GIS_Software

August 2, 2006general, Remote Sensing

Stonehenge from above

English Heritage has released aerial images of Stone Henge taken from a ballon 100 years ago (August 1906). Head over and see the comparison with a modern aerial image. Just […]
August 1, 2006Gadgets, general, GIS_Software

ArcPad Today Powertoy

This morning on the new ArcPad dev team blog, they released a small powertoy for the PocketPC. The ArcPad Today Powertoy is a free today screen plug-in that allows you […]
July 31, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Photosynth from Microsoft Live Labs

If you are at all interested in 3D virtual reconstructions and immersive technologies, then you have to check out Microsoft Live Labs’ Photosynth. It is too cool, although it’s not […]
July 30, 2006general, Navigation, Physical Geography

CyberTracker, animal tracking for everyone

Listener Jody pointed out a great project that was highlighted on last weeks Living on Earth. CyberTracker allows anyone to capture information, including location, about animal movements. The software uses […]
July 27, 2006general, GIS_Software, Human Geography

Humanities and Geography

The current issue of ArcNews has an article from AAG Executive Director, Doug Richardson, on an initiative to link Humanities and Geography. As you may have noted this is high […]
July 27, 2006general, GIS_Software, WebMapping

James Fee’s ArcGIS Server scoop and Jeremy goes to Redlands

There are two bits of ArcGIS Server related information of note today. The first is that Jeremy, one of the key people behind Mapdex, is heading over to the core […]
July 15, 2006general, GIS_Software

UPS route software helps lower fuel consumption

You’ve probably never thought much about it, but left turns cost you more in fuel consumption as you idle waiting for a light to change or traffic to go by, […]
July 13, 2006general, GeographyAwareness, GIS_Software

Skills USA Champion ‘announced’

The Amherst Bee yesterday announced that Sue Rousie of Amherst, NY is the champion of this years Geospatial Technology Skills USA challenge. This has not been posted on the Skills […]
July 12, 2006Education, Events, general, GeographyAwareness, GIS_Software

Penn State Geospatial Technology Summer Camp

Penn State is offering a summer camp for 12-18 year-olds to give kids hands-on experience with GIS, GPS, and other geospatial technologies. The camp will be held from July 31st-August […]
July 9, 2006general, Hardware, WebMapping

Central DNS Servers Mapped

Ever wonder where the central, root, base nodes of the Internet are located? Well here’s a map to help you out! At this scale, there looks like there’s only 7, […]