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• June 5, 2007Events, general, isde5

  Made it to ISDE5

  After an ‘interesting’ travel day, Sue and I have made it to Berkeley for the fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth. We registered and are now in the plenary session […]

• June 5, 2007general, WebMapping

  JFK Terrorists May Have Used Google Earth

  The Age is reporting that the terrorists plotting to blow up JFK airport in New York may have used Google Earth in their planning. As the article states, less than […]

• June 4, 2007avsp, Contest, general

  Second anniversary contest – Week 3

  Click through to answer the third week’s question for your chance to win. Remember that you can answer once a week for up to 5 entries for the Grand Prize […]

• June 3, 2007general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 98

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 98 June 3, 2007 Main Topic:Interview with Paul Torrens of Arizona State University Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click […]

• June 3, 2007general, Software

  Launchy: Application Launcher for Windows

  Steve points out an interesting little open source app for Windows that allows you open programs using the keyboard by typing in the name of your application of choice. This […]

• June 2, 2007avsp, general

  Details of avsp live show

  We have finalized the details of the avsp live show at the ESRI UC. When: 4:30 PDT, Tuesday, June 19 Where: Room 11 A/B, San Diego Convention Center Who: Everyone […]

• June 1, 2007Gadgets, general, Software

  Loki becomes friendlier

  In light of the poll results over at SlashGeo I will continue on with my day of Mac posts. So the folks building the Loki wifi positioning system rolled out […]

• June 1, 2007general, General

  More on the Encyclopedia Britannica mapping patent suit

  Not a whole lot more has come out in the news this morning, but I have looked up Encyclopedia Britannica’s patents listed on Patent Monkey website, and the main one […]

• June 1, 2007general, Software

  3D Windows apps coming to Mac

  For those of you who have been switching over to the Mac, but are tired of booting into Windows whenever you want to run anything graphics ‘heavy’ from Windows Live […]

• June 1, 2007General, general, LBS

  TomTom and Magellan sued by Encyclopedia Britannica

  In that twisty-turny world of patents, it seems that Encyclopedia Britannica is going after TomTom and Magellan for infringement of patents it holds for a “computerized mapping system.” The suit […]