Author: Frank

July 9, 2007ESRIUC, general

ESRIUC Final Notes! New in the Better Late Than Never File!

Ok, I promised these like three weeks ago. In my defense, the move took a lot out of me. Of course in my condemnation, I could have posted these before […]
June 25, 2007General, general, GIS_Software

Where is Geobuntu?

I’ve been playing around with a new distribution of Linux called Ubuntu Studio. It’s a pretty cool OS distribution because it includes lots of applications for video, audio, and graphics […]
June 25, 2007general, Human Geography, WebMapping

Find Recycling Near You

I ran across this site today via Digg – Find your local Recycling station! I checked our area and the data is rather mediocre at best. It has the commercial […]
June 25, 2007Cartography, general

Where is Middle-Earth?

More fun from our friends over at Strange Maps. As the post says, Tolkien didn’t create Middle Earth from thin air, it’s based upon real geography. In this case, as […]
June 20, 2007Events, general

Afternoon Plenary Notes

The afternoon notes were much, much less sparse than the morning notes. Quite honestly, I was too utterly fascinated by the presentations to take good notes. We heard an amazing […]
June 18, 2007Events, general

Morning Plenary Notes from the Opening Day

I took pretty detailed notes and thoughts from the morning and afternoon sessions. I’ve edited them up slightly to get rid of typos, but otherwise I left them alone. It’s […]
June 10, 2007Cartography, general

The Maps of Jules Verne

In case you ever wanted to see the maps of Jules Verne’s novels, you can check them out here. The site has scans in various sizes for every first edition […]
June 9, 2007general, space (not spatial)

Mars Has Water!

Or at least it looks that way. The Mars explorer has turned up evidence that there are small pools of water on the surface of Mars. The claim is bound […]
June 6, 2007general, Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing Satellites Used to Find Egyptian Ruins

This is a nice mix of the new finding the old. Satellite sensors are being used to find possible sites for further exploration in Egypt. The remote sensing data makes […]
June 5, 2007general, WebMapping

JFK Terrorists May Have Used Google Earth

The Age is reporting that the terrorists plotting to blow up JFK airport in New York may have used Google Earth in their planning. As the article states, less than […]