I haven’t blogged anything yet for the day, so High-Yield Detonation Effects Simulation is the phrase for the day…along with Google Maps Download Squad
GITA and AAG Tackle the Geospatial Workforce
Here is an article from Directions Magazine on a new grant to the Geospatial Information and Technology Association and the Association of American Geographers to help “grow the geospatial workforce” http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=926
The Map Room: Geotagging Roundup
A nice little note on Geotagging. The Map Room: Geotagging Roundup http://www.mcwetboy.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/881
Lidar on Mars
Continuing my obsession with extra terrestrial use of geospatial technologies, here is a quick article on Lidar for use on Mars National Post
Off topic, but I had to
Backstory: I bought Konfabulator a month ago…a great program that lets you use desktop widgets with Windows (hurry to Intel, Apple!)… Action: Yahoo! bought the parent company 2 weeks ago and will be releasing the next version as freeware Result: The company is refunding the purchase to anyone who bought the current version! So cool!!
Cool Uses for Google Maps
Another set of links to some of the many Google Map hacks Diggs, Deals, & Google: Cool Uses for Google Maps
Show notes for AVSP Episode 02
VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – July 31, 2005 News ESA uses remotely-sensed images to detect evidence of ice on Mars ESRI User Conference Release of ESRI Image Server Getting GeoSpatial data ArcGIS 9.2 (not yet released) – Managing Spatial Data Side-by-side comparison of Google Maps and Virtual Earth
zipdecode map (originally on Digg.com)
This is a fun little tool. Make sure to use the zoom function to really enjoy it zipdecode | ben fry
CNET News article on Google Maps
Here is an article from CNET news yesterday that includes some quotes from Lars Rasmussen, the lead engineer of the Google Maps project, who was speaking at a conference on Web engineering. http://news.com.com/Google+mapper+Take+browsers+to+the+limit/2100-1038_3-5808658.html
































