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Putting Shapefiles into Virtual Earth
We received an email from a Redmond employee who created a Virtual Earth shapefile loader. This has been pointed to by several sites including James at Spatially Adjusted. If I […]
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OpenStreetMap – open source web mapping project
This is an ongoing open source project based in the UK that I read about on Mappinghacks.com, whose main goal is to provide free geographic data to anyone. openstreetmap was […]
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Online navigating changing our lives
Wired has an interesting article/commentary about how online maps are changing the way we interface our entire lives. I think the next to the last sentance sums up the concerns […]
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Google Maps out of Beta; Now Google Local
Google announced today that Google Maps is no longer in beta and has been merged with Google’s local search technology. It is now known as Google Local and is now […]
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Panoramio -Photos linked to Google Maps locations
Using Panoramio, you can browse photos from different places in the world or add your own. They don’t have a lot of photos yet, but a cool site. Check out […]
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Earth Contest – Google Earth game
This free game uses Google Earth to play a kind of geocaching, where you launch the game from within Google Earth and follow the clues to various location checkpoints. If […]
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VirtuSphere – Immersive Virtual Reality environment
One avenue of research in geospatial technologies and geovisualization is immersive Virtual Reality. One of the biggest issues is how to simulate moving through a real landscape. The VirtuSphere rotates […]
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Glowing oceans… and not from radioactive waste!
Satellite images show glowing sea. It’s always interesting when science can help confirm ghost tales. The real question is this… is it really bacteria or the ghosts of souls lost […]
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RSS Aggregator vs visiting site
I have gone back and forth between using an aggregator (currently SharpReader) and just going to the web sites of my various sites. The great thing about an aggregator is […]
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GPS: The Movie
On the lighter side today, there is finally vindication for anyone jealous over physical geography getting all the good movie plots (The Day After Tomorrow anyone?)… It’s GPS! The Movie!. […]
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