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• March 8, 2010general, General

  I need an app for that

  Today at lunch we were kicking around some ideas on connecting various content with other content or to a location in a user friendly way and I couldn’t get past […]

• March 7, 2010general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 242

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 242 March 7, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation with Peter Adams of ESRI Press Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC […]

• March 6, 2010general

  Live in a Movie Set

  Oscar time is here and several news sources have stories about vacationing in your favorite movie setting. The Telegraph UK article “Oscars 2010: film location holidays” explores locations of this […]

• March 4, 2010Education, general, GeographyAwareness

  Popular Science Archive now online – and free!

  Yes, that’s right, 137 years of awesome issues of Popular Science magazine are now available online by searching the archive at the PopSci website. If you’re a science or gadget […]

• March 2, 2010Cool Stuff, general

  Transforming the Urban Landscape – Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration

  I’m always a fan of projects that transform decaying manmade structures and features into revitalized green spaces, and I saw this great example from Seoul, Korea. This project is even […]

• March 1, 2010general

  Should Orienteering Be An Olympic Sport?

  Spring is a great time to start a new hobby or practice a very old one – walking. A Telegraph UK’s article on old-fashioned map reading skills discusses orienteering versus […]

• February 28, 2010general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 241

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 241 February 28, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation about time and remote sensing Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click […]

• February 26, 2010Cool Stuff, general

  MIT students create 3D relief interface

  Nowadays, when we think about research into 3D interfaces, it’s usually referring to work done on trying to get real objects to display in 3D in a computer. But check […]

• February 24, 2010Gadgets, general, Human Geography, LBS

  Human Movement Can Be Predicted by Cell Phones

  This shouldn’t come as any huge shock to anyone familiar with LBS, but researchers have shown that 93% of human movement can be predicted by cell phone.  In an article published in […]

• February 23, 2010General, general, GeographyAwareness, Political Geography

  Best US Government Blogs

  Ran across this interesting post: the best government blogs and why they’re the best.  With the exception of NASA, none of these have a direct geospatial tie.  In fact, all but one […]