Month: August 2007
-
Chicago’s Festival of Maps – a citywide celebration of geography and maps
Kicking off on November 2nd, over 25 institutions around the city of Chicago will be participating in the Festival of Maps, which will include exhibitions, lectures, displays and other events […]
-
VSTV 18 – ESRI UC Daily Wrap-ups
Daily video wrap-ups from ESRI Education and International User Conferences in June 2007. Click here to download VSTV Episode 18 (28MB)
-
general, LBS, Physical Geography
Calling all Owls…….
The MIT Media Lab and Maine Audobon are working on a project that uses cell phones to help study bird populations and habitat. The Owl Project researchers actually use cell […]
-
Events, general, Human Geography
‘Lucy’ has her public debut in Houston
One of the most famous fossil finds in anthropology, ‘Lucy’, made a public debut in Houston, Texas today, as part of an exhibit on the cultural heritage of Ethiopia. A […]
-
LucidTouch – double-sided touch surface
Microsoft Research, in partnership with Mitsubishi and the University of Toronto, is developing a double-sided touch screen surface interface for handheld devices. The idea is that the screen will be […]
-
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 110
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 110 August 26, 2007 Main Topic: Back to school Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
-
VSTV 17 – ISDE5 Interviews
Interviews with Logitech about the Space Navigator and NASA about World Wind from ISDE5 in June 2007. Click here to download VSTV Episode 17 (31MB)
-
Most Liveable Cities in the World (and least)
The Economist has an interesting article rating the most and least livable cities in the world. Canada and Australia come out ahead on the most and Africa and the Middle […]
-
Voyager 1 and 2 30 years and going strong!
Happy birthday Voyager 2 (and soon Voyager 1)! Thirty years ago, Voyager 2 was launched into space to start what has been an incredibly successful 30 year mission… and that’s […]
-
general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments
Epidemiologists Turn to Video Game For Help
Ars Technica (an excellent tech news site, by the way) has an interesting article concerning epidemiologists turning to the game developer Blizzard for help. Blizzard is the developer and publisher […]
Recent Mapstodon posts
Archives
Categories