Author: Sue

• February 16, 2006Remote Sensing

  Identifying Ancient Maya sites with Remote Sensing

  Researchers at the University of New Hampshire, in conjunction with scientists at NASA, have been using remote sensing techniques to identify prehistoric Maya sites in Central America. The dense tropical […]

• February 15, 2006WebMapping

  Mapping a city government’s accomplishments

  The Washington, DC Mayor’s Office website now features an interactive map highlighting the city administration’s 2005 accomplishments in 14 policy areas. Each of the icons is a hotlink to a […]

• February 13, 2006General

  Federal Enterprise Architecture Geospatial Profile

  On January 26th, the Federal Chief Information Officers Council (CIO) in conjunction with the Federal Geographic Data Committee released for public review the FEA Geospatial Profile, a 158 page report […]

• February 13, 2006Events

  Geosoft’s $100,000 Software Giveaway

  To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Geosoft, the maker of geosciences mapping and visualization software, is holding a contest for free Geosoft software. One winner a month will be drawn, and […]

• February 12, 2006General

  New tomb discovered in Egypt

  I’m sure many of you have already seen this news in the major media outlets, but it really is an exciting event. For the first time since Howard Carter’s discovery […]

• February 10, 2006Human Geography

  Comparing ancient landscapes and communities

  A recent article on the National Geographic News page discusses the research done by Robert Drennon and Christian Peterson from the University of Pittsburgh comparing 3 ancient chiefdoms in a […]

• February 9, 2006Gadgets

  Don’t have a LAN handy – Turn yourself into a Human Area Network

  That’s right – According to a March 2005 article from IndiaTimes, the Japanese company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has developed technology that utilizes the human body itself as a high […]

• February 8, 2006GIS_Software, Human Geography

  “Million Dollar Blocks” mapping project

  The Spatial Information Design Lab at Columbia University has been working with the Justice Mapping Center to map the phenomenon of “million dollar blocks” in US cities. These are US […]

• February 6, 2006VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

  eDuShi

  eDuShi is a 3D mapping site for the city of Shanghai, with a cool Sim City kind of look instead of using satellite imagery, and has a navigation interface simliar […]

• February 6, 2006General

  IBM Archives

  IBM, one of the companies whose innovations have had a profound effect on the development of the digital world we live in, is also conscious of its own history and […]