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September 11, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

What Sue did the summer of 2006

So after we met some of the SketchUp guys at the geoblogger meet-up at the ESRI UC, Sue showed off her presentation that she had given earlier that day on […]
September 10, 2007general, WebMapping

Online Interactive Heat Loss Map

Working on the notion that showing people is often the best way to influence their behavior, the Haringy Council in the UK is providing an online Interactive Heat Loss Map. […]
September 5, 2007Gadgets, general, LBS, Navigation

NYC Cabbies on Strike because of GPS!

Engadget is reporting the breaking news that NYC cabbies have officially gone on strike over GPS units in their cabs. We mentioned this item briefly in the past as the […]
September 5, 2007general, LBS, WebMapping

Virgin America and Google Maps

So apparently Virgin America will have interactive Google Maps for use in flight and they have been kind enough to make a cute little video of it in action. Virgin […]
September 4, 2007general, GIS_Software

Mapping the Equine Influenza outbreak in Australia

We’ve posted in the past about a number of projects related to mapping diseases, but as a former horse owner and racehorse handler, I was really interested in the efforts […]
August 22, 2007general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

Epidemiologists Turn to Video Game For Help

Ars Technica (an excellent tech news site, by the way) has an interesting article concerning epidemiologists turning to the game developer Blizzard for help. Blizzard is the developer and publisher […]
August 16, 2007general, Human Geography, Remote Sensing

Spy Satellites to be Used Domestically

This story has been all over the traditional news – the US is opening up domestic use of spy satellites. The news is rather troubling for privacy concerns. As the […]
August 15, 2007general, Remote Sensing

US releases National Land Imaging Program plan

One of our readers, Michelle, emailed me a press release announcing the release of the US National Land Imaging Program plan, which is the result of the work done by […]
August 15, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds

Are We Living in The Matrix…?

Ok, I’ll grant you this is a bit of a stretch for a Spatial post. However, it does have something to do with Virtual Worlds. Kinda. Sorta. And Metaphysics. Anyway, […]
July 25, 2007general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

CyArk 3D Heritage Archive

Although this actually launched a couple of months ago, I wanted to point out the CyArk 3D Heritage Archive, which has a great story behind it and touches on some […]