Author: Sue

September 15, 2006Cartography, general

MapMarketplace – the Cafepress for cartographers

Maps.com, a leading online map seller, has launched a new service called MapMarketplace, a kind of CafePress for cartographers where you can sell your cartographic masterpieces. “MapMarketplace creates an opportunity […]
September 12, 2006Education, General, general

Coolest Periodic Table ever

I am continuing my cool stuff posts with the most amazing 3D periodic table of elements. Since the earth and everything on it are made of up these elements, I […]
September 11, 2006Cartography, Gadgets, general

Blue Planet Globe – for the geographer who has everything

I admit I am an HGTV junkie, especially the show called “I Want That!”. This past weekend’s episode included the Blue Planet Globe, from The Science Source Here is the […]
September 7, 2006General, general, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography

Australia on the Map audio series

One of our listeners, Elaine, let us know about a radio series called Australia On The Map. The first program in this series, The Siren South, looks at early Dutch […]
September 3, 2006general, Human Geography

Mapping Globalization Project

Princeton University and the University of Washington have a joint project going called the Mapping Globalization Project, which uses maps, narratives, and other data to look at some of the […]
September 2, 2006Education, general, GIS_Software, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

Smithsonian offering Advanced Course on Conservation GIS

For those of you interested in using GIS and remote sensing in conservation-related activities, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park’s Conservation and Research Center is offering a week-long advanced GIS and […]
August 30, 2006general, WebMapping

Skylab Mobilesystems WMS Crawler

If you’re looking to incorporate OGC-compliant WMS layers into your web mapping applications, check out Skylab Mobilesystems’ WMS Crawler – which crawls for keywords that may indicate a WMS link, […]
August 29, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Serenity recreated in Second Life

I just saw this on 3pointD, and it’s so cool I am definitely going to have to check it out. As you may already know, Jesse, Frank and I are […]
August 25, 2006general, GIS_Software

URISA GIS Salary Survey

For those of you who make your living with GIS, URISA is conducting its 2006-2007 Salary Survey. The results are used by many organizations for budgetary planning and evaluation. The […]
August 22, 2006Data, general, Programming/Dev, WebMapping

SensorMap from Microsoft Research

I’ve been waiting awhile to check this out, but Microsoft Research has finally gotten their SensorMap project portal up and running as part of their larger SenseWeb project. Basically, SensorMap […]