Author: Frank
-
Cool Stuff, General, Human Geography
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
General, Human Geography, Physical Geography
World’s Oldest Message In A Bottle
First, let it never be said I passed up an opportunity to make a The Police reference. Now that we have that over, The Guinness Book of World Records has […]
-
The $6,000 Car for Africa
Cars + Geography = Frank in heaven. The car company Mobius Motors has created what is for gearheads like me might be darn near perfect car. The founders of Mobius […]
-
Environmental, General, Physical Geography, Political Geography
The Cost of Carbon
Ars Technica is reporting that some researchers are having issues with the US’s pricing of carbon emissions. The price of carbon emissions is notoriously difficult to pin down, but these […]
-
Space between my ears: There’s A Quality About This Stuff…
I love to cook. My wife says I’m pretty good at it, although that could just be an attempt to not have to cook herself. We don’t have cable so […]
-
Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)
What File Compression Is The Curiosity Rover Using?
It’s fair to say we over at VerySpatial are big space nerds. And it’s fair to say we’re also pretty big remote sensing nerds. When the guys over at BoingBoing […]
-
ESRI 2012 UC Livecast!
Esriuc 2012 First, no geobloggers tables so typing here is going to be a major, major pain. So please excuse the brevity, typos and other errors. Second, the wifi is […]
-
GeographyAwareness, Human Geography, Navigation
We Give Directions Differently Depending on Where We Live
Europeans and Americans just give directions differently. Who knew? Researchers conducted an experiment to see if people gave directions differently if they thought the person was driving verses looking at […]
-
Space between my ears, VirtualWorlds
More things, less stuff
Like all of us, I’m a creature of habit. I start my day off with the obligatory gallon and a half of coffee and my normal web rounds to see […]
Recent Mapstodon posts
Archives
Categories