Archive for January 2012





A geospatial lab kit…

Jan 30th, 2012 | By

I am sitting at my desk feeling slightly befuddled by my own question…”what would you put in a geospatial lab kit”. I want to move my fall class out of the class/lab regime to have them put feet to grass and get a better sense of the use of maps and data collection. My first [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 341

Jan 29th, 2012 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 341 January 29, 2012 Our conversation on the warrantless GPS tracking US Supreme Court decision Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



Vexillology…I think I just learned something

Jan 27th, 2012 | By

Yet ANOTHER reason why I love The Big Bang Theory. “I’m surrendering…to fun.” The sad part is that they probably won’t make the 52 promised episodes.



Warrantless GPS tracking unconstitutional

Jan 23rd, 2012 | By

Based on a syllabus from the Supreme Court released on January 23, the use of GPS tracking outside of a warrant is a breach of the Fourth Amendment. As stated in the syllabus: the Government’s physical intrusion on an “effect” for the purpose of obtaining information constitutes a “search.” There seem to be quite a [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 340

Jan 22nd, 2012 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 340 January 22, 2012 An all news episode Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



SOPA Blackout

Jan 18th, 2012 | By


A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 339

Jan 16th, 2012 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 339 January 16, 2012 Our conversation on cultural mapping Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



King’s College [geography] quiz

Jan 12th, 2012 | By

In December, the Guardian UK website posted the questions for the notoriously difficult King William’s College quiz or General Knowledge Paper (GKP) given to students (and parents) at King William’s College on the Isle of Man.  In another article on, “The Story of the King Wiliams’s College Quiz” quizmaster Dr Pat Cullen discusses the impact [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 338

Jan 8th, 2012 | By

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 338 January 8, 2012 Our conversation on cultural mapping Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes



40th anniversary of the announcement of the space shuttle program

Jan 5th, 2012 | By

This great image of US President Nixon and NASA Administrator Dr. James Fletcher shared today by NASA marks the 40th anniversary – January 5, 1972 – of the announcement by President Nixon of the start of the Space Shuttle program, and the beginning of 40 amazing years of innovation and achievement, as well as tragedy [...]