GIS_Software

• December 16, 2008general, WebMapping

  New York Rat Map

  Time Magazine online is reporting about New York’s Rat Map online. The project is a tad over a year old. The project features a nice participartory GIS component as residents […]

• December 11, 2008Data, general, Remote Sensing

  Data, data everywhere

  We received an email from long time VerySpatial friend Michelle about the release of the full library of Landsat data. We touched on the fact that Landsat 7 was freely […]

• December 9, 2008Cool Stuff, general, Software, VirtualEnvironments

  Synthin’ with Photosynth

  As I’m sure many of you remember, I have been a fan of Microsoft Research’s Photosynth since we saw the first tech previews back in July 2006. Today I finally […]

• December 6, 2008general, VirtualEnvironments

  Virtual Gingerbread House

  This might be stretching the term virtual bit far, but at Apartment Therapy they posted about a virtual gingerbread house created by Jenny B. harris at Allsorts studio on Etsy. […]

• December 3, 2008general, Human Geography, WebMapping

  Crime Tracking in the 21st Century

  Ars Technica has a pretty nice summary article on a few crime mapping and mashup sites around the web. We’ve reported one or two of these in the past, but […]

• December 1, 2008general, GeographyBlogs, GIS_Software

  GIS Pathway, a learning solutions blog

  I cam across this blog/site today that seems like an interesting tool for those who are new to ArcGIS and a nice reference for those more familiar. GIS Pathway.com is […]

• November 22, 2008Events, general, VirtualEnvironments

  Checking out Google Earth in the CAVE

  Our GIS Day Open House at Brooks Hall on the WVU Campus gave the public a chance to come in and try out our CAVE installation. It was a hit, […]

• November 18, 2008Data, general, WebMapping

  Intuit Moves Quickbooks Into the Geospatial World

  Intuit is announcing a new geo-demographic feature at the Adobe Max Conference. It’s to be built on Flash (grrr), but it will allow even the most basic Quickbooks user to […]

• November 15, 2008Environmental, general, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  Using Remote Sensing to Spot Cholera Outbreaks

  Scientists have figured out how to predict cholera outbreaks by looking at sea life. The idea pioneered at the University of Maryland is a rise in sea temperatures lead to […]

• November 8, 2008general, GIS_Software

  Moving and updating GIS list

  If you are looking for the fairly out of date list of desktop GIS options, apologies. We are updating the list and moving it back to the main VerySpatial site […]