GIS_Software

October 20, 2007general, GIS_Software, Software

Pixelmator and Core Location

Ed mentioned Pixelmator a while back as a great new Mac-only image editor. It offers most of the tools that the normal Photoshop user uses. But the impressive thing isn’t […]
October 12, 2007general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

Japanese researchers continue to blur the virtual-real world boundary

A couple of projects by Japanese researchers show that work in the area of augmented or mixed reality is really pushing the boundary between the real and virtual worlds. Michihiko […]
October 11, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

Sim City and Global Warming

Ever wanted to know how Global Warming might affect your lavish Sim City models? Well the good folks at Sim City are letting you find out! You can choose what […]
October 9, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

Google in a day

Talk about taking over the (virtual) world…Google has acquired Jaiku and is working with Multiverse and both were announced in a day. The Jaiku purchase is a curiosity as they […]
October 5, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

$1 billion invested in virtual worlds

Virtual Worlds Management, the organizers of the Virtual Worlds Conference this past March in New York and the Virtual Worlds Fall Conference next week in San Jose, CA, recently conducted […]
October 3, 2007general, Remote Sensing

India to try real-time crop monitoring

I have been trying to catch up on everything that’s been going on while I spent a week writing my PhD comps, and I ran across a short article about […]
October 2, 2007general, Remote Sensing

National Applications Office program on hold

MSNBC reported that the National Applications Office, set to open its doors on Monday, Oct. 1st, has been put on hold so that legal and privacy issues raised by some […]
September 26, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

Leica updates Titan

Leica is rolling out the updates to Titan fairly regularly including today’s release which includes Terrain support, a custom drawing toolbar that includes KML export, and a navigational compass. I […]
September 18, 2007general, Navigation

Location-based Live Search

For the first time Frank’s choice of Sprint may actually be a good thing. The mobile phone provider is rolling out Live Search for their phones which is now location-based. […]
September 13, 2007Education, general, VirtualEnvironments

Zula Patrol kids’ show to get its own virtual world

The creators of the kids’ show Zula Patrol, which airs on PBS stations, are partnering with IBM to create an online immersive virtual world. Called Zulaworld, it will be targeted […]