Archive for March 2010





AVSP Roadshow – DevSummit 2010 Part 1

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By

Our intrepid podcaster Sue is on the ground in Palm Springs to catch the highlights of the 2010 ESRI Dev Summit. This is the first part of her overview of the Tuesday morning plenary session. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



VerySpatial TV 42 – GeoFuse

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By

I came across a forgotten folder in my spring hard drive cleaning with a few interviews and videos from the 2009 ESRI UC. I will be posting these found objects over the next couple of months. We begin our time warp back to last summer with Frank’s interview with GeoEye about their GeoFuse data search [...]



Daylight Savings Time Uses More Energy

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By

If you ask me, this should go into the “duh” file, but I’m glad someone did the numbers to prove it – Daylight Savings Time uses more energy.  Indiana recently changed their laws to require all the counties in the state to adopt DST.  In the past, 15 counties had opted out of the practice. [...]



Solid Waste Management Careers

Mar 22nd, 2010 | By

I recently attended the The 25th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management held in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. If you are a geospatial professional looking for an interesting and challenging career, solid waste management is a growing industry with world wide appeal. Some of the interesting topics discussed were policy issues such as municipal [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 244

Mar 21st, 2010 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 244 March 21, 2010 Main Topic: Geography and Solid Waste Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Google Japan Street View – a magical behind-the-scenes tour

Mar 19th, 2010 | By

Saw this whimsical little video on Gizmodo, and had to share. In Japan, everything is cooler, and Google Street View is no exception!



A St Patty’s day link

Mar 16th, 2010 | By

If you play this video at an appropriate volume you will either get yelled at by your coworkers to turn it down or to turn it up…ignore the former and share a pint with the latter. And hey, with is more geographic than a band from Newfoundland being used to highlight a holiday we all [...]



Mapping education monies

Mar 16th, 2010 | By

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently highlighted an interactive map of state spending on higher education institutions and how federal stimulus monies are being used in each state. The focus is on three themes: Percent of higher ed budget from stimulus monies (FY 2009-10), change in general fund spending (FY 2008-2010), and budget gaps as [...]



DevSummit ahoy

Mar 15th, 2010 | By

We will have some representation at the ESRI DevSummit next week and while the focus will be on covering some of the presentations and getting an idea of what will be changing in the dev area in ArcGIS 10, there will be some time to catch up with anyone interested in highlighting their work. If [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 243

Mar 14th, 2010 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 243 March 14, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation with Brian Wienke of Accela Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes