Author: Frank

• May 31, 2007general, Human Geography

  Animations of Housing Growth

  Trulia Hindsight is an interesting mashup that shows the grow of populations in the US over time. Their intent is to document the creation of every house in the US. […]

• May 14, 2007general, Human Geography

  Coke, Pop, Soda…. Other?

  Ever taken a long trip across the US and stopped in a local restaurant? What do you ask for when you want some bubbly fizzy sugar water to drink? As […]

• May 10, 2007Data, general, Remote Sensing

  US wants to censor satellite imagery

  The good folks over at Ars Technica are reporting an AP article that says the US Intelligence community wants to have the license to censor satellite imagery. The idea is […]

• May 8, 2007general, Human Geography

  How We Became Urban

  For those unaware, we’re about to hit a world-wide demographic flip – very soon we will have more people living in cities than in the country. So how did that […]

• April 22, 2007general, Physical Geography

  Why there should be more surfer geologists

  Surfers the world over have raved over a section of the California coast called The Mavericks. Now scientists know why. Geologists mapping the ocean floor have found the clear indication […]

• April 22, 2007general, WebMapping

  One way to avoid getting sick

  Ever wonder how accurate that phrase, “It’s going around” really is? Well now you can figure it out with Who is Sick? This is sort of epidemiology amateur style. Anyone […]

• April 19, 2007Gadgets, general

  LBS… Military style

  The US military has been spending a great deal of time and money over the last decade or so trying to develop ways to make the on the ground solider […]

• April 18, 2007general, Human Geography, Physical Geography

  World’s Third Longest River Nearly Irreversibly Damaged

  The New York Times reported yesterday that the Yangtze may be so so polluted that the damage is irreversible. It’s understandable that a country wishing to quickly grow its economy […]

• April 17, 2007general, WebMapping

  Map of Virgnia Tech Shooting Sites

  For those who may not have heard, Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia has suffered a great tragedy on its campus. Thirty-two people were shot and killed yesterday by what […]

• April 10, 2007general, space (not spatial)

  Become a Rocket Scientist!

  NASA has launched a new program called CosmosCode, which is an attempt to open source space mission software. The Wired News article on the project details some of the goals […]