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Gone Trekking giveaway

Published on November 30, 2009 by in Contest, general

The folks over at LBS Wireless who recently come out with the Field Assets app for iPhone and iPod Touch have rolled out a trio of consumer level apps with Gone Boating, Gone Flying and Gone Trekking. These apps provide the trip capture features we are beginning to expect of our travel apps but they

 
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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 228

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 228 November 29, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation Russell Morris of Landmark Information Group Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes

 
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Happy t-giving

Published on November 26, 2009 by in avsp, general

It is time for those of us in the US to sit down and eat too much turkey (gobbler or tofu) with dressing and ALL of the fixings. It is also time to give our thanks for the bounty of the year. Generally it is thanks for the harvest, but since we are not farmers

 
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Amazing film footage of San Francisco in 1905

When the main focus of your work is historical landscapes, like mine is, your biggest obstacles is finding good data about what that landscape looked like. I know I would do almost anything to find a source for my project like this amazing film footage of Market Street in San Francisco in 1905, before the

 
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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 227

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 227 November 22, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation about geography awareness and its impact Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes

 
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GAW Contest winners and answers.

Published on November 21, 2009 by in Contest, general

As we head back into the 51 weeks a year where we think Geography Awareness Week is every week, we need to look back announce our final winners and the answers to the week’s questions. We would like to congratulate all of our winners and to point out our next anniversary contest that will be

 
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Cool views of the International Space Station with Photosynth

Two things that are definitely high on my cool list – space stuff and Photosynth – have come together to allow you to take a virtual tour – inside and out – of the International Space Station. Microsoft and NASA have partnered on the synths of the space station on NASA’s website. It’s a great

 
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GAW Contest Day 6

Published on November 20, 2009 by in Contest, general

Today is the last chance to win a copy of Field Assets for iPhone or a piece of VerySpatial SWAG from our shelf. Please keep in mind that you must have access to the US iTunes store to redeem the codes for Field Assets and that you have until 11:59PM PST to enter. Today we

 
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GAW Contest Day 5

Published on November 19, 2009 by in Contest, general

On to the next chance to win a copy of Field Assets for iPhone or a piece of VerySpatial SWAG from our shelf. For those of you just joining us please keep in mind that you must have access to the US iTunes store to redeem the codes for Field Assets and that each day

 
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Can US Senators Draw Their Own State?

National Geographic has a really cool geography awareness week challenge for US Senators – can you draw your home state and give three points of interest within it?  Thus far, only a few Senators have replied with their drawings.  It should be no surprise that Al Franken is one of them, since he can draw all 50

 
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