Recent Posts

• October 19, 2005WebMapping

  Want to Know Where in the World Your Spam is Coming from?

  A website called Postini has maps that show the sources for spam, virus, and directory harvest attack activity (based on originating IP) for the past 24 hours. So, if you […]

• October 19, 2005General

  A Shameless Plug for our interview in Directions magazine

  That’s right. Adena Schutzberg interviewed Jesse and me for this week’s issue of Directions Magazine. You can find Adena’s article on “Geospatial and the New Media”, as well as our […]

• October 19, 2005Education, General, GIS_Software

  GITA on workforce readiness grant

  Glenn over at GISUser spoke with Bob Samborski, Executive President of GITA, on the DOL funding workforce readiness. Mr Samborski outlined 5 key steps for conducting this study. “1. Getting […]

• October 18, 2005Cartography, General

  Green Map System

  According to their website, ” The Green Map System (GMS) is a locally adaptable, globally shared framework for environmental mapmaking.” Basically, it’s a collaborative worldwide project that is collecting Green […]

• October 18, 2005General, WebMapping

  WebMap widget

  The writing frenzy has ended for now, so on to the promised widget. The widget is for use with Konfabulator/Yahoo! Widgets (which must be installed before trying to use this […]

• October 17, 2005GIS_Software, WebMapping

  GeoRSS :: Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds

  GeoRSS seeks to go beyond the x,y point location tag that currently exists in RSS 2 and leverage GML to support more complex geometry (lines and polygons). The overview sounds […]

• October 17, 2005Cartography, General

  More on USGS mapping consolidation

  I saw a link to this article from Federal Computer Weekly over on The Map Room and, while a number of blogs, including ours, have previously covered the consolidation of […]

• October 17, 2005General

  Google Maps could aid terrorists, says Indian President

  This has pretty much been an ongoing debate in the GIS community ever since the WTC bombings. Google’s offereings pretty much brings this debate into a more open arena. What’s […]

• October 17, 2005General

  Let others know what you think of the podcast

  If you happen to have that amazing thing called free time, and would like to let others know what you think of the podcast, head over to PodcastAlley, PodcastPickle, LearnOutLoud, […]

• October 17, 2005Human Geography, WebMapping

  CommonCensus Map Project – Mapping Where You Think You Live

  This is a pretty cool project that I just read about via Wired. It is about mapping our world based on our perception of it, not just by physical coordinates. […]