoughts on the General Keynote at AU. Click here to download VSTV full size Click here to download VSTV small size



Krugman Predicts End of US Auto Industry

Dec 9th, 2008 | By

Paul Krugman, Nobel prize winning economist, has predicted the end of the US auto industry. Although this has been widely reported elsewhere, I think it’s interesting to note the reason Krugman quotes: “It will do so because of the geographical forces that me and my colleagues have discussed…” So if anyone gives you flak for [...]



VerySpatial TV Conference – AU’08 Tuesday Morning

Dec 8th, 2008 | By

Jesse and Sue recently made the trek to Autodesk University in Las Vegas to check out the geospatial and BIM solutions. This is quick wrap-up of our first morning. Click here to download VSTV full size Click here to download VSTV small size



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 177

Dec 7th, 2008 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 177 December 7, 2008 Main Topic: Our conversation about man-made fantasy landscapes Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Virtual Gingerbread House

Dec 6th, 2008 | By

This might be stretching the term virtual bit far, but at Apartment Therapy they posted about a virtual gingerbread house created by Jenny B. harris at Allsorts studio on Etsy. She also has a Christmas Dress Up Doll and some other activities. It’s really fun to decorate your gingerbread house but when I first clicked [...]



US Census Bureau beginning to hire for 2010 census workers

Dec 5th, 2008 | By

I just saw last night that the Census Bureau is gearing up the hiring process for workers here in West Virginia, and I am sure the process is also starting up in other states as well. There will be several waves of hiring, from office workers and support staff, to the actual census takers. Hiring [...]



AVSP Roadshow – AU2008 Day 2

Dec 5th, 2008 | By

Sue and Jesse wrapped their activities on Tuesday at the 2008 Autodesk University, the day of the geospatial (for us at least). Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



AVSP Roadshow – AU2008 Day 1

Dec 4th, 2008 | By

Sue and I spoke at detail of our first day at the 2008 Autodesk University, from the General Keynote, M&E Keynote, and Technology Session to the exhibit hall. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



Crime Tracking in the 21st Century

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By

Ars Technica has a pretty nice summary article on a few crime mapping and mashup sites around the web. We’ve reported one or two of these in the past, but there are a few I hadn’t heard about. It’s interesting to see Toronto releasing all if its homicide information on the web for all to [...]