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Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
LIDAR mapping of changing shorelines
An interesting article from The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) discusses the impact of rising sea levels on the Maryland coastline, including the submergence of numerous small islands and talks briefly […]
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Education, Events, GIS_Software
GLIS Annual GIS competition for high schools
The Geographic and Land Information Society has announced their Annual GIS Competion for high schools, sponsored by ESRI. Basically, high schools submit projects to the competition by the deadline of […]
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VerySpatial Contest #3 – Name the VerySpatial Bear!
That’s right! Our sooo cute new mascot needs a name! Just send us an email with your suggestion for what to name our bear, and Jesse, Frank, and I will […]
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Web Mapping hits the Big Time!
Check out this hilarious video from Saturday Night Live (SNL), where Yahoo Maps, Mapquest, and Google Maps get a nod. The site’s been getting hit pretty heavily, so it might […]
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Navigation, Physical Geography
GPS for Tsunami Warnings
Wired News has an interesting article about the use of GPS as an aid in tsunami warnings. Researchers have suggested at least 2 ways in which GPS might give warning […]
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Mapping a city’s tree canopy
This article from the Charlotte Observer discusses Hickory, North Carolina’s plan to map its tree canopy using aerial photography and and unnamed mapping software product, as development has begun to […]
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San Francisco Chronicle’s Geography Quiz
So, if you think you know some geography, try this quiz from the San Francisco Chronicle
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Google and the establishment of GIS As Media
For GeoWorld’s December 2005 issue, Matt Ball has written a short position article on the notion that the release of Google’s mapping-related applications in 2005, and their huge surge in […]
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The Gigapxl Project
The Gigapxl Project is based on an amazing super-high resolution camera built by Graham Flint, which he has used to take amazing landscape pictures, including a panorama of Pittsburgh, which […]
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Human Geography, Navigation, VirtualEnvironments
Virtual Hiking and the C5 Landscape Initiative
As many of you know, GIS analysis is based on the notion that alorithms within the computer can be used to analyze the digital representations of real-world physical features such […]
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