Author: Frank
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Google adds Biking Directions
Apparently lots of people have been asking Google for biking directions and now they get their wish! The directions get added right along with the driving and walking directions we’ve […]
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Rock And Roll Metro Map
This is a pretty cool example of a map that shows aspatial information – the Rock and Roll Metro Map. It looks like a metro map, showing the connections between […]
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Gadgets, general, Physical Geography
Moved 10 Feet to the Left
Wired news is reporting that modern GPS sensors have be able to determine the Chilean city of Concepcion has been moved 10 feet to the west from the recent earthquake. Apparently this area […]
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Gadgets, general, Human Geography, LBS
Human Movement Can Be Predicted by Cell Phones
This shouldn’t come as any huge shock to anyone familiar with LBS, but researchers have shown that 93% of human movement can be predicted by cell phone. In an article published in […]
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General, general, GeographyAwareness, Political Geography
Best US Government Blogs
Ran across this interesting post: the best government blogs and why they’re the best. With the exception of NASA, none of these have a direct geospatial tie. In fact, all but one […]
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ArcGIS 9.4 Canceled! Ok, not exactly.
That was just a plug for me getting the most alarming header title for 2010. ArcGIS 9.4 isn’t exactly canceled, it just been upgraded to 10! The next release of […]
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general, General, Physical Geography, WebMapping
Twenty-two maps that will change how you see the world
On my twitter feed this morning, @geoparadigm tweeted this great link on tree hugger about Twenty-Two Maps That Will Change How You See The World. The maps are pretty impressive, […]
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Can US Senators Draw Their Own State?
National Geographic has a really cool geography awareness week challenge for US Senators – can you draw your home state and give three points of interest within it? Thus far, […]
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Environmental, general, Physical Geography
Ice Age Took 6 Months to Form?
Who would have thought a Dennis Quaid movie could be right? (well, except for Enemy Mine, which I maintain is simply to awesome to not come true some day) Geology […]
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Gadgets, general, Hardware, Human Geography
Broadband Stimulus Money Going, Going, Almost Gone!
Ars Technica is reporting that the Obama administration has decided to ramp up the broadband stimulus money outlays into one more round instead of the planned two. The monies appear […]
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