Author: Sue
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AAA’s Internet TripTik now available for free
Looks like AAA (American Automobile Association) is looking to get more heavily into the online mapping market, as they’ve announced the venerable TripTik, now in online form as the Internet […]
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Dandella – GPS tracker that is functional and pretty
A recent Gold Prize winner at the International Design Competition is the Dandella, a lovely and simple GPS tracking device shaped like a flower stem. Once it is set up […]
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Cutest snowplow……ever! It’s Yuki-Taro!
Yes, leave it the Japanese to come up with an automated robot snowplow! Not only does the plow gobble up the snow like a giant roomba, it has onboard GPS […]
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Planning that trip to Mars? Now you can get hiking maps from the ESA!
Yes, for all those intrepid explorers out there who want to vacation on the Red Planet, the ESA is releasing the 1st “hiker’s maps” for Mars. Based on data from […]
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Vive La France! Vive La VerySpatial!
Our friend Rick celebrated his birthday with a trip to Paris, and sent us this great snapshot of himself, wearing his VerySpatial t-shirt while enjoying a boat ride on the […]
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Vodafone and Google partner for mobile mapping
Yet another move to expand web mapping into the mobile and location based services markets, as Google and Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile phone network operator, just announced a partnership […]
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J-Alert – New Japanese Satellite-based warning system
On Friday in Japan, a new satellite-based warning system called J-Alert went online in a small number of prefectures and towns as a test. The system is designed to send […]
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Want a fun way to learn a new language – how about Earworms?
Yes, that’s right, Earworms….but before you go all eeewwwww and stop reading, it’s actually a cool idea. Basically, if you’ve ever noticed how easily you pick up words and phrases […]
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general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Halifax to map coastline to predict global warming impact
As the evidence of the impact of global warming continues to mount, some places are taking the initiative to better understand local impacts and try to mitigate them. One example […]
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Farallon podcast on relevance of Geospatial Technologies
This is from back in December, but one of our listeners, Ed, emailed and highlighted Farallon Geographics podcast on The Relevance of Emerging Geospatial Technologies for IT, and noted that […]
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