Landsat 5 update
Posted onAccording to the USGS’s Landsat Program website, testing of Landsat 5’s solar array began on January 3rd and will continue until January 5th. Information related to the testing will be posted on the site.
Update on VirtuSphere
Posted onA while back I posted an entry about the VirtuSphere, an immersive virtual reality environment that has been getting a lot of attention. An article posted on the University of Washington’s The Daily website gives a nice summary of the VirtuSphere development, where it has been seen and what the developers are planning for the future.
Audio from the mainstream
Posted onTwo new mainstream media audio programs leaped onto the scene today. OnPoint, an NPR program, hosted a program titled The Geospatial Web that covered the ubiquitousness of geospatial technologies, much of it mentioned on this weeks podcast and some that is planned for this weekends podcast when we look at Peter Morville’s Ambient Findability. BBC4’s Shop Talk also discuss Digital Mapping and Tracking which includes another group of geospatial technology experts.
Both of these programs can be listened to online on their respective websites and OnPoint can be downloaded as an mp3 from the iTunes podcast directory.
Via AllPointsBlog
A Visit to the Ordnance Survey
Posted onSusan Spano chronicles her visit to the UK’s Ordnance Survey facilities in this nice article from the LA Times online.
KhaosLabs | MapMe for Skype
Posted onThis is an interesting concept to keep an eye on. MapMe blends Skype and maps for a spatial address book and what they call a geographical caller ID.
Via Digg
soundTransit
Posted onsoundTransit is an online collaborative project that collects sound recordings from different places around the world. Users are then able to “book” audio trips to various destinations and pick itineraries that allow them to listen to sound samples from different “stopovers”. soundTransit is one of a number of projects that focus on the idea that sound is an important way of defining place. So check it out, book a trip and listen to sounds from around the world, or even add a recording of your own.
Podcast feed issue fixed
Posted onI am not sure anyone even noticed, but after I upgraded to WordPress2.0 last night the podcast feed was fine until it decided the cached copy had been around too long and looked for a new copy and found a bad page. Everything is back up and running as far as I can tell. Overall, the upgrade to WP2 was great, remembering that I customized the feed for no real reason, not so great 🙂
xearth for Windows
Posted onxearth for Windows is an interesting little desktop replacement. It doesn’t appear to have been updated in a couple of years, but it is still worth a gander.
Show notes for AVSP Episode 24
Posted onA VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 24
January 1, 2006
Main Topic: Location Based Services
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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 24
Posted onMain topic: Location Based Services. News:RGGI, Landsat Orthorectified, Tsunami a year later.