On Tuesday at the ESRI UC I spent the majority of my day wandering through the many tables and displays set up in the exposition hall. At first I was overwhelmed by the size of the exhibition hall and the number of exhibitors but as I walked through the displays I became impressed with [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 312 July 12, 2011 Main Topic: National Geospatial Technology Skill Competition Finals Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Apologies for the delay in the podcast this week. I have had some bandwidth issues so I haven’t been able to get the episode uploaded. If all goes will it should be up and live Wednesday afternoon, earlier if the interwebs cooperate.
Esri UC 2011 Live Blog We’re about to get underway at the 2011 ESRI UC. We’re getting the opening Rocky-esque montage of GIS in action. Jack takes the stage and here we go! Jack starts with a big thank you and appreciation to us all and why we’re all here. Jack’s a big fan of [...]
At the ESRI Education User Conference Plenary this morning a few things struck me as significant for GIS use in the classroom. Bern Szukalski reviewed some of the ArcGIS.com revisions that occurred last Wednesday and these are what I thought could enhance the use of GIS in the classroom: Intelligent Mapping – Essentially pop ups [...]
With South Sudan becoming independent, and the first new country in a while, there are a lot of questions coming up. We will leave the commentary to the talking heads but we are curious about your general thoughts on what is happening, and more importantly what will happen in the future, as South Sudan separates [...]
The Globe and Mail has an interesting Vox article on investing in Zynga, which has created free online social media games such as Farmville on Facebook versus other social media applications. It hearkens me back to the Internet investment boom of the 1990′s when investors took the first steps and risks to invest in new [...]
A quick reminder that entries for our 6th anniversary contest must be in by Sunday, July 10. You can access and answer all of the questions on the contest page. Our grand prize winner (from the US) will get an XBOX 360 with a Kinect (4GB model) while our runners up (from anywhere) will get [...]
Engadget has a link to this really cool video demoing using iOS’s String Augmented Reality SDK and the Microsoft Kinect together. The video mentions a few potential uses, but it is a pretty cool combination of technology. Is 3D going to become the new Mashup? For me, the obvious high point is when he makes [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 311 July 03, 2011 Main Topic: Mladen Stojic of ERDAS Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
