GIS_Software

• January 25, 2006GeographyBlogs, WebMapping

  Platial

  Adena over at AllPoints Blog posted an entry on Platial, an online friend site which uses Google Maps and tagging to add information about place to a spatial location on […]

• January 25, 2006General, VirtualEnvironments

  Eyebeam R&D’s OpenGLExtractor

  Want to add your favorite 3D game character to GoogleEarth? Eyebeam R&D’s OpenGLExtractor allows you to capture and re-use 3D geometry data in other 3D graphics applications, basically a “screen […]

• January 24, 2006GIS_Software, Human Geography

  More on soundscapes – The Silence of the Lands project

  The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center for Lifelong Learning & Design is working on a cool project called Silence of the Lands. Participants use handheld devices to record and […]

• January 24, 2006Gadgets, Navigation

  Asus MyPal A636 GPS-equipped PDA reviewed – Engadget

  Engadget has a link to a review of a new GPS PDA. These devices are to support those of us who have Trimble GeoXT envy, and a budget…well kind of. […]

• January 23, 2006General, GIS_Software

  China to Spend Millions to Survey the Great Wall

  An article in Friday’s online edition of The Epoch Times reports that China will spend 200 million yuan (approximagely $25 million US) to survey the Great Wall using modern remote […]

• January 23, 2006WebMapping

  Want to Know the Highest Point in Your State?

  Over at Geology.com, they’ve got a neat Google Maps mashup that shows the highest point in each of the 50 states. West Virginia’s is Spruce Knob – 4,863 feet. Alaska […]

• January 17, 2006GeographyBlogs, GIS_Software

  Usted habla espanol? … dos

  I came across another spanish speaking geospatial blog that is interesting.  Their description suggests they focus on Virtual Earth and Google Local, but they have some good links to interesting […]

• January 14, 2006Remote Sensing

  Leica announces version 9.0 of software suite

  I have forgotten to blog this for 3 straight days, and I will wait until we receive our copy before I say too much, but on Jan 12, Leica Geosystems […]

• January 13, 2006WebMapping

  Perspective mapping using Google and Yahoo!

  Sliced bread may be nearing its end as the measuring stick for greatness, as new ideas are leaping onto the web for ways to use all of the AJAX and […]

• January 12, 2006WebMapping

  NPR on web-based directions

  “Ask anyone for directions and you will see the strengths and weaknesses of the human species…” (NPR Morning Edition, Jan 10, 2006) Sometimes I am a little frightened that I […]