Author: Frank

August 24, 2007general, Human Geography

Most Liveable Cities in the World (and least)

The Economist has an interesting article rating the most and least livable cities in the world. Canada and Australia come out ahead on the most and Africa and the Middle […]
August 23, 2007general, space (not spatial)

Voyager 1 and 2 30 years and going strong!

Happy birthday Voyager 2 (and soon Voyager 1)! Thirty years ago, Voyager 2 was launched into space to start what has been an incredibly successful 30 year mission… and that’s […]
August 22, 2007general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

Epidemiologists Turn to Video Game For Help

Ars Technica (an excellent tech news site, by the way) has an interesting article concerning epidemiologists turning to the game developer Blizzard for help. Blizzard is the developer and publisher […]
August 16, 2007general, Human Geography, Remote Sensing

Spy Satellites to be Used Domestically

This story has been all over the traditional news – the US is opening up domestic use of spy satellites. The news is rather troubling for privacy concerns. As the […]
August 15, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds

Are We Living in The Matrix…?

Ok, I’ll grant you this is a bit of a stretch for a Spatial post. However, it does have something to do with Virtual Worlds. Kinda. Sorta. And Metaphysics. Anyway, […]
August 13, 2007General, general, GeographyAwareness

More Geography Tetris

Raymond, the creator of the super fun Statris sent me over a couple of emails about some updates he’s done. If you’re not a huge fan of US geography, fear […]
July 31, 2007Gadgets, general

One Seriously Geographic Car

In more ways than one….. it’s the Think City! The article is rather lengthy but it’s well worth the read. This car touches on so many sub-disciplines of geography it’s […]
July 24, 2007general, GeographyBlogs

New Geoblog….. from the Future!

Wired magazine is hosting a new geoblog from Bruce Sterling. However, there is a twist in that this is the blog of a fictional character named Harvey Feldspar and it […]
July 23, 2007general, GeographyAwareness

Fun Flash Game – Statetris!

It isn’t exactly simple even on easy. Indiana gave me fits – it took me six minutes on the lowest level. See how you can do!
July 17, 2007Gadgets, general

Trimble Unviels New Line of Handheld Computers

Well, not exactly a new line, but a pretty hefty update to their Nomad line. The new Nomads include the normal GPS functions, as well as a great deal of […]