Author: Frank

April 12, 2012WebMapping

Zombie Survival Map

Zombies are cool. Period. That’s a non-debatable, empirical fact of current pop culture. Like any good citizen, it helps to know what to do in the case of a zombie […]
April 4, 2012general

Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses are HERE…. ish.

Google has begun field tests on their new augmented reality glasses. I have to say, they’re pretty snazzy lookin’ all things considered, especially if you dig the Geordi LaForge look. The […]
March 28, 2012Data, Human Geography

County to County Migration Data Released

The US Census Bureau has released county to county migration for the 2005-2009 period. The data shows how people are moving around the US between counties. I was rather surprised […]
March 22, 2012Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography

Counting the True Cost of Coal

Obviously being a native West Virginian and living in the state, this is an issue near and dear to my heart. Ars Technica does a wonderful job of summing up […]
March 16, 2012General

ChronoZoom and Big History

Ars Technica featured a pretty nifty new site, ChronoZoom, that attempts to show the history of everything in an easily explorable format. Several things caught my eye with this site. […]
March 14, 2012LBS, Navigation

The Lightsquared Saga Continues

Lightsquared is not prepared to go gently into the night. They have hired Theodore Olson (among others) to help argue their case. Olson is most famous for having successfully argued for Bush […]
March 13, 2012Data

New York City Data Transparency Law Goes Into Effect

New York City has just implemented an open government data law that is now in effect. The Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications will post standards and then existing data […]
March 7, 2012general

How Many People Can New York City Hold?

I thought this was a particularly interesting article in the New York Times since the VerySpatial crew just returned from New York for AAG 2012. The Times sat down with […]
March 6, 2012General, GeographyAwareness, Remote Sensing, WebMapping

Panoramic View of Angel Falls, Venezuela

We’ve featured AirPano before on the site, but a set they’ve put up just took my breath away. They have a wonderful 360 degree air panoramic of Angel Falls in Venezuela. You […]
February 15, 2012LBS, Navigation

Lightsquared Pretty Much Out Of The Fight

Lightsquared, who last month received a conditional waiver from the FCC on its products, looks like it might be in trouble as the FCC has withdrawn that waiver. Obviously the […]