GIS_Software

May 4, 2010Cool Stuff, general, VirtualEnvironments

IBM’s CityOne – Gaming to solve our cities’ problems

While I continue my research in the area of immersive virtual worlds and serious gaming, I have also been doing a lot of work recently in the area of digital […]
April 21, 2010WebMapping

IndieMapper

In case you haven’t listened to this week’s episode, you are missing out on our conversation with a couple of the guys (David and Mark) of IndieMapper. Part of that […]
April 8, 2010Navigation

Apple serious about location privacy

In my infinite Apple fanboyishness I am going through the iPhone OS 4.0 keynote video from earlier today. A couple of nice things that will be rolling to your iPhone/iPod […]
March 29, 2010GIS_Software, LBS

iGGIS

There is another GIS app in the US iTunes store. iGGIS is a an app for the Netherlands that seems to be a GIS without a map, using your location […]
March 16, 2010WebMapping

Mapping education monies

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently highlighted an interactive map of state spending on higher education institutions and how federal stimulus monies are being used in each state. The focus […]
March 11, 2010general, Human Geography, WebMapping

Google adds Biking Directions

Apparently lots of people have been asking Google for biking directions and now they get their wish! The directions get added right along with the driving and walking directions we’ve […]
March 3, 2010Gadgets, Navigation

Leica Zeno

There was a press release back in late February that I just came across from the folks at Leica Geosystems which caught my attention, partially due to the product, partially […]
February 14, 2010VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

Bing Maps updates

While editing the podcast today I realized I did a horrible job of describing Microsoft’s new features. In my defense, I was talking about it as I received an error […]
February 12, 2010Cool Stuff, GIS_Software, LBS

ArcPad and an anniversary

Since Elvin and various ArcPad team members (I’m looking at you Marika) have spent our last couple of anniversaries hanging out at our live show, we wanted to take the […]
February 10, 2010general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

Vancouver Winter Olympic venues in 3D

I can’t pass up a chance to post a cool interactive 3D visualization, like the NY Times map of the Vancouver Olympic venues. They’re using Intermap’s elevation data, and imagery […]