Once again it’s time for the annual National Geographic Bee. Eric Yang has won this year’s contest with a perfect score. Pretty impressive! Congratulations to Eric and let’s hope he keeps his love of geography into his adulthood!
Teleatlas’s Advanced City Models
Engadget has a pretty cool article on Teleatla’s new “Advanced City Models”. This is a direct result of all the consolidation happening in the imagery market. A bit from TomTom, a bit from Navteq, mix liberally and you get these new 3D maps for end users to use in navigation and terrorism. Check out the
GPS Starts Failing in 2010?
Switched online is reporting an article in the UK’s The Guardian that GPS satellites could begin to fail as early as 2010. They note that the Air Force maintains the satellite network and was supposed to launch the first replacement in 2007… which it promtly didn’t do. The satellites have been up there for up
Broadband Providers Teaming to Outlaw Community Broadband in NC
I should start by saying I’m not even going to pretend to not be biased on this issue. The community of Wilson, NC decided that they were tired of paying so much for so little with regard to broadband and cable. So what’s an industrious community who’s tired of their contractor to do? Well do
Is the iPod touch and the iPhone a dream for the US Military?
The idea of a networked, connected, location aware solider capable of providing a multitude of rolls depending on the situation has long been the dream of the US military. Newsweek is reporting that Apple’s iPod touch and iPhone might be making that dream a reality. The multifunctional nature of the device and the fact that
Livable Streets Initiative
Digg had an interesting link to a pretty cool visualization technique. I like the addition of actual people into the “livable” street, as well as the architectural improvements. I think the use of a real world place transformed in easily identifiable ways is incrediblly powerful to the public. You can really see what they’re talking
K-12 In West Virginia to get ESRI licenses
Just got a bit of news that’s not been officially announced but kicking around the state – the K-12 schools in West Virginia are getting a 3 year license for ESRI software, donated from ESRI itself! I’m a little unclear exactly how much of the software they’re getting (does it include server for example?), but
The Miniature Earth
Something most people (especially in the US) don’t spend a lot of time thinking about is world demographics. I’m sure everyone has heard some variation of the “if there were only 100 people on the planet”, but most might have heard it from second or third hand sources. The website minature-earth.com features a neat video
The World’s Eyes Project
Gizmodo has a pretty cool post about MIT’s Word’s Eyes Project. The idea behind the project is to look at the world through the photos posted on Flickr. What they’re trying to capture are the ways we – mostly as tourists – capture the world around us. Of course there are lots of projects and
Time for Nuclear Power… again?
Ars Technica has a nice discussion about nuclear power discussions that took place at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago. The short of it is that several prominate scientists are arguing that nuclear power has a place in our future power needs. Coming from a coal state, I’ve often wondered
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