While we on the east coast of the US still have about 26 hours to go to get to January 1, some of you are already in the afternoon on December 31 and are probably already preparing for your New Year’s Eve suppers, parties, and other festivities. On this day when the Gregorian Calendar begins
Sustainable Seafood App
There are many restaurant apps around that rely on users to input location on their locale or sites they visit to create a national or international database. The most recent one I have found out about is The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood WATCH Project FishMap which asks users to share information on the locations of
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 284
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 284 December 26, 2010 Main Topic: Our 2010 year-end review Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Forensic modeling: then, now and on TV
While searching to find out how closely Bones TV show 3D rendering is to real life forensics, I ran across the history of Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death models which are housed at the Maryland Medical Examiner‘s Office in Baltimore, MD. From the amount of documentaries, stories, articles, and books,
A VerySpatial Christmas Eve
A little movie with our holidays wishes to all our listeners and readers out there….
A VerySpatial Podcast – Holiday 2010
This year we bring you our thoughts on the top movies and games of there year…a little off topic, but we still bring it back to our research. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 283
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 283 December 19, 2010 Main Topic: Our annual holiday outtakes episode Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
In 2008, Sue posted about the U.S. Department of Energy‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory Atlas that was in development. I ran across the completed NREL FTP site with geospatial toolkits and GIS data by the NREL GIS team. They analyze wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other energy resources and provide corresponding GIS data. This includes
Cheap Thrills and Virtual Reality
By now, almost everyone has seen the cool You Tube video of the Japanese students fake skydiving using a projector and Google Earth. However, all the posts and comments focus on the skydiving part and how realistic, non-realistic, or just plain awesome it is. When I watched it my first thought was, “that is a
Mapping Facebook
Mapping social networks isn’t anything new, but I find this lovely map of Facebook users in the BBC to be incredibly striking. First, because it’s obviously beautiful. Second, because you can use it as a proxy for the digital divide. The map details connections between friends on Facebook with the bright points at the end
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