GeographyAwareness
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West Wing takes on projections
During our conversation this week on Episode 275 we highlighted a couple of videos in our discussion of using media to highlight Geography. We will link to a few over […]
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AugmentedReality, general, GeographyAwareness, WebMapping
If Google Maps Were Real
Mashable (perhaps one of the cooler sites I visit each day) has a nifty story about an artist who drew Google Maps icons as if they existed in the real […]
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Cool Stuff, general, GeographyAwareness
Episode 1 of the Geospatial Revolution Project is now out!
It’s a project we’ve been excited for ever since we first heard about it, and was great to be able to interview some of the Geospatial Revolution Project team, so […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography, Social Networking
Urbagrams – Mapping the social city
In order to investigate the idea of a social archipelago, the notion that our cities are “fragmented islands of social activity separated by large areas dedicated to commercial workplaces, flows […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Remote Sensing, Video, WebMapping
Great video introduction to the National Map
One of the fun things I get to do in prepping for my classes is getting to look at all the amazing video resources out on the interwebs for Geography […]
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Environmental, general, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
NASA Earth Science Hurricane Katrina retrospective
To mark the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in the Gulf Coast, NASA Earth Science has released this short video retrospective of some of the imagery and analyses […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Remote Sensing
How Much Stuff Is Circling The Earth?
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Via The Telegraph UK Image created by Electro Optic Systems out of Australia
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Environmental, Gadgets, general, General
Light Bulbs to Get New Labels
The FTC is mandating that in 2011, light bulbs get new labels that emphasis luminosity more so that watts. If you take a look at the labels shown at the link, it features quit […]
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general, General, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
Don’t Go North, It Will Take Longer!
Or so people believe, studies show. Wired News is reporting a couple of experimental studies that suggest people think “North” is a harder route to travel than “South”, even when […]
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