Month: January 2010

• January 31, 2010general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 237

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 237 January 31, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation on the Census and Geography Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click […]

• January 29, 2010Social Networking, VirtualEnvironments

  Victorian 3-D

  Before there was Avatar and even before Fisher-Price Viewmaster, there was stereoscopy or stereo photographs that presented scenes in life-like three dimensions similar to a Viewmaster. A recent book on […]

• January 28, 2010general

  Digital Nation premieres Feb. 2nd on PBS Frontline

  Frontline, a great program on PBS here in the US, will be airing the premiere of Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier on Feb. 2nd. The show will look […]

• January 27, 2010Gadgets

  Yes maps are that important

  Looks like Apple definitely understands the power of maps as Steve J. highlighted them in the intro of the iPad.

• January 27, 2010general

  65 Years of View-Master

  It’s hard to believe that Fisher-Price View-Master reels are over 65 years old and kids are still playing with them. Even with the advent of hi-tech toys for kids, the […]

• January 26, 2010Census 2010, general

  US Census enumeration begins in Alaska

  The tiny town of Noorvik, Alaska gets the honor of being the first town visited by Census enumerators, and the Head of the Census Bureau, Dr. Robert Groves, travelled to […]

• January 25, 2010WebMapping

  OpenGeo Suite expands and hits 1.0

  We mentioned OpenGeo Suite a while back on the podcast when they offered up an installer that loaded GeoServer, OpenLayers and GeoServer Data Importer. Today, taking a step forward, they […]

• January 24, 2010general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 236

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 236 January 24, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation on temporal GIS Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the […]

• January 22, 2010general, LBS, Software

  Micello – Mapping Indoor Spaces

  As more and more mapping applications are being developed and releasing, we’re seeing a lot of innovative ways to utilize maps. Finding your way from point A to Point B, […]

• January 21, 2010general

  Cloudy with a Chance of Graphics

  I found an interesting RFP today from NOAA that asks for research into “the effectiveness of current operational products, including graphics and uncertainty information”. Essentially it is asking a geospatial […]