Archive for May 2009





A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 199

May 10th, 2009 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 199 May 10, 2009 Main Topic: Conversation with ESRI’s Jason Otero about careers at ESRI Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Turn-by-turn on your (i)Phone

May 8th, 2009 | By

Electronista posted suggesting that TomTom might be hiring an iPhone dev to create a turn-by-turn app for the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS/firmware/whatever. While I am pretty sure that if TomTom was building an iPhone app (and they probably are) they wouldn’t need to hire outside devs, the real issue is whether or not turn-by-turn on [...]



Announcing something at Where 2.0?

May 7th, 2009 | By

We aren’t able to make it out to San Jose for Where 2.0 next week thanks to the need to wrap up the semester, BUT…if you are announcing a product or talking about a great project we would be greatly interested in doing a quick phone interview with you in the next couple of weeks. [...]



Sleep on it…well, yeah

May 6th, 2009 | By

Another random aside from Jesse…I have noticed a few different sources talking about the fact that information is best distributed in manageable amounts with sleep or significant rest time between portions (of knowledge). The fact that so many people are talking about this surprises me, not because it isn’t true, but because of the amount [...]



Lost in the Virtual Fog – visit from the ghost of grad students past

May 5th, 2009 | By

This week’s entry is a little late, as I am burning the midnight oil trying to populate my virtual town with at least basic models so I can see what my performance is going to be with the full complement of landscape features and physics systems running. When we did the first generation of the [...]



Reverse Vending Machines…yes please

May 4th, 2009 | By

Gizmodo has an article on Envirobank’s Reverse Vending Machines which are an environmentally friendly receptacle for your empty cans or bottles. The Australian company has rolled out a few of their machines to see what the response is. For your empty bottle, and for viewing a ‘targeted advertisement’, you will receive credit or coupons. The [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 198

May 3rd, 2009 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 198 May 3, 2009 Main Topic: Conversation with Andrew Hudson-Smith and Andrew Crooks Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



AVSP Roadshow – OpenStreetMap at AAG ’09

May 1st, 2009 | By

Jesse spoke with Dirk Munson (@themapguy) who was representing OpenStreetMap at the 2009 AAG. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format