Author: Barb
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It’s 2025…what are you doing?
Imagine being asked to form a discussion group with your friends to decide what life should be like in 2025? Okay, now imagine that with no Star Trek references. Science […]
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The Future of Mobiles in the U.K.
This BBC article on the future of mobile phones in Europe is interesting because it talks about technologies that are used in Japan and the U.S. such as “”buddy finders” […]
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Odysseus’ Real Ithaca Discovered?
My heart skipped a beat when I read that researchers might have found Homer’s real life Ithaca. The team that found it, first made their claim in the book, Odysseus […]
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Browse a virtual newsstand
The Newseum, the interactive museum of news in Washington D.C., has a map with links to the front pages of newspapers worldwide. Its like browsing a virtual newsstand with bigger […]
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Animal Tracks
An interesting article in the BBCl on tracking snow leopards by satellite led me to other interesting sites. You can adopt a cute loggerhead turtle complete with satellite tracker on […]
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Man vs. Machine
A series of articles in the U.K. Daily Mail illustrate the importance of public and media attitudes towards GIS. According to the Daily Mail, “The AA has apologised to an […]
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Unusual and Imaginary Maps
I found reference to the National Toilet Mapping Project, as well as some sites mentioned on Very Spatial such as the map of Springfield at Humbolt University. They also have […]
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National Public Toilet Map
Although at first glance the title of the article might seem humorous, it is very important. “The Australian Government has provided $31 million to the Department of Health and Ageing, […]
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Happy Halloween
Here are some serious and some funny uses of GIS for Halloween. According to a Texas news report a county in Texas has seen an increased use of a sex […]
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We will rock you (planetary)
There is an article in CNN today about Brian May from Queen. “He gave up his PHD studies in interplanetary dust to help form Queen but now, almost four decades […]
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