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Space Elevator
That’ s right, a space elevator. This is a serious effort from a number of groups to develop an elevator that could be used to transport stuff – and people […]
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Cartography, GIS_Software, Human Geography
Virtual Shanghai
Since I am into historical geography and Historical GIS, I though I would change it up a little and showcase a nice site that uses ESRI’s ArcIMS to display GIS […]
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Mount St Helens video
If you’re into volcanoes, the USGS is releasing a 20-minute video which gives a summary of activity at Mount St. Helens over the past year. Details of the release will […]
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Oddens’ Bookmarks
If you want to know where to find anything about maps and mapping on the Internet, check out Odden’s Bookmarks. It’s a mapping-related links site maintained by the University of […]
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GIS Unshackled – from GeoWorld
This is a feature article from the August issue of GeoWorld that gives an overview of open source GIS tools. Since I have to admit that I am not that […]
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Real-time Ship Tracking
IBM and Maersk (Danish shipping company) announced they are teaming up on a project to provide real-time wireless tracking for cargo ships, via a device attached to individual cargo containers. […]
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Paying your highway tolls via satellite?
I just saw this article on Geocommunity. Apparently , a private company called Mapflow is teaming up with the Dublin Transportation Office (Ireland) to do a feasibility study on the […]
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Geospatial Information & Technology Assoc. to hold online convention
GITA will be holding its first ever online convention and exposition, from October 1st to December 31st. There will be 2 sessions of speakers, and registered users can view the […]
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Cartography, GIS_Software, Human Geography
Geographer Daniel Sui in GeoWorld -Making spatial special
In the September issue of GeoWorld, Daniel Sui has a short article discussing the notion of a humanistic GIScience and how geospatial technologies can play a broader role in defining […]
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Keychain size personal GPS device hits the market
Yes, that’s right. According to the press release, this new personal GPS unit has full GPS capabilities, e-911, two-way voice speaker phone, and programmable buttons for one-touch dialing, and is […]
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