Yes, 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,
Amazing film footage of San Francisco in 1905
When 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
Two 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 great
A Little Early Halloween treat from VerySpatial
We 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
Just a friendly reminder….
I couldn’t resist the urge to try a little more moviemaking, so here is a little PSA about a problem all of us GIS geeks out there have encountered at least once:
VerySpatial TV 41 – Xtranormal
So, while perusing the latest and greatest stuff on the intertubes, I can across a cool site called Xtranormal, which offers you some fun tools to create your own animated movies online, without having to pay a lot for animation and editing software. There are different 3D characters, and you can add expressions, dialog, and
MAPTOR – Cool Concept for Projecting Your Maps on the Go
Some of you may have seen this already, but here’s a cool concept for those times when you just want to see a map, or when you want to point something out to someone without having to start at your smartphone screen or, God forbid, unfold a paper map…It’s called MAPTOR, and it’s a design
MySynths – Photosynth meets Facebook
As many of you know, I just love Photosynth, so naturally I had to post when I was catching up on tech news this afternoon and read about MySynths, a new Facebook application that lets you upload synths created in Photosynth to your Facebook Profile and display them on your Wall. Developed by speakTech, MySynths
Eye-Fi SD Card Adds Geotagging to Pics
Engadget is reporting the release of Eye-Fi’s new WiFi enabled SD card. It provided automatic geotagging for life for all your pictures. The product is designed specifically to work with iPhoto and all things Mac, which should be an exceptionally nice integration into iPhoto 09′s new geotagging features with ‘Places’. The press release is a
The Solar Human Hybrid Project – by an 8th Grader!
Anyway you do the math, the SOHH Project is one pretty cool ride. The vehicle holds four people (plus a dog!) and cargo, and runs off solar and person power. It can go upwards of 14 mph and is street legal, which isn’t too terrible for around the neighborhood travel. The whole project was invisioned
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