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• November 13, 2006general, Hardware

  The coming of the Zune

  While we are making our way through Geography Awareness Week, don’t forget that tomorrow the 14th is the release date for Microsoft’s new Zune, their attempt to compete with the […]

• November 13, 2006Events, general, VirtualWorlds

  Start off Geography Awarness Week with the Google Earth Africa quiz

  If you want to test your knowledge of Africa, this year’s Geography Awareness Week theme, head over to My Wonderful World and check out their Google Earth quiz. There are […]

• November 12, 2006general, General

  Files not accessible

  If you are having problems accessing the podcasts, the problem isn’t on your end. Anything more recent than Episode 64 is currently not accessible. I know that Libsyn (our show […]

• November 12, 2006general, Podcast, TV

  VSTV Episode 1 – Geography Awareness Week 2006

  In this inaugural episode we look at some resources for Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day. Download the video

• November 12, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

  REALVIZ – VTour home page

  I think I forgot to post this two weeks ago…but here it is. Realviz, a company that creates a variety of image software, has recently released a package called VTour […]

• November 12, 2006general, Remote Sensing

  Discussions about satellite imagery on natn

  So on the premier Net@Nite with Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur they discussed Google Maps/Earth and the surveillant issues. That happened around the 25 minute mark.

• November 11, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds

  Microsoft’s Photosynth Technology Preview now available

  I have been waiting for Photosynth to come out ever since I blogged it back in the summer. On Thursday, the Photosynth Technology Preview was finally made available for download. […]

• November 11, 2006Data, general, Physical Geography

  How do you want your geospatial weather data

  The National Weather Service is seeking input on its geospatial data services, and would like you to offer comments here. They recognize that “While most NWS information is geospatial in […]

• November 11, 2006Data, general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  New Smithsonian Exhibition on Earth from Space

  The National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian is debuting a new exhibit starting today entitled Earth from Space. The exhibit features a gallery of remotely-sensed images of the […]

• November 10, 2006general, General

  Officially, officially ABD

  Well, I presented my dissertation proposal this morning…it has been sitting on the shelf for a while so we made it official this morning, but I am that much closer […]