GIS_Software

• January 19, 2007Data, general, WebMapping

  EPA Posts Data for Use in Google Earth, Maps, and Others

  The EPA is making a bold and rather inspiring move in making an effort to post their data online for use in Mashups and online Mapping applications. As of Wednesday, […]

• January 19, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

  Google Maps + Oblivion = Internet Mapping Fun

  Here’s a pretty cool mashup for those gamers out there. For those unaware of the joys of running around a massive virtual world and smacking it’s denizens with a sharp […]

• January 19, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  PacketGarden – use your web surfing to grow your own virtual world

  PacketGarden is a cool application (still in beta) that grows your own virtual world based on your internet activity. PacketGarden uses information about your internet use to generate this private […]

• January 16, 2007general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  U.S. National Research Council releases report on remote sensing

  The National Research Council has released its report on the state of US Earth Observation satellite operations, which discusses the 29 current missions, including Landsat, and offers recommendations for continuing […]

• January 15, 2007general, GIS_Software

  Brazil and China sign cooperation agreement for Geographic Research

  Last week, a committee from China visited Brazil to sign a cooperative agreement for collaboration between the countries in GIS and cartographic projects. According to the press release: “The accord […]

• January 14, 2007Gadgets, general, Navigation

  Pocket media player

  It appears that in general there is a new device type that is running on Windows CE that is built for media. Sandisk’s Sansa® View features a 4 inch screen […]

• January 13, 2007general, WebMapping

  Terrorists use Google maps

  The Telegraph is reporting a story that they have evidence British troops are being attacked in the Middle East based upon aerial imagery found in Google Earth/Maps. One can logically […]

• January 12, 2007general, Remote Sensing

  Funny

  A commerical for NCIS showed a low res image from Google Maps satellite view. One person said the area they were looking at was “Off the map” the other called […]

• January 11, 2007general, Navigation, WebMapping

  groovr – communities and place

  I am sure that I am finding this late, but it is always good for sites to get a second ripple through the blogs. I just stumbled across groovr (I […]

• January 10, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Politicians in Second Life

  Along with a new Congress, the Democrats are moving into a new venue – Second Life. George Miller (D-Calif) appeared in Second life to give a virtual question and answer […]