Climate models have predicted this for years, but it’s never been observed… until now. Ars Technica discusses the issue in brief. For the non-physical geographers out there (of which I count myself), storm tracks are the mid-latitude storm patterns that bring most of the precipitation to the heavy population centers in the world. As the [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 317 August 14, 2011 Main Topic: Diana Sinton of the University of Redlands on their Spatial Literacy certificate Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
EarthScope is an NSF program that, “that deploys thousands of seismic, GPS, and other geophysical instruments to study the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the processes the cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It involves collaboration between scientists, educators, policy makers, and the public to learn about and utilize exciting scientific discoveries [...]
Dr Jon Anderson of Cardiff University has created a fun video that ties into a class he is teaching. It shows how a short video can lead to many thoughts, questions and ideas. Give it a look and contemplate where it takes you.
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 316 August 7, 2011 Main Topic: Brian Wienke and Chuck Spink of Accela Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
In the mad scramble to finish editing my PhD dissertation and graduate, I haven’t been following the latest and greatest tech in the geospatial realm as much as I should be, but I am definitely intrigued by the launch of Layar Vision. It’s an extension to the mobile augmented reality Layar platform that allows a [...]
Max Baber of the USGIF talks about the upcoming imprint series, GeoInt 2011, and the annual GeoInt Scholarship. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC
With many popular sites picking up on Barbie’s new architectural design (the house) I finslly took a look at this year’s “I Can Be…” Barbie. You may recall that last year was the computer geek Barbie which was, quite honestly, awesome and can of course be called the GIS Barbie if you so choose. This [...]
The Wall Street Journal has an article on GroupMe, an Android application that allows multiple users to text together at the same time as a group. According to the article, “The secret behind GroupMe is that it assigns one phone number to a group, so the most basic cellphones will be able to send text [...]
