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June 26, 2007general, General

Mapping your every move at work….for your own good, of course

If you didn’t already feel as if you’re every move is now being tracked and turned into someone else’s data, then check out Hitachi, Ltd.’s new employee ID and sensor […]
June 25, 2007General, general, GIS_Software

Where is Geobuntu?

I’ve been playing around with a new distribution of Linux called Ubuntu Studio. It’s a pretty cool OS distribution because it includes lots of applications for video, audio, and graphics […]
June 18, 2007general, General

Hil-ar-ious

Flight of the Conchords is sooooo fricking funny.
June 16, 2007general, General

Travel to San Diego

Sue and I made it to San Diego with only minor hiccups, while Frank and Barb, who left later in the day, are stuck in Newark over night since they […]
June 15, 2007general, General

Now that’s advertising…

The UK Daily Mail is reporting on an advertisement that can only be seen from the air by passengers flying at Gatwick airport. It brings up many spatial rights and […]
June 14, 2007General, general

Mapping farms and teaching students

Dover High School in Delaware Pennsylvania has a really cool program going that not only introduces students to GIS, but also provides a real mapping service to the local community. […]
June 11, 2007general, General

ROME

It took ten years and four universities to create some really cool 3D models of ancient Rome called Rome Reborn. It’s not just the 3D images that are fascinating but […]
June 7, 2007general, General

Eat Local

The benefits of eating locally has been in the news lately. I decided to look up what I would have to do to eat locally. 100 mile diet uses google […]
June 1, 2007general, General

More on the Encyclopedia Britannica mapping patent suit

Not a whole lot more has come out in the news this morning, but I have looked up Encyclopedia Britannica’s patents listed on Patent Monkey website, and the main one […]
June 1, 2007General, general, LBS

TomTom and Magellan sued by Encyclopedia Britannica

In that twisty-turny world of patents, it seems that Encyclopedia Britannica is going after TomTom and Magellan for infringement of patents it holds for a “computerized mapping system.” The suit […]