GIS_Software

• January 29, 2010Social Networking, VirtualEnvironments

  Victorian 3-D

  Before there was Avatar and even before Fisher-Price Viewmaster, there was stereoscopy or stereo photographs that presented scenes in life-like three dimensions similar to a Viewmaster. A recent book on […]

• January 25, 2010WebMapping

  OpenGeo Suite expands and hits 1.0

  We mentioned OpenGeo Suite a while back on the podcast when they offered up an installer that loaded GeoServer, OpenLayers and GeoServer Data Importer. Today, taking a step forward, they […]

• January 12, 2010general, GIS_Software

  ArcGIS 9.4 Canceled! Ok, not exactly.

  That was just a plug for me getting the most alarming header title for 2010.  ArcGIS 9.4 isn’t exactly canceled, it just been upgraded to 10!  The next release of […]

• January 8, 2010general, Navigation

  Ashtech GPS solutions

  You remember that not too long ago Magellan split itself up between Magellan and Magellan Professional selling off its consumer name and division to GPS powerhouse MiTAC (makers of the […]

• January 5, 2010General, general, Physical Geography, WebMapping

  Twenty-two maps that will change how you see the world

  On my twitter feed this morning, @geoparadigm tweeted this great link on tree hugger about Twenty-Two Maps That Will Change How You See The World.  The maps are pretty impressive, […]

• December 18, 2009general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  10th Anniversary of launch of NASA’s Terra satellite

  The data from NASA’s earth observation satellites are critical resources in many areas of research, and it’s important to highlight the achievements of the Earth Observation System program, a multi-national […]

• November 6, 2009general, Navigation

  Field Assets for the iPhone

  With the large number of location apps on the iPhone and other mobile devices out there, it surprises me that there are so few (handful by my account) professional quality […]

• October 14, 2009Gadgets, general, Human Geography, Navigation, Remote Sensing

  Cops Can’t Track Car with GPS Without Warrent

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation had an interesting piece about two weeks ago that I just ran across.  The Supreme Court of Massachusetts recently ruled that it is against their state constitution for […]

• October 6, 2009general, Remote Sensing

  Watch the launch of DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite Live!

  DigitalGlobe is getting ready to launch its next commercial Earth imaging satellite, WorldView-2, and you can watch the launch live. Although slightly delayed, the plan for WorldView-2’s launch is now […]

• October 5, 2009Gadgets, general, Navigation

  EGNOS Goes Active

  The precursor to the EU’s Galileo satellite positioning, EGNOS is now live for 27 EU states!  The basic idea behind the system is to take the US’s GPS system and […]