Gadgets

• November 5, 2011Cool 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 […]

• October 27, 2011Cool Stuff, Data

  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 […]

• October 26, 2011Cool Stuff, GIS_Software

  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 […]

• October 5, 2011Cool 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 […]

• October 3, 2011Cool Stuff, Education

  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 […]

• September 28, 2011Cool Stuff

  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 […]

• September 22, 2011Cool Stuff

  Another Threadless classic

  It has been a while since I have posted one of the awesome Threadless t’s hocking geo awareness. I think this one definitely makes up for the gap. Sharing the […]

• September 14, 2011Cool Stuff, General, Human Geography

  Transportation… OF THE FUTURE!

  If you’ve ever heard me chatting with Elvin of the ArcPad team, you’ll know that I can wax poetic about cars almost more easily than I can about GIS. I […]

• August 10, 2011Cool Stuff

  Intro to Culture, Space and Place

  Dr Jon Anderson of Cardiff University has created a fun video that ties into a class he is teaching. It shows how a short video can lead to many thoughts, […]

• August 4, 2011Cool Stuff

  Architect or Grad Student?

  With many popular sites picking up on Barbie’s new architectural design (the house) I finslly took a look at this year’s “I Can Be…” Barbie. You may recall that last […]