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• August 29, 2006Gadgets, general, Navigation, Remote Sensing

  What cures traffic jams? Supply and demand!

  At least that’s what researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are claiming. Their idea is to use some combination of GPS or RFID to track then cars enter […]

• August 29, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

  Serenity recreated in Second Life

  I just saw this on 3pointD, and it’s so cool I am definitely going to have to check it out. As you may already know, Jesse, Frank and I are […]

• August 29, 2006Gadgets, general

  Location Based Chumby

  Please don’t let this way cool gadget/alarm clock be ‘vapor-ware’. The Chumby is a small computer that appears to be infinitely customizable through Flash widgets and some good old fashion […]

• August 28, 2006general, WebMapping

  Is that my house??

  Ever been playing around on Flickr and wonder where that picture was taken? Well now you can find out. Flickr has added the ability to geotag your photos with the […]

• August 28, 2006Gadgets, general

  Ubiquitous advertising

  Even ads are ubiquitous these days as an article from BBC News points out. The article looks at how different technologies are being used to better market to buyers. The […]

• August 28, 2006general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 58

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 58 August 27, 2006 Main Topic:OGC with Sam Bacharach Click to directly download Episode 58 Click for the detailed shownotes

• August 27, 2006general, General

  Help the Gulf Coast by eating

  Share our Strength’s Restaraunts for Relief 2 will take place this Tuesday, Aug 29. If you eat at one of the participating restaraunts proceeds will go to support continuing efforts […]

• August 25, 2006Education, general

  Geography Teacher Suspended for Showing World Flags

  A seventh grade geography teacher in Jefferson county Colorado was suspended for refusing to remove flags of nations from his classroom. Apparently Colorado has a state law the forbids displaying […]

• August 25, 2006general, GIS_Software

  URISA GIS Salary Survey

  For those of you who make your living with GIS, URISA is conducting its 2006-2007 Salary Survey. The results are used by many organizations for budgetary planning and evaluation. The […]

• August 25, 2006general, General

  Pluto is downgraded

  Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet by The International Atronomical Union (IAU) comprised of 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries according to Planetary Society. You can see a map […]