Archive for February 2009





Rockin’ with Geography – Teacher and the Rockbots

Feb 7th, 2009 | By

Rock n’ roll lovers everywhere – now you can help remember your geography skills by rocking out with Teacher and the Rockbots, as they sing classics like “Continents,” “How to Read a Map, and “Supply and Demand” from their album “World” Teacher and the Rockbots is an educational site that also has 3 other music [...]



Location and touch in your next GIS

Feb 5th, 2009 | By

Around the tubes rumors have surfaced regarding the inclusion of CoreLocation and Touch SDKs in the next desktop version of the MacOS X, AKA Snow Leopard. As a Mac fan I am pretty excited about in of these types of rumors, since they promise a great deal to those folks who are making the next [...]



Come one, come all…the contest ends soon

Feb 3rd, 2009 | By

So our 3.5 anniversary contest is nearing its end as we post the final question: What US federal agency’s flood maps are causing controversy in several US states? and ask you to head over to the VerySpatial website (if you aren’t already there) and answer this weeks question along with the 3 previous questions for [...]



Google Says They’re Not the Bad Guys

Feb 2nd, 2009 | By

The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting article heavily quoting Google Earth’s project head John Hanke, “We’re not the bad guys.”  The article goes on to heavily quote Hanke concerning the issue, but the gist of it is that technology is morally neutral.  You can use it for good and bad things and it’s up [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 185

Feb 1st, 2009 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 185 February 1, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation about geoprofiling, geodemographics, and privacy issues Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes