A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 215 August 30, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation with Jon Kimerling and Aileen Buckley, authors of the 6th edition of Map Use: Reading and Analysis Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
As many of you know, we have been involved in research related to geovisualization, 3D immersive virtual environments, and 3D virtual worlds for quite a while, and we’ve talked about some of the issues and opportunities a number of times on the podcast. One of the biggest obstacles to a compelling VR environment is getting [...]
Some of you may have seen this already, but here’s a cool concept for those times when you just want to see a map, or when you want to point something out to someone without having to start at your smartphone screen or, God forbid, unfold a paper map…It’s called MAPTOR, and it’s a design [...]
Since I finished my GISP application and FINALLY sent it in I thought it was probably time to highlight the GIS Certification Institute. From their web site the GISCI “provides the geographic information systems (GIS) community with a complete certification program. GISCI offers participants from the first early years on the job until retirement a [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 214 August 23, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation with Paul Bissett of WeoGeo Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
The Disney Universe is a pretty elaborate one and one of the ways they keep it running is GIS. Some of the current job openings include is a civil engineering intern with a knowledge of GIS, several GIS and remote sensing related Animal Program internships, and many actual GIS related jobs around the U.S. with [...]
An article in the U.K. Dailymail covers current research about why people walk in circles when they get lost. Although I am sure that it was written with tongue in cheek about the usefulness of this type of study, the actual results are geospatial. According to a researcher quoted in the article, ‘People cannot walk [...]
The BBC has a nice write up of Augmented Reality and a video from Layar demoing how their phone based AR works. LBS marches forward! BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Handsets enhance the real world.
Today I bring you a public service announcement…As I sit in my new 10×11 windowless office on the campus of UNC Pembroke, I realize I am at a bridging moment in life that I wouldn’t necessarily suggest to other grad students of any discipline. I am teaching four general education courses this semester, 2 Intro [...]
Here’s an interesting bit of geographic news from the USDA – rural counties with broadband tend to have more jobs and those jobs are better paying. Another fascinating finding is that households above the same income level tend to have broadband. Rural-urban differences become non-existant above a certain level. There are also some regional differences, [...]
