GIS_Software

April 14, 2006general, GIS_Software, VirtualEnvironments

Fred Limp on 3-D

GeoWorld’s April 2006 issue features the first of 3 articles about 3D visualization and the geospatial industry. By Fred Limp, of the University of Arkansas’s Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, […]
April 12, 2006general, General, WebMapping

Yahoo!Maps now includes satellite imagery

SiliconBeat has a short summary of what happened at last night’s SDForum panel. The main outcome discussed was the announcement by Jeremy Kreitler that Yahoo! Maps now finally offers global […]
April 12, 2006general, WebMapping

Call for participation for OGC Web Services Phase 4 testbed

If you are into open source geospatial development, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has just issued a Call for Participation for the OGC Web Services Phase-4 (OWS-4) Interoperability Initiative, which […]
April 7, 2006Events, general, WebMapping

MapOFF! panel at SDForum

This month’s SDForum Search SIG, taking place at Yahoo! Headquarters in California on April 11th, is called MapOFF! and will feature panelists Jeremy Kreitler from Yahoo!Maps. Thai Tran from Google […]
April 6, 2006general, VirtualWorlds, WebMapping

Discovery now offering video content in Google Earth

Discovery Communications announced today that they are now offering video content within Google Earth, starting with 10 American National Parks, including Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone. When users zoom in to […]
April 6, 2006general, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

NASA satellites helping to monitor Great Barrier Reef

CNN.com featured an article today about NASA’s role in a global effort to monitor the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, part of the Earth Observing […]
April 6, 2006general, Physical Geography, VirtualWorlds, WebMapping

USGS releasing Google Earth Virtual Tour of 1906 San FranciscoEarthquake

According to a USGS press release from yesterday, a Google Earth-based virtual tour of the devastating 1902 San Francisco will be announced during a press conference which was scheduled to […]
April 1, 2006Events, general, WebMapping

Google Earth’s April Fool’s joke

Over on Kevin Jarnot’s blog, I saw a post about an April Fool’s little visitor on Google Earth. Sure enough, I checked it out and Area 51 in New Mexico […]
March 29, 2006general, GIS_Software

MapMemo

MapMemo, as you might remember is the MacOS X only software that allows you to drag and drop system folders and web links onto a map (or any raster image). […]
March 28, 2006Events, general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial), VirtualEnvironments

See a total solar eclipse “live” on your computer

Tomorrow (Wednesday) there will be a total or near-total solar eclipse that will be visible in parts of Europe, Africa, and South America (see this guide from MSNBC). For the […]