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• January 27, 2010general

  65 Years of View-Master

  It’s hard to believe that Fisher-Price View-Master reels are over 65 years old and kids are still playing with them. Even with the advent of hi-tech toys for kids, the […]

• January 26, 2010Census 2010, general

  US Census enumeration begins in Alaska

  The tiny town of Noorvik, Alaska gets the honor of being the first town visited by Census enumerators, and the Head of the Census Bureau, Dr. Robert Groves, travelled to […]

• January 24, 2010general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 236

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 236 January 24, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation on temporal GIS Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the […]

• January 22, 2010general, LBS, Software

  Micello – Mapping Indoor Spaces

  As more and more mapping applications are being developed and releasing, we’re seeing a lot of innovative ways to utilize maps. Finding your way from point A to Point B, […]

• January 21, 2010general

  Cloudy with a Chance of Graphics

  I found an interesting RFP today from NOAA that asks for research into “the effectiveness of current operational products, including graphics and uncertainty information”. Essentially it is asking a geospatial […]

• January 17, 2010general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 235

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 235 January 17, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation on citizens as sensors Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for […]

• January 15, 2010Events, general, Programming/Dev

  CrisisCamp Haiti – Saturday crisis mapping event

  Sorry for the short notice, but I just found out about CrisisCamp Haiti, a crisis mapping volunteer event being held in multiple locations tomorrow, Saturday January 16th, which is going […]

• January 15, 2010general

  Congrats Dr. Ferber

  A huge round of applause goes out to our friend Mike Ferber who successfully defended his dissertation this morning at WVU. Barb said it in her post below, but it […]

• January 15, 2010general

  Geography of Religion

  I just came out of a very interesting dissertation defense on emergence and the geograpy of religion. One of the most interesting was the Glenmary Research Center data which is […]

• January 14, 2010general, VirtualWorlds

  Post-earthquake Haiti imagery now available in Google Earth

  GeoEye passed over Haiti this morning, and the imagery has been provided to Google, with the resulting KML now available for download and viewing in Google Earth or you can […]