Author: Sue

• November 15, 2005Events

  Geography Awareness Week at the National Air and Space Museum

  If you’re going to be in the Washington, DC area this week, the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian is celebrating Geography Awareness Week with a number of […]

• November 14, 2005GIS_Software

  Jack Dangermond of ESRI – from New Zealand

  This a short article on GIS from stuff.co.nz and features comments by Jack Dangermond of ESRI. Nothing earth-shattering, but it’s always interesting for me to see how GIS technology has […]

• November 14, 2005Education, General

  GIS on TV

  I was waiting for my ride to campus this morning and I stumbled across a program on the History Channel called Battlefield Detectives. This episode was about the Battle of […]

• November 11, 2005GIS_Software, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  Geography and GIS in Land Use/Land Cover research

  Dr. Richard Aspinall discusses the role of Geography and GIS in an interdisciplinary approach to studying Land Use and Land Cover Change in an editorial in this week’s Directions Magazine. […]

• November 11, 2005Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  European Space Agengy’s Forest Mapping project

  The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a mapping service called Kyoto-Inventory which utilizes satelllite imagery to assist in annual reporting on afforestation, refforestation, and deforestation as part of the […]

• November 10, 2005WebMapping

  Virtual Earth $1000 Competition Results

  The winner of the MSN Virtual Earth application contest is MapStats an application that uses Virtual Earth to visualize the locations of visitors to a website. Congratulation! and sorry I […]

• November 10, 2005Events

  International LIDAR Mapping Forum 2006

  The 2006 International LIDAR Mapping Forum will be held February 13-14 in Denver, Colorado at the Grand Hyatt Denver Downtown. For information, see the conference website Via GIScafe

• November 9, 2005Human Geography, WebMapping

  Maplecroft maps

  Over on the Digital Divide Network, they mentioned an online interactive map illustrating the digital divide. I went to the website, Maplecroft maps, and found a nice interactive mapping tool […]

• November 9, 2005WebMapping

  Rand McNally MapEngine

  Rand McNally has announced the release of MapEngine, their new web service that will feature the company’s proprietary mapping database. MapEngine is aimed at businesses, and Rand McNally will offer […]

• November 8, 2005General

  Matrox DualHead2Go for Multi-Monitor Displays

  As a big fan of multi-monitor displays, I took notice of the GISCafe press release announcing the new Matrox DualHead2Go external adapter. Now, you can have a multi-monitor display without […]