Human Geography
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Google adds Biking Directions
Apparently lots of people have been asking Google for biking directions and now they get their wish! The directions get added right along with the driving and walking directions we’ve […]
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Gadgets, general, Human Geography, LBS
Human Movement Can Be Predicted by Cell Phones
This shouldn’t come as any huge shock to anyone familiar with LBS, but researchers have shown that 93% of human movement can be predicted by cell phone. In an article published in […]
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Enduring voices
Sue came across another great National Geographic project for this week’s web corner called Enduring Voices. The project seeks to document those languages that are disappearing through disuse or death […]
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Does GIS Make Kids Gullible?
I just read a weird article about “Some Ways to Make Children Think Santa Exists” that includes children follow Santa’s journey on Norad all the way up to a voice […]
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Cool Stuff, general, Human Geography
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 […]
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Gadgets, general, Hardware, Human Geography
Broadband Stimulus Money Going, Going, Almost Gone!
Ars Technica is reporting that the Obama administration has decided to ramp up the broadband stimulus money outlays into one more round instead of the planned two. The monies appear […]
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Gadgets, general, Human Geography, Navigation, Remote Sensing
Cops Can’t Track Car with GPS Without Warrent
The Electronic Frontier Foundation had an interesting piece about two weeks ago that I just ran across. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts recently ruled that it is against their state constitution for […]
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general, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
California Fires from Space
In case you haven’t seen this around, BoingBoing.net has a nice link round up for NASA’s photos of the current California fires as seen from space. The smoke cloud is […]
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general, Human Geography, Physical Geography
Eight Most Dangerous Places to Live on the Planet
If danger is your middle name and you like to eat, breath, and sleep in danger, then you might want to check out this Popular Mechanics article. Whether you like […]
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Want more jobs in the US? Get rural broadband
Here’s an interesting bit of geographic news from the USDA – rural counties with broadband tend to have more jobs and those jobs are better paying. Another fascinating finding is […]
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