I couldn’t resist the urge to try a little more moviemaking, so here is a little PSA about a problem all of us GIS geeks out there have encountered at least once:
North Carolina World Geography Bowl
Last Friday (Sept 25) I attended the NC World Geography Bowl regional meet in Greensboro. The list of schools that participated was short: UNC Greensboro, UNC Charlotte, Appalachian State, East Carolina, and UNC Pembroke. Two PhD programs, 2 MA programs, and our little Geography minor program I was surprised that more schools in NC do
Google’s Project 10 to the 100 – Vote for your favorite idea!
You may remember Google’s Project 10 to the 100, which invited everyone around the world to submit ideas that “to change the world by helping as many people as possible.” Over 150,000 ideas were submitted by the deadline in October 2008, and between September 24th and October 8th, 2009 (that’s right, voting is open right
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 219
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 219 September 27, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation on Augmented Reality Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Episode VI: Return of the Geo
A great presentation from GeoCommunity Soapbox by Ian Painter that has been making the rounds on twitter today:
License plate spotting – a fun way to learn about geography
Once a week, I like to check out my hometown newspaper’s website, and enjoy the fun small town stories (some of which are about people I went to high school with and haven’t seen in 20 years). This week, a fun little article caught my eye about 2 Penn Yan kids who decided to keep
October is RS month at VerySpatial
While November is the home of Geography Awareness, we are going to focus on Remote Sensing in October. We have a couple of interviews and discussion topics in line for the podcast, but we are planning some things for the blog as well. On that note, we would like to know of any questions that
VerySpatial TV 41 – Xtranormal
So, while perusing the latest and greatest stuff on the intertubes, I can across a cool site called Xtranormal, which offers you some fun tools to create your own animated movies online, without having to pay a lot for animation and editing software. There are different 3D characters, and you can add expressions, dialog, and
WWII Escape Maps, Monopoly, and Ebay
ABC News has a revisited the story of escape maps and tools hidden inside Monopoly games during WWII. According to the article, “The British secret service conspired with the U.K. manufacturer to stuff a compass, small metal tools, such as files, and, most importantly, a map, into cut-out compartments in the Monopoly board itself.” A
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 218
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 218 September 20, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation with Martin Copping of Geo-Visus Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
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