GIS_Software

• September 7, 2006general, Navigation

  BMW releases dynamic traffic system in US

  The folks over at Engadget had a post on BMW’s announcement that they will include real time traffic information on select 2007 models. Apparently they will be using Clear Channel’s […]

• September 7, 2006general, GIS_Software

  GIWIS premiere on Sept 13

  From the GIWIS website: The Geospatial Industry Workforce Information System—or GIWIS—will be your comprehensive resource for everything geospatial. Whether you’re a veteran to the geospatial industry or this is your […]

• September 5, 2006general, WebMapping

  Google Maps vs. Yahoo Maps

  Continuing some of the ideas from our podcast (and Farallon’s as well, apparently), this site features an interesting side by side comparison of Yahoo Maps and Google Maps. When I […]

• September 5, 2006general, GeographyBlogs, WebMapping

  Farallon Podcast talks mashups

  Apparently the guys over at Farallon had the same thought that we did for their last podcast as they speak on Mashups the same week we revisit the Webmap APIs. […]

• September 2, 2006Education, general, GIS_Software, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  Smithsonian offering Advanced Course on Conservation GIS

  For those of you interested in using GIS and remote sensing in conservation-related activities, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park’s Conservation and Research Center is offering a week-long advanced GIS and […]

• September 1, 2006general, GIS_Software

  What, Whoa, Wait a minute…Intergraph Acquired

  So I come up for air after a frenetic week to find out that Intergraph, makers of a variety of products so numerous I won’t even try to list, has […]

• September 1, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

  Google Earth Now For Booking Flights

  British Airways is now using Google Earth to help book flights. It’s a pretty simple concept – you use Google Earth to zoom to where you want to go and […]

• August 30, 2006general, WebMapping

  Skylab Mobilesystems WMS Crawler

  If you’re looking to incorporate OGC-compliant WMS layers into your web mapping applications, check out Skylab Mobilesystems’ WMS Crawler – which crawls for keywords that may indicate a WMS link, […]

• August 29, 2006Gadgets, general, Navigation, Remote Sensing

  What cures traffic jams? Supply and demand!

  At least that’s what researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are claiming. Their idea is to use some combination of GPS or RFID to track then cars enter […]

• August 29, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

  Serenity recreated in Second Life

  I just saw this on 3pointD, and it’s so cool I am definitely going to have to check it out. As you may already know, Jesse, Frank and I are […]