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August 13, 2007general, General, GeographyAwareness

More Geography Tetris

Raymond, the creator of the super fun Statris sent me over a couple of emails about some updates he’s done. If you’re not a huge fan of US geography, fear […]
August 5, 2007general, General, Groups

Associations/Groups – Association for Downloadable Media

This is mostly for the geobloggers out there. There is a group of well known podcasters/bloggers who are looking at the need for an association of New Media publishers. They […]
August 1, 2007ESRIUC, General, general

This is what happens when you don’t read your local paper…

We were pretty excited and really honored to get a SAG award this year, and it never occurred to us that such a thing would be of interest to anyone […]
July 27, 2007general, General

Landscape as Art…..Literally

Each year, people in the Japanese village of Inakadate create works of art in their rice fields by planting different colored varieties of rice within the main green-leafed variety. This […]
July 21, 2007general, General

Harry Potter Lexicon and Atlas

I lost a few hours last night looking through the Harry Potter Lexicon especially the atlas of wizarding places and the family trees. Jesse and VerySpatial have also previously compared […]
July 17, 2007general, General

Real Life Comics on personal navigation systems

While procrastinating last night I caught up on a couple of my favorite webcomics and come across an amusing take on personal navigation systems over at Real Life Comics. Real […]
July 16, 2007general, General

Lady Bird Johnson and GIS

Lady Bird Johnson is known for wildflowers and nature but the The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center was one of the first centers to use GIS for education, wildflower placement, […]
July 16, 2007general, General

Ocean update: Walrus and Norsemen

Several articles in the BBC wrap up GIS related posts that were made earlier in this blog. The first is scientists tracking walrus migration using satellite tags. Over the past […]
July 2, 2007Education, general, General, GIS_Software

A Fond Farewell to White Hall…..

So, the day has finally arrived. We have begun the process of moving WVU’s Dept of Geology and Geography, including the GIS labs where we work, to our newly-renovated building […]
June 28, 2007general, General

Friendly Floaties

If you haven’t ever heard of this really fantastic story of the “friendly floaties” you need to check it out. Oceanographers have been tracking the bathtub toys for over fifteen […]