Archive for April 2011





A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 300

Apr 18th, 2011 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 300 April 17, 2011 Main Topic: Nate Wood about understanding risk from natural hazards. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



The episode will be up Monday, brought to you by post 3000

Apr 17th, 2011 | By

I think the lengthy title covers it, but due to a conference cold, travel today, and lack of sleep I won’t have the next episode (300) up until Monday evening. I will email the “countdown to 300″ contest winners Monday morning to get addresses and such, but I can say that the Kindle will be [...]



AAG is a blast

Apr 13th, 2011 | By

So far we have recorded some great interviews, talked to some interesting folks, and attended good sessions…as well as working on articles, planning some research, and eating great food. However, we are here for a bit longer and look for to talking to some of you who here at the conference. If you would like [...]



Countdown to 300 contest reminder

Apr 11th, 2011 | By

Please remember that our Countdown to 300 contest ends today. Head over to the contest page to correctly answer each of the 5 questions for the chance to have 5 entries in our drawing for an Amazon Kindle (wifi version). Good Luck!



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 299

Apr 10th, 2011 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 299 April 10, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation on sharing knowledge through site visits Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Observing the Earth – Episode 1

Apr 8th, 2011 | By

So, yeah…a little something to round out Earth Observation Day 2011. Can I just say it is WAY harder to do a single take 5 minute video than it is to do an hour long audio podcast that ends up as 30 minutes. I am releasing a series of 10 video podcasts over the next [...]



Earth Observation Day 2011

Apr 8th, 2011 | By

Well the results are in for our most recent poll “What type of plans do you have for Earth Observation Day (April 8)?” With 17 responses, 18% are hosting an event, 6% are attending an event and 76% have no plans. Clearly we need to get folks a bit more involved in Earth Observation Day [...]



NYC BigApps Winner

Apr 5th, 2011 | By

Laurie Segall’s article for CNN Money, “Bloomberg opens NYC data to entrepreneurs” announces the winner of this years NYC Bigapps using NYC public data sets. This year’s winner out of 50 apps was Roadify, a real-time app that sends alerts about subway, bus, and driving conditions. New York City, like many government agencies in recent [...]



A touchable interface

Apr 4th, 2011 | By

A year ago, the weekend after Where 2.0, we headed up to San Francisco to hang out with friends, to check out WonderCon, and for me to wait in line for the awesomeness that was the original iPad launch at the flagship Apple store. After getting up early and wandering a few blocks I stood [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 298

Apr 3rd, 2011 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 298 April 3, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation on issues related to cloud computing and geospatial applications Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes