GIS_Software

• January 10, 2006General, WebMapping

  Google Earth for Mac OS

  According to OgleEarth it should run on any G3 or higher with at least 600 Mhz.  I will be loading it on my Mini tonight to see how it does.  […]

• January 5, 2006General, Navigation

  New Gadgets from CES day 1

  It is that CES time of year again, time for lots of new toys. Most of the one that I have found are GPS related, perhaps because I am only […]

• January 4, 2006VirtualEnvironments

  GEwar

  I haven’t taken more than a cursory glance, but this is a link to the Google Earth War game. Looks fun if you don’t have people giving you significant looks […]

• January 4, 2006General, Remote Sensing

  Landsat 5 update

  According to the USGS’s Landsat Program website, testing of Landsat 5’s solar array began on January 3rd and will continue until January 5th. Information related to the testing will be […]

• January 4, 2006General, VirtualEnvironments

  Update on VirtuSphere

  A while back I posted an entry about the VirtuSphere, an immersive virtual reality environment that has been getting a lot of attention. An article posted on the University of […]

• January 3, 2006WebMapping

  KhaosLabs | MapMe for Skype

  This is an interesting concept to keep an eye on. MapMe blends Skype and maps for a spatial address book and what they call a geographical caller ID. KhaosLabs | […]

• December 31, 2005Remote Sensing

  Orthorectified Landsat Digital Data Now Available

  On Tuesday, the USGS issued a press release that they are now offering orthorectified Landsat 4, 5 and 7 free for download from the Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis) or from […]

• December 29, 2005GIS_Software

  Help define geospatial workforce

  The AAG, GITA, and Wharton School of Business at the Univ of Pennsylvania have created a preconference questionaire for the second and final Leadership Rountable on the Geospatial Industry. The […]

• December 28, 2005GIS_Software, Remote Sensing

  One year after the Indian Ocean tsunami

  Just before Christmas, the European Space Agency issued a press release reviewing the use of geospatial technologies and data in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004 […]

• December 28, 2005Navigation

  Recent BBC articles on Galileo

  BBC NEWS | Europe set to launch Galileo era BBC NEWS | Q&A: Europe’s Galileo project