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• 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 7, 2005General

  ‘Podcast’ is Word of the Year

  That’s right! ‘Podcast’ has been declared the Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary and will be included in next year’s update to the dictionary. It’s really […]

• December 7, 2005Human Geography, Physical Geography

  BBC NEWS | Drought may have shaped history

  this story offers up some information on a drought in Africa 70k years ago found through soil cores. The story also offers up an interpretation that is related to our […]

• 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

• December 6, 2005Events

  ESRI User Conference Abstract Submission Deadline Extended

  The deadline for abstract submission for the 2006 ESRI International User Conference has been extended to January 6, 2006. For more information, see the conference webpage.

• December 6, 2005General

  GISuser.com – MapServer Foundation

  Glenn Latham has offered up a good write up of the intent of the MapServer Foundation that is a good perspective of the initial direction of the foundation at GISuser.com […]

• December 6, 2005Events

  AAA Travel High School Challenge

  AAA (American Automobile Association) will be sponsoring the 4th annual AAA Travel High School Challenge, a 3-part geography competition that kicks off with a 40-question online contest from January 9-17, […]

• December 6, 2005WebMapping

  UFO Maps for Google Maps and Virtual Earth

  So if you want to get the scoop on recent UFO sightings, check out ufomaps.comwhich offers summaries of UFO sightings reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). Turns out […]

• December 5, 2005GIS_Software

  2006 Buyers Guide – Geospatial Solutions

  Geospatial Solutions have made their 2006 Buyers Guide available. This alphabetical listing of companies ranges from data providers to software vendors. Give it a look. 2006 Buyers Guide – Geospatial […]

• December 5, 2005General, GeographyBlogs

  VectorOne

  I first came across Jeff Thurston’s blog when I was doing a search on geovisualization and found the domain. This was well before we started VerySpatial over the summer, and […]