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January 22, 2007general, LBS, WebMapping

GIS for your BlackBerry

I ran across a press release today for TDC Group’s Freeance Mobile, a suite of web mapping and database applications that promises to bring GIS to your BlackBerry. Freeance Mobile […]
January 21, 2007general, Podcast, Show Notes

A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 79

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 79 January 21, 2007 Main Topic: 2007 Conferences on the horizon Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the […]
January 21, 2007Gadgets, general

Virtual Chumby

Some Sunday fun while I am editing the audio. I came across the Virtual Chumby which isn’t going to hold me over to the physical product in the spring quarter, […]
January 20, 2007Education, general

GeoToys, for the girls and boys

I came across GeoToys (at geotoystore.com through a Google ad (yeah, sometimes I actually look at them). They seem to focus on map based puzzles for kids, but they also […]
January 19, 2007Data, general, WebMapping

EPA Posts Data for Use in Google Earth, Maps, and Others

The EPA is making a bold and rather inspiring move in making an effort to post their data online for use in Mashups and online Mapping applications. As of Wednesday, […]
January 19, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

Google Maps + Oblivion = Internet Mapping Fun

Here’s a pretty cool mashup for those gamers out there. For those unaware of the joys of running around a massive virtual world and smacking it’s denizens with a sharp […]
January 19, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

PacketGarden – use your web surfing to grow your own virtual world

PacketGarden is a cool application (still in beta) that grows your own virtual world based on your internet activity. PacketGarden uses information about your internet use to generate this private […]
January 18, 2007general, General

People who write computer viruses suck

Yes, we all know it, but today seems like a good day to reiterate that sentiment, as we desperately work to get our Geography and GIS lab computers up and […]
January 17, 2007Events, general

Where to stay in Palm Springs

We are beginning to plan our conference travel and we are going to hit the ESRI Dev Summit again this year. We are trying to find a decent hotel (with […]
January 17, 2007Cartography, general, Physical Geography

Melting ice in the Arctic revealing new coastline geography in Greenland

The New York Times has another article on the impacts of global warming, this one discusses how the melting of glacial ice is exposing new land area and changing our […]