A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 235 January 17, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation on citizens as sensors Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Sorry for the short notice, but I just found out about CrisisCamp Haiti, a crisis mapping volunteer event being held in multiple locations tomorrow, Saturday January 16th, which is going “to bring together volunteers to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti’s relief efforts by providing data, information, maps and technical assistance [...]
A huge round of applause goes out to our friend Mike Ferber who successfully defended his dissertation this morning at WVU. Barb said it in her post below, but it deserves its own post too. You can check out Mike’s faculty page at King’s University College and at the King’s Green Pad blog where he [...]
I just came out of a very interesting dissertation defense on emergence and the geograpy of religion. One of the most interesting was the Glenmary Research Center data which is one of the only religious data centes in the U.S. The other being the Pew Foundation Forum on Religion & Public Life. His topic was [...]
GeoEye passed over Haiti this morning, and the imagery has been provided to Google, with the resulting KML now available for download and viewing in Google Earth or you can see the imagery in Google Maps. You can also take a look at the imagery via the KML Viewer gadget embedded below. Other imaging satellites [...]
After yesterday’s devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, aid groups and governments from around the world are mobilizing to help out with relief efforts. As Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters have shown, mapping and geospatial technologies can be crucial tools in helping aid workers assess the situation and navigate an unfamiliar and changed landscape, identify [...]
Update: I think that is it. The sidebars content will be changing a little bit over the rest of the week, but this is what the site will look like for a while. Please contact us if you have any problems with the site. Please excuse the shifting and moving on the site over the [...]
Augmented Reality is one of those cool tech innovations that has been tantalizing us for years as the “Next Big Thing”, but the immense challenges in conceptualizing and implementing AR design and technology mean that actual AR applications are still pretty few and far between. Some exciting projects are out there and we’ve mentioned several [...]
That was just a plug for me getting the most alarming header title for 2010. ArcGIS 9.4 isn’t exactly canceled, it just been upgraded to 10! The next release of Arc will be Arc 10. You can read the details on this page, and check out what Jack has to say about it in this [...]
A couple of new t-shirts available from Threadless that honor exploration and travel. You should also take a look at Spaghetti Western and USB Port too.
