Author: Barb

• November 9, 2010general

  Sherlock Holmes and GIS

  If Sherlock Holmes was alive today, like he is in the modern day Sherlock TV Show, he would use geospatial technologies and extensive closed circuit camera systems (CCTV) to solve […]

• November 7, 2010general

  Great Migrations

  If you are tuning in tonight to watch The Great Migrations series, National Geographics’ largest programming event, you might want to watch the “Making National Geographic’s Great Migrations” on NatGeo […]

• November 6, 2010general

  Spooky 3D buildings

  Although this post is a little late for Halloween, I’d like to think of it as a project to start now for next October. Ray Keim of Paper Model Purgatory […]

• November 4, 2010general

  Virtual test-drive

  According to MarketWatch, Mitsubishi will be offering the world’s first online test drive of an Outlander Sport Nov.1 – Nov.10, 2010 on their website. The advertising concept was created by […]

• October 29, 2010general

  Haunted Apps

  Haunted places, there’s an app for that, really. When I went searching for haunted places apps for Halloween, I thought that there might be one or two apps out there. […]

• October 20, 2010Cartography, Education

  To Mars and Beyond

  As a young girl reading OMNI magazine, I couldn’t imagine saying no to a one way trip to explore space. I’m a little older now and would ask more questions, […]

• October 13, 2010general

  The Legend of Lillian Alling

  The Globe and Mail has a story about Lillian Alling, an adventuress who mapped out a route across North America to Siberia by foot and became a legend. According to […]

• October 7, 2010general

  i can haz spatial charts

  Don’t let the lolcats of Icanhascheezburger fool you, Graphjams showcases some pretty sophisticated presentations of spatial data. This post of Red Riding Hood, created as a Swedish Future Short in […]

• September 30, 2010general

  Water World

  The BBC online has a story on a composite index of “water threats” including issues such as scarcity and pollution which researchers from City College of New York presented in […]

• September 10, 2010Contest, general

  Raster Challenge

  It’s time to put your raster skills to work in time to get a Nintendo DS for the holidays. Crafster, Cooking Mama, and Nintendo DS have announced a contest to […]