GIS_Software

• September 13, 2005General, Remote Sensing

  BBC NEWS | Hubble reveals new map of Pluto

  Extraterrestrial mapping efforts continue 🙂 The future of Hubble may seem similar to that of Landsat 7, but it is still getting the job done. Archives are nice too… BBC […]

• September 12, 2005WebMapping

  See your contacts in Google Earth

  This is a plug-in for several PIMs that allow you to view the location of a contact within Google Earth. Download Squad Via Download Squad

• September 12, 2005GIS_Software

  GeoTorrent file-sharing

  I saw a press release on GeoTorrent on the Geoplace website and checked out the GeoTorrent.org site. It is based on bitTorrent technology. They seem to have mostly satellite mosaics […]

• September 10, 2005GIS_Software

  GSDI Small Grants Program

  From the Geocommunity website: On Wednesday, the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) announced some statistics about the third year of their Small Grants Program, which received neary 100 applications […]

• September 10, 2005WebMapping

  Save an hour by using MapQuest

  The significance of math. Team Slackers United

• September 9, 2005WebMapping

  Microsoft takes on Google with new developer platform

  This article from InfoWorld discusses a set of API’s that Microsoft will announce at their Professional Developer’s Conference which starts Spet. 13th in Los Angeles. Mapping components, including an API […]

• September 8, 2005General, GIS_Software, WebMapping

  Spatial Information Management (SIM) – from Directions Magazine

  This article takes a look at what happening with the development of “spatial information management”, and suggests what might be next on the horizon http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=953

• September 7, 2005Education, WebMapping

  UK students get free access to OS digital maps

  Here is a link to the annoucement on the UK’s National Grid for Learning website: (also posted on geoplace.com) http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/news.jsp?sec=5&cat=99&res=88244

• September 7, 2005General, WebMapping

  Internet News Article | Internet satellite imagery under fire over security

  The non-sense continues. To revisit this issue of high res imagery and security yet again visit Internet News Article | Reuters.com. This data is, and has been, available through contractors […]

• September 6, 2005WebMapping

  Dig a hole to China?

  This is a great time waster for Google Maps. If you click on a location you can see where your hole would come out on the other side of the […]