Cool Stuff
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Cartography, Cool Stuff, general
What people do with maps in the era of GPS and Web Maps
In the era of GPS and Web Mapping you might think that paper(physical, concrete things you hold in your hands) maps are on their way out. I don’t necessarily agree, […]
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PhD Comics “More’s Law”
Jorge Cham has shared many tech (and academic) truths with us over the years, but this one speaks as much about our connected/cloud future as it does our past.
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Cool Stuff, general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial), WebMapping
Conserving the Night Sky
Is your portion of the night sky polluted by artificial light? Check out this really slick Google Map interface I found on the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) web site . […]
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avsp, Cool Stuff, GeographyAwareness
Discounts for your GAW and holiday gifts
Each year as the holidays approach (and yes I include GAW in that list of holidays) we try to reach out to a vendor who carries Geographic or cartographic items […]
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Cool Stuff, GeographyAwareness
GEOGRAFREE – Front Line podcast in English
We are always excited about new Geography or geospatial podcasts since they are few and far between, but I am even more excited that a longstanding Geography podcast has become […]
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Royal Society Opens Its Archives
Prepare to watch today’s productivity sink like a log tied with rocks and encased in a block of cement. The Royal Society in the UK has thrown open its archives […]
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It’s HERE! It’s Finally HERE!
Just in time for my switch to the iOS platform. ESRI has finally released ArcGIS for Android! If you’re on the Android platform, head over to the Android Marketplace and […]
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Cool Stuff, space (not spatial), VirtualEnvironments
Search For Life on Mars
Ok, not Mars. Not just yet, at least. Researchers have created really cool science project called MAPPER. The idea is to leverage citizen scientists to comb through data and find […]
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National Geographic Challenge for PS3, XBOX360, and Wii
As you know, many of our discussions here on VerySpatial have touched on the increasing convergence between geography, geospatial technologies, and games and gaming technology. So you can imagine my […]
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A Post of Extremes in Mapping
Artist Yataka Sone has created what may be the heaviest map ever – a marble carving of Manhattan, called ‘Little Manhattan’. The 3D model map of the Big Apple was […]
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