The interdisciplinary linguistic geographies research project funded by the Arts & Humanities Council (AHRC) conjures up all the “old school” components of geography as a romantic, intellectual discipline but with the addition of new technology. For the past year, a team of researchers with backgrounds in geography, cartography, history, paleograhics, and linguistics have been developing [...]
The Consumer Electronics Show is always a magical time of companies showing off new technologies that we want or at least want to use. In this Special Episode we talk about the shiny baubles of technology that caught our attention from CES 2011. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC
In the last 5.5 years we have gone from 2 people writing posts on the VerySpatial.com blog to 4, but the blog has, to date, been intended primarily to support the podcast. We have posted information that has excited us, things we didn’t have time for on the podcast, or topical information that didn’t fit [...]
Over the last five and a half years the blog here at VerySpatial.com has always been intended to be a support mechanism for our podcast. But as we start a new calendar year and a new half year of all things VerySpatial we have taken some time to contemplate what VerySpatial can be. To that [...]
I have noticed lately that increasingly conferences outside of the geospatial sphere are specifically requesting geospatially related topics. I think it shows the integration and acceptance or growing need for “every day” geospatial skills and geospatial literacy outside of fields normally thought of as being obviously geo-related. It means that for geospatial users who often [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 286 January 9, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation with author Lesley Downie Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
In about a month, the US Census Bureau will be releasing the 2010 Census data to states so that they can begin the process of redistricting for the House of Representatives, as well as state legislatures that use those boundaries for election districts. This process happens every ten years, and is a vital part of [...]
We are kicking off the year by catching up on some hidden gems…interviews that have been sitting on a hard drive unedited and unposted. First up is a conversation with Natasha Léger, Editor of LBx Journal, about LBx’s mission and direction recorded during Where 2.0 2010. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download [...]
Like many recent weather-related disasters, the media and on-line websites have started to increasingly use interactive maps to explain disasters such as Guardian UK and other news outlets coverage of the current Australian flooding. In most areas where flooding is a problem, flood maps are very important not only for planning, such as the work [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 285 January 2, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation on trends to watch for 2011 Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
