We’ve been following this news item for some time, and I have to say I, for one, never dreamed these scientists would be convicted. An Italian judge has decided six scientists and one government official are criminally negligent for failing to predict the L’Aquila earthquake. They face up to 6 years in jail for their
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 379
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 379 October 21, 2012 Main Topic: Our GEOINT 2012 conversation with Carl Houghton of Intelligent Software Solutions Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 378
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 378 October 14, 2012 Main Topic: GEOINT 2012 conversations Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Geospatial Games and Crowd Sourcing a Catalog
It’s never too early to get kids interested in geospatial technologies and geography. I was searching for a fun gift for a young kid and ran across the Daily Grommet, which is an online catalog that practices what it has termed “Citizen Commerce”. The site uses crowd sourcing to identify products and companies that people
Clever Google Maps Manipulations by Christoph Niemann
Anyone who spends more than an hour around me knows I like clever word manipulations. Yep, I find them punny. Christoph Niemann has just taken this to a whole new level with Clever Google Maps Manipulations. Some of them are funny (like My Way or the Highway) and some of them are pretty nifty visual
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 377
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 377 October 07, 2012 Main Topic: Ann Johnson of Geotech Center and iGETT Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Americans Use A Lot of Gas
There’s so much going on with this article in Jalopnik that I love. Let me break it down for you in rough order. First…. cars and geography and we all know how I feel about those. Second, the point of the article, which is to show we use a lot of gas in the US.
From Hereford Mappa Mundi to Google Maps
The Observer Arts & Media section has an interesting review of several upcoming books and exhibits that discuss the continued power of maps and cartography. Vanessa Thorpe’s article, “From Shopping to warfare, why maps shape our minds as well as our planet” provides a review Simon Garfield’s new book On The Map, Jerry Brotton’s new
Earthscape stamps from the USPS
The US Postal Service has released a great stamp set that highlights aerial and satellite imagery from around the country. The Earthscapes stamp set highlights scenes including cranberry bogs, geothermal springs, log rafts, barge fleets, railroad roundhouse, and others . I am off to acquire a set (or 5) for my future mailings. Click on
CAFE Standards for Cars in the US
We all know greenhouse gases are all in the news the last decade or so. On top of that, fuel dependency gets a lot of airplay. Those two things drive a lot of the decision making for car fuel economy standards. In the US, that’s translated into a rather arcane system called the CAFE (Corporate
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