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• October 21, 2011general

  Get your free (zombie) preparedness guide

  You have probably already heard about the U.S. Center For Disease Control’s unique outreach effort to educate the public about being prepared for a large scale emergency. They used the […]

• September 27, 2011general, Human Geography

  Message in a Bottle

  I’m thrilled with any post that allows me to make a The Police reference. Harold Hackett has a rather unusual hobby – he puts messages in a bottle and throws […]

• August 25, 2011general

  Boldly Going Where No Maps Have Gone Before

  Some critics say the online mapping tools and free mapping tools are like chasing a moving target.  Well, warm up your running shoes and pack extra arrows in your quiver, […]

• July 8, 2011general

  Investing in Farmville

  The Globe and Mail has an interesting Vox article on investing in Zynga, which has created free online social media games such as Farmville on Facebook versus other social media […]

• May 29, 2011AugmentedReality, Cartography, Cool Stuff, Education, general, Human Geography

  Animated Maps on Memorial Day Weekend

  On this memorial day weekend the History Channel is kicking off a week of Civil War themed shows.  While watching I thought I’d see if there were any interesting maps […]

• May 29, 2011Education, Environmental, general

  Cicadas, Locusts, and Mapping

  Throughout history, cicada and locusts have produced fascination, food, and frustration, among other f words. The Cicada Mania site “Dedicated to cicadas, the most amazing insects in the world.” provides […]

• April 28, 2011general

  The Royal Wedding and Neogeography

  One of the most fascinating aspects of how the media is covering the upcoming U.K. Royal Wedding, is the use of geospatial tools, social media, and almost every bell and […]

• April 20, 2011general

  iPhone Tracker

  There have been a number of posts today about the fact that the iPhone is storing cell tower connections in its backups and that you can get access to that […]

• March 28, 2011general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 297

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 297 March 28, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation with AmericaView’s Rick Landenberger on Earth Observation Day 2011 Click to directly download MP3 Click to […]

• March 20, 2011general, Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 296

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 296 March 21, 2011 Main Topic: Our conversation on geovisualization and some of its challenges Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download […]