GIS_Software

September 18, 2011Remote Sensing

NRO desclassifies 2 satellite series

Wind up the hoopla as, on September 17th, the NRO declassified the GAMBIT and HEXAGON series satellites. Gizmodo has an interesting photo collection while over on the NRO website there […]
September 12, 2011Human Geography, Navigation

Adjusting the Nut Holding the Wheel

I really like that quote. The good folks at the Center for Environmental Research Technology (CERT) at the University of California have been engaged in researching new fuel efficiency technology. […]
September 1, 2011Data, WebMapping

Flickr and GeoFences

Flickr has added a pretty cool new feature to their API set – Geofences. The idea is based upon the increasing concern over privacy, particularly spatial privacy. In the past […]
August 29, 2011Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

The Birth and Death of Irene as Seen From Space

NOAA just released a fascinating video showing the birth and death of hurricane Irene as seen from space. The video was created from imagery captured by the GOES-13 weather satellite. […]
August 25, 2011Remote Sensing

National Parks From Space

Wired has a beautiful article highlighting the views of US National Parks as seen from space. The views are simply breathtaking. I think a lot of people in the US […]
August 17, 2011Navigation

Team Garmin-Cervelo

I get to make a cheesy statement here about how Garmin-Cervelo race team has found their way to the top in August with Garmin, but I think the picture on […]
August 16, 2011Environmental, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

Storm Tracks Move Toward The Poles

Climate models have predicted this for years, but it’s never been observed… until now. Ars Technica discusses the issue in brief. For the non-physical geographers out there (of which I […]
July 12, 2011Data, ESRIUC, GIS_Software, Remote Sensing

ESRI UC 2011 – Jeff’s First Exposition Hall Tour

On Tuesday at the ESRI UC I spent the majority of my day wandering through the many tables and displays set up in the exposition hall. At first I […]
July 11, 2011ESRIUC, GIS_Software, WebMapping

ESRI 2011 UC Live Blog

Esri UC 2011 Live Blog We’re about to get underway at the 2011 ESRI UC. We’re getting the opening Rocky-esque montage of GIS in action. Jack takes the stage and […]
July 9, 2011Cool Stuff, Education, ESRIUC, Events, WebMapping

ESRI EDuc Plenary Session – ArcGIS Online Improvements

At the ESRI Education User Conference Plenary this morning a few things struck me as significant for GIS use in the classroom. Bern Szukalski reviewed some of the ArcGIS.com revisions […]