I saw this cool interactive flash map from NPR yesterday, and it brought back memories of the time our lab spent working on the mapping portion of planning for one of those transmission lines that actually got built.
In addition to the standard transmission lines, there are also maps related to wind and solar power [...]
The recent AAG text Aspiring Academics: A Resource Book for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty edited by Solem, Foote and Monk (2009) offers a great deal of information in just a few pages (212 pages). Clearly as a book aimed at academics it references other academic materials on the various topics. As I read [...]
Mike from MapCruzin sent us this comment based on our December 2007 post on the MapEcos project, in order to let us know about a project he’s working on called ToxicRisk. Our comment system apparently didn’t want to play nice, so I thought I’d post Mike’s comment in full below, so that you can read [...]
I’m sure many of you out there have noticed that I haven’t been blogging as much since the first of the year. I know, I know, no excuses, I should always make time for posting cool geography and geospatial-related content. I’ve been knee-deep in my research stuff, working on my prototype application, and getting a [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 197
April 26, 2009
Main Topic: Conversation with Jeff Holden of Pelago
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This is a recording of Jesse’s AAG 2009 presentation titled “Building and Experiencing Virtual Worlds”.
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I should start by saying I’m not even going to pretend to not be biased on this issue. The community of Wilson, NC decided that they were tired of paying so much for so little with regard to broadband and cable. So what’s an industrious community who’s tired of their contractor to do? Well do [...]
For my own little Earth Day shoutout, I thought I’d share actor Paul Rudd’s awesome musical tribute to our planet – “Earth Rocks” from his time collaborating with the great Sesame Street muppet crew
Way back in 2005, Sue blogged about Dave Rumsey’s huge historical map collection . I just recently stumbled on his Google map that has started with about 120 maps from his collection. The site is a little bit like a Harry Potter book or a Russian nesting doll with maps within maps within maps. I [...]
According to a BBC report, geospatial technologies have helped determine that The Great Wall of China is A LOT longer than previously thought. They state that, “Archaeologists had lobbied for the survey to be done to provide scholars with an accurate understanding of the construction. ” The wall is actually 8,850km (5,500 miles) not the [...]
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