GIS_Software

• December 12, 2005WebMapping

  New version of Yahoo Widgets

  The new version of Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator) now includes quite a few Yahoo! centric tools including a Yahoo! Maps widget. After I heard about the new version on SpatiallyAdjusted […]

• December 12, 2005General, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

  BBC NEWS | Virtual tour of Africa’s heritage

  The BBC has an interesting article on the scanning and modeling of heritage sites in Africa. This is along the same lines as some of the work that Sue and […]

• December 11, 2005Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  NASA’s Aura Satellite Mission

  Although Landsat is NASA’s most well-known satellite program, other missions are providing a wealth of information about our Earth. Aura, a satellite which was launched July 15, 2004, collects data […]

• December 11, 2005Remote Sensing

  BBC NEWS | Europe’s pollution hotspots shown

  An interesting article from the BBC. While we spoke to Dr Warner primarily about sensors that record reflectance values of the surface of the earth, there are several sensors in […]

• December 9, 2005WebMapping

  Unopened Letters — Hobu, Inc.

  Howard Butler has provided his thoughts on the whirlwind that has been the MapServer Foundation to date. Give it a read at Unopened Letters — Hobu, Inc.

• December 9, 2005GIS_Software, WebMapping

  OGC WMS ISO

  The alphabet soup in the title is a boon for the open standards movement. The OpenGeospatial Consortium (OGC) announced yesterday that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has accepted the […]

• December 8, 2005WebMapping

  Windows Live Local beta

  So, I guess the other web mapping news would be the release of Windows Live Local in beta, which incorporates Virtual Earth. I played around with it a little in […]

• December 8, 2005WebMapping

  Google Transit beta

  Here’s is the latest beta in Google’s stable of mapping apps: Google Transit. It’s the same interface as Google Local, except it plots your trip directions using public transportation, and […]

• December 7, 2005WebMapping

  A9.com – mapping at ground level

  Although a lot of the attention has been focused on Google Maps, MSN Virtual Earth, and Google Earth, Amazon’s A9.com subsidiary is continuing to map US cities in a different […]

• December 6, 2005Navigation

  GPS & cellphone for dogs

  Head over to engadget to see how your canine friend can have better gadgets than you! PetCell GPS tracker phone for dogs – Engadget – www.engadget.com