Author: Sue

• November 22, 2008Events, general, VirtualEnvironments

  Checking out Google Earth in the CAVE

  Our GIS Day Open House at Brooks Hall on the WVU Campus gave the public a chance to come in and try out our CAVE installation. It was a hit, […]

• November 20, 2008general, General

  Europeana – European history and culture goes online

  The European Union is in the midst of a project to make over 1000 years of European history, art, and material culture accessible online through a digital library called Europeana. […]

• November 19, 2008general, General

  GISDay Cookie

  Who needs a cake when you can make a cookie….. Happy GIS Day!

• November 16, 2008general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 174

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 174 November 16, 2008 Main Topic: Conversation with Matt Rosenberg of Geography.About.com Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for […]

• November 12, 2008Cartography, general, Software

  ScapeToad – free cartogram generating software

  The use of cartograms as representational tools for the US election results got a lot of attention last week, with links to a number of sites such as Mark Newman’s […]

• November 11, 2008general, space (not spatial)

  Goodbye to the Mars Phoenix Lander… Thanks for a mission well done!

  I was one of those geeky people who has been following the Mars Phoenix lander on Twitter, and as the lonely little lander posted gloomy predictions of its impending demise, […]

• November 9, 2008general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 173

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 173 November 9, 2008 Main Topic: Conversations with John Tolva of IBM and Scott Branting of CAMEL Click to directly download MP3 Click to […]

• November 7, 2008general, LBS, Software

  Mobile Millennium Project – cell phone-based traffic monitoring network

  UC Berkeley, partnering with Nokia and Navteq, have been working on a project to use GPS data from cell phones to create a traffic monitoring network that will allow users […]

• October 29, 2008Cartography, general

  Because You’ve Always Wanted to Know….

  This fun video shows what goes on down at the Globe Factory (I believe it is Replogle Globes) ….. Via Gizmodo and Chicago History Museum’s YouTube Channel

• October 27, 2008Cool Stuff, general, GeographyAwareness

  Corn Mazes – Fun for all!

  Even though it’s a little late in the season, I couldn’t resist posting about a fun harvest time adventure for all ages – corn mazes! You can find people making […]