A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 119
A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 119
October 28, 2007
Main Topic: Geography of monsters (aka, cryptozoology)
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Music
News
- Google fire maps
- Platial acquires frappr…looking for an intern
- Landsat-5 issues
- QGIS 0.9.0 released
- MacOS X 10.5 – Leopard
WebCorner
Main topic
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Our favorite monsters from around the world
- cryptozoology is the study of hidden or unknown animals
- Sasquatch – can’t have a monster episode without Bigfoot
- Yeti – Who doesn’t love an abominable snowman?
- Loch Ness Monster – still going strong!
- Nessies around the world
- Champ – Lake Champlain’s own Nessie
- Selma – Norway’s serpent
- Turkey’s monster in Lake Van
- Canada’s Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan, British Columbia
- Congo’s Mokele-Mbembe
- China’s got one too, in Lake Kanasi in western Xinjiang region
- Irish lake monsters like the wurrum – half-fish, half-dragon
- Chupacabra – Latin America’s goat-sucker, plus it’s cool to say
- El Lobizon – Christine’s favorite werewolf-like monster from South America
- Phantom “Black Cat” sightings in England
- Our own Mothman
- Our favorite monster sources – cryptozoology.com and Scifipedia’s cryptozoology section
Events
- Maps: Finding Our Place in the World: Begins 2 November, Field Museum, Chicago
- Cultural Heritage and New Technologies: 5-7 November, Vienna
- AAAS: 14-18 February, Boston
- Where 2.0: 12-14 May, Burlingame
This week A Very Spatial Podcast is sponsored by ESRI.
The Southwest User Group (SWUG) Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico from October 30th to November 1st. Expand your capabilities and share tips with other users in the region at this informative meeting. To learn more visit: www.esri.com/veryspatial
