Author: Frank

• December 13, 2007General, general, Software

  G-I-Yes

  Our good buddy Rick Lawson over at ESRI sent us all a lovely little YouTube video/song – G-I-Yes. The folks down in Austin put this together for GIS Day it […]

• December 12, 2007general, Hardware, Human Geography

  UK Homes Wind Powered by 2020

  Engadget is reporting a news item that the UK is planning on powering all the home in Britain via off shore wind power by 2020. That’s a pretty ambitious project. […]

• December 11, 2007Gadgets, general

  Get an Interactive WhiteBoard for $39.99

  Johny’s Lee at CMU has some really cool projects using the Wii remote. One of the is using some software he wrote along with a standard Wii remote to create […]

• November 29, 2007Education, general

  Is Europe a country?

  I ran across this amusing video from a US game show. The real bright spot here is of course that the 3rd grader got the geography answer in like 10 […]

• November 28, 2007general, Human Geography, Physical Geography

  Google Throws Weight Behind Renewable Energy

  In other Google news, they have decided to invest some of their billions into renewable energy sources, like solar and wind. The plan is to make renewable sources cheaper than […]

• November 28, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

  Google Adds Terrain Features to Google Maps

  Google has added a few new features to its Google Maps application (funny how Google Local never really caught on, isn’t it?). One, they’ve added the ability to edit markers, […]

• November 27, 2007general, Human Geography

  America’s Most Obese Cities

  Forbes has a run down of the most obese cities in the US. Suffice to say I have a few issues with their methodology, but it is interesting to see […]

• November 15, 2007general, LBS, Navigation, VirtualEnvironments

  Nokia To Expand Pedestrian Maps

  Nokia is taking an interesting twist with their acquisition of Navteq – they want to focus on pedestrians. At a time when people are working hand over fist to get […]

• November 15, 2007general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  Pictures of Earth from Rosetta

  The European Space Agency’s comet satellite completed it’s second swing around Earth on the 13th of this month. The swing is necessary to gain speed for it’s deep space mission. […]

• November 9, 2007general, WebMapping

  Google Maps at the Gas Pump

  Here’s a perfect idea that should have happened long ago. Google is rolling out an interactive application for gas pumps to allow travelers to search maps and print them out […]