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October 9, 2009AAG, general, Podcast, Show Notes

A VerySpatial Podcast – Special Episode 51

Way back at the AAG we had a chance to talk to Dawn Hawley of Northern Arizona University about how she has effectively brought computer games into the classroom. Click […]
October 8, 2009general, GeographyAwareness

New Jersey is to Clerks as Idaho is to….

I was looking up some old movies online and found tons of fun information on movies and their associated landmarks or states. Rotten Tomatoes has a fun “50 Movies for […]
October 7, 2009Events, general, Where20

Where 2.0 – Speaking proposals

The Where 2.0 conference timeline is stepped up this year since the conference is happening two months early in March. On that note there is only one week left to […]
October 6, 2009general, Remote Sensing

Watch the launch of DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite Live!

DigitalGlobe is getting ready to launch its next commercial Earth imaging satellite, WorldView-2, and you can watch the launch live. Although slightly delayed, the plan for WorldView-2’s launch is now […]
October 5, 2009Gadgets, general, Navigation

EGNOS Goes Active

The precursor to the EU’s Galileo satellite positioning, EGNOS is now live for 27 EU states! The basic idea behind the system is to take the US’s GPS system and […]
October 4, 2009general, Podcast, Show Notes

A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 220

A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 220 October 4, 2009 Main Topic: Our conversation with MapDiva’s Jill Saligoe-Simmel about Ortelius Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC […]
October 2, 2009general, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography

Great California ShakeOut – World’s Largest Earthquake Drill

With the recent devastating earthquakes in the Pacific region, the Great California ShakeOut is a very timely event. On October 15th, at 10:15am local time, millions of Californians are going […]
October 1, 2009avsp, general, Poll

New Poll – Remote Sensing

As we begin to turn our attention to Remote Sensing for October we wanted to pose a new question and poll… Do you use remote sensing data? It is an […]
September 30, 2009Cool Stuff, general

Just a friendly reminder….

I couldn’t resist the urge to try a little more moviemaking, so here is a little PSA about a problem all of us GIS geeks out there have encountered at […]
September 29, 2009general

North Carolina World Geography Bowl

Last Friday (Sept 25) I attended the NC World Geography Bowl regional meet in Greensboro. The list of schools that participated was short: UNC Greensboro, UNC Charlotte, Appalachian State, East […]