Google Japan Street View – a magical behind-the-scenes tour
Mar 19th, 2010 | By SueSaw this whimsical little video on Gizmodo, and had to share. In Japan, everything is cooler, and Google Street View is no exception!
Cool Stuff
Transforming the Urban Landscape – Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration
Mar 2nd, 2010 | By SueI’m always a fan of projects that transform decaying manmade structures and features into revitalized green spaces, and I saw this great example from Seoul, Korea. This project is even cooler because a river that runs directly through Seoul had been buried years before underneath the highway, and when the road was demolished for the [...]
MIT students create 3D relief interface
Feb 26th, 2010 | By SueNowadays, when we think about research into 3D interfaces, it’s usually referring to work done on trying to get real objects to display in 3D in a computer. But check out this cool project, called Relief, created by MIT students to read digital relief data and create a physical 3D model. It uses an array [...]
ArcPad and an anniversary
Feb 12th, 2010 | By JesseSince Elvin and various ArcPad team members (I’m looking at you Marika) have spent our last couple of anniversaries hanging out at our live show, we wanted to take the opportunity to recognize their recent blog post. Ten years is a big milestone and I have to admit that I have been using ArcPad through [...]
Tokyo’s N Building – Augmented Reality Architecture
Jan 12th, 2010 | By SueAugmented Reality is one of those cool tech innovations that has been tantalizing us for years as the “Next Big Thing”, but the immense challenges in conceptualizing and implementing AR design and technology mean that actual AR applications are still pretty few and far between. Some exciting projects are out there and we’ve mentioned [...]
Threadless continues to map your tee’s
Jan 11th, 2010 | By JesseA couple of new t-shirts available from Threadless that honor exploration and travel.
You should also take a look at Spaghetti Western and USB Port too.
It’s That Time of Year Again – Cool Holiday Gift Ideas for that Geographer on your List
Dec 4th, 2009 | By SueYes, It’s the first Friday in December, and I’ve just finished all my online Christmas shopping, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite gift ideas for that geography fan on your list.
First up, are a few cool items from Uncommon Goods, which has quite a few geography-themed gifts. The City Plate, $50, is [...]
Amazing film footage of San Francisco in 1905
Nov 24th, 2009 | By SueWhen the main focus of your work is historical landscapes, like mine is, your biggest obstacles is finding good data about what that landscape looked like. I know I would do almost anything to find a source for my project like this amazing film footage of Market Street in San Francisco in 1905, before the [...]
Cool views of the International Space Station with Photosynth
Nov 20th, 2009 | By SueTwo things that are definitely high on my cool list – space stuff and Photosynth – have come together to allow you to take a virtual tour – inside and out – of the International Space Station. Microsoft and NASA have partnered on the synths of the space station on NASA’s website. It’s a [...]
A Little Early Halloween treat from VerySpatial
Oct 13th, 2009 | By SueWe received a very curious request from Ed, one of our long-time readers, who wanted to see the VerySpatial folks get down with their own Monster Mash. And, of course, we like to keep you all happy, so Ed, here you go…
VerySpatial does the MonsterMash
