Archive for April 2010





AAG 2010 – Where we were

Apr 17th, 2010 | By

That is it for the VerySpatial crew for the 2010 AAG in Washington, DC. Posters were stood beside, papers were presented, panels were discussed, and podcasts were recorded. We walked away with the fewest podcasts of any AAG, so if we missed you and you would like to talk about your presentation, topic, or product [...]



AAG 2010 – Where we will be

Apr 13th, 2010 | By

Howdy! We will be traveling and conferencing over the next few days in Washington, DC at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. If you will be there presenting or just hanging out grab us and say ‘hello’, or better yet grab us and tell us (and our microphones) what you are doing [...]



Inventor of Rubik’s Cube to appear at USA Science and Engineering Festival

Apr 13th, 2010 | By

You may remember that we’ve mentioned the USA Science and Engineering Festival, which will be held in October in Washington, DC. It is a great idea to celebrate science and engineering, and raise awareness of the importance of STEM education here in the US. There’s already a great lineup of universities, public agencies and private [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 247

Apr 11th, 2010 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 247 April 11, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation with WaveMarket‘s Joel Grossman about Veriplace Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Come one, come all

Apr 9th, 2010 | By

Ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages, we would like to invite you to attend a session at the AAG in Washington, DC next Friday (April 16) at 8AM (if you are attending the conference of course). The panel session is entitled Digital Media and Learning in Geography (abstract below) and it will take place [...]



Apple serious about location privacy

Apr 8th, 2010 | By

In my infinite Apple fanboyishness I am going through the iPhone OS 4.0 keynote video from earlier today. A couple of nice things that will be rolling to your iPhone/iPod Touch later this summer and iPad in the fall when the new OS ships will be background location and multitasking (need to let your location [...]



Directions podcast COGO interview

Apr 7th, 2010 | By

Joe Francica over at Directions Media Podcast spoke with chair-elect of COGO, Geney Terry, about COGO, its membership, and its role in the community. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but this is one of those conversations that I think will say a lot about the Geography and geospatial tech arena. [...]



AVSP Roadshow – Where 2.0 2010 – Thursday

Apr 6th, 2010 | By

Sue and Jesse touch on some of the Thursday Where 2.0 activities. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format



Making Copies

Apr 6th, 2010 | By

Think back to when you needed to share maps before the Internet. Did that give you the heebie jeebies? Now think back to when you needed to share maps before the invention of the copier. It has been 50 years since the invention of the Xerox copier in 1960. Back then academics were still debating [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 246

Apr 5th, 2010 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 246 April 5, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation with Jeremy Bartley about ESRI’s web mapping APIs Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes