GIS_Software

• April 23, 2006Cartography, general, WebMapping

  Mapping gas prices across the US

  Gasbuddy.com has put together an interactive map of gas prices by county around the US. Just right click on the county you want to check out. Of course, it might […]

• April 22, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

  3D Nature joins the KML Race

  I really need to do a general post on 3D Nature’s offerings. We have been playing with World Construction Set and Visual Nature Studio for a few years now, but […]

• April 21, 2006general, VirtualWorlds, WebMapping

  NASA World Wind 1.3.4 released

  NASA has just released World Wind 1.3.4, with some cool new features, including Mars with full 3D terrain and imagery from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I haven’t really played […]

• April 20, 2006general, Programming/Dev, WebMapping

  OGC Catalogue Services Specification – Request for Comment

  OGC has put out a Request for Comment for a new candidate OGC standard. It is the Catalogue Services Specification 2.0.1 – ISO Metadata Application Profile. From the press release: […]

• April 20, 2006general, GeographyAwareness, Navigation

  Getting there is half the fun

  The New Yorker recently ran an interesting article entitled Annals of the Road: Getting There that looks at maps and mapping technologies from a few angles including riding in a […]

• April 19, 2006Education, general, WebMapping

  Google Maps mashup of University Podcasts

  I haven’t blogged a mashup in awhile, but I saw this on GISUser and it’s a pretty cool resource: a Google Maps mashup of universities that have podcasts, webcasts, and […]

• April 19, 2006general, General, WebMapping

  A More Accessible Online Map

  A List Apart has an interesting article on how to use CSS to make online maps more accessible to visually impaired people. What I find most interesting is that A […]

• April 18, 2006general, General, WebMapping

  Comparing the mapping services

  The folks over at TechCrunch have put together a pretty good comparison of the various mapping services out there today. It’s a pretty quick rundown, but I think the chart […]

• April 17, 2006general, General, GIS_Software

  Sony and Intergraph…hmmm

  Fantom Planet came across an interesting bit of information on the Intergraph site. Sony has decided to provide Intergraph $15 million for worldwide access to their patent portfolio, but it […]

• April 15, 2006Gadgets, general, Navigation

  Review of the TomTom 910

  Laptop Magazine has a review of the TomTom Go 910. The general upshot? It does what it is supposed to do to get you from point A to point B […]