Author: Frank

• October 30, 2007general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  Arctic Sea Ice Loss 1979-2007

  NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has released a video today showing visually the ice loss in the Arctic Sea from 1979-2007. The video is pretty impressive showing the degree of […]

• October 12, 2007general, General, GeographyAwareness

  Nobel Peace Prize for Climate Change

  Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I think this is one of the first Nobel Peace Prizes awarded for an […]

• October 11, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Sim City and Global Warming

  Ever wanted to know how Global Warming might affect your lavish Sim City models? Well the good folks at Sim City are letting you find out! You can choose what […]

• October 1, 2007avsp, Contest, general

  GAW Contest – Week 1

  The contest is now underway. Click through to answer the first week’s question for your chance to win. Good luck, and remember, all entries must be submitted by November 7, […]

• September 26, 2007Gadgets, general

  To Catch a Thief…..Use GPS!

  A merchant in Indianapolis got tired of having his woodworking store burglarized (and as a budding wood worker, I can tell you some of that stuff costs one HECK of […]

• September 26, 2007general, Human Geography, Physical Geography

  Ten Most Polluted Places

  National Geographic has a photo essay/article about the top ten most polluted places on Earth. It’s unfortunate how many of them are located in the former Soviet Union areas. I […]

• September 24, 2007Education, general

  Lilly, the Wonder Geographer!

  This is a incredible display by a 2 year old of geographic knowledge! The video runs rather long at 8 minutes or so, but it’s impressive to watch. This girl […]

• September 21, 2007general, Human Geography

  US Commutes Getting Longer

  The USA Today ran an story a little over a week ago about the changing lifestyle of Americans based upon the longer and longer commute. The data has been clear […]

• September 17, 2007general, General

  It’s the FUTURE!

  A French library has an interesting collection online of postcards/paintings done by futurists around the turn of the last century. They detail how artists and engineers of the time thought […]

• September 5, 2007Gadgets, general, LBS, Navigation

  NYC Cabbies on Strike because of GPS!

  Engadget is reporting the breaking news that NYC cabbies have officially gone on strike over GPS units in their cabs. We mentioned this item briefly in the past as the […]