Month: September 2011
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A Post of Extremes in Mapping
Artist Yataka Sone has created what may be the heaviest map ever – a marble carving of Manhattan, called ‘Little Manhattan’. The 3D model map of the Big Apple was […]
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Message in a Bottle
I’m thrilled with any post that allows me to make a The Police reference. Harold Hackett has a rather unusual hobby – he puts messages in a bottle and throws […]
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Cartography, Data, Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography
Always… Never Forget To Check With The Experts
Thanks to Real Genius for the title. Climate scientists are engaged in a little damage control after Britain’s Time Comprehensive Atlas of the World mistakenly claimed Greeland’s glaciers are melting […]
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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 323
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 323 September 25, 2011 Main Topic: Discussion on the role and impact of geoportals Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC […]
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The Zombie Map of the World
In the spirit of putting up maps this week, The Guardian has an article about a fun Zombie Map of the World created by the Oxford University’s Internet Institute. Class3Outbreak […]
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Another Threadless classic
It has been a while since I have posted one of the awesome Threadless t’s hocking geo awareness. I think this one definitely makes up for the gap. Sharing the […]
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Data, Human Geography, Political Geography
Obama Seeks Data Experts
It seems pretty obvious to me this will be a trend in future elections – Obama seeks data experts for edge. The President leveraged social media pretty effectively in the […]
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A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 322
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 322 September 19, 2011 Main Topic: Thoughts on the GAW2011 theme ‘Geography: The Adventure in Your Community’ Click to directly download MP3 Click to […]
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Lego and Augmented Reality
I’m going to cop to this not being an overtly geographic post… but it’s Lego. And augmented reality. If I may indulge to my inner child for a moment… SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! […]
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NRO desclassifies 2 satellite series
Wind up the hoopla as, on September 17th, the NRO declassified the GAMBIT and HEXAGON series satellites. Gizmodo has an interesting photo collection while over on the NRO website there […]
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