A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 293 February 27, 2011 Main Topic: The space shuttle program and its contributions to geospatial Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
It’s the beginning of the end of an era for NASA’s shuttle program, as Discovery is set for its final launch at 4:50pm EST today, with Endeavor’s final mission currently scheduled for April, and Atlantis’ possibly the summer. I have always been a huge fan of the shuttle program, and can remember when I got [...]
It’s amazing how often life immitates blog. For a class on qualitative GIS, I put together a Google Earth narrative history of growing up in north west New Jersey. I started with an up close Google Earth view of the lush green forested mountains and rolling farmland hills that I think of when I think [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 292 February 20, 2011 Main Topic: All News Episode Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
The USGS has released National Land Cover Data (NLCD) for 2006 marking a new 5 year interval of data release as opposed to the previous 10 year cycle. The data set includes but is not limited to: NLCD 2006 Land Cover NLCD 2001/2006 Land Cover Change NLCD 2006 Percent Developed Imperviousness NLCD 2001/2006 Percent Developed [...]
We will begin the process to adding in new contributors over the next month, but one of new blog contributors is someone we asked to join us. Jeff has been a friend of ours from his time at WVU where he completed his MA (after I think 2 BAs from other institutions). Here is his [...]
Until I got an email today, I had forgotten I’d signed up for the 2011 DigitalGlobe – IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest which is due by by May 31, 2011. I am under no illusions that I know enough to win the contest or even enough to finish a contest entry, but I know that [...]
You have to love Facebook because many times friends will post news articles that you might have missed. Everyone is talking about the new 2012 U.S. Government Budget that just came out. The New York Times has created a visual of the budget with different size blocks representing spending with a rollover to show the [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 291 February 13, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation with Amy Ballard on the National Geospatial Skills Competition Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Since I seem to be highlighting software that I am interested in getting time to work with lately, I thought I would return to Project Galileo, a great project that is currently going on over at Autodesk Labs. Building on many Autodesk desktop technologies (such as LandXplorer) and labs projects, Project Galileo is: an easy-to-use [...]
