Recent Posts

• September 26, 2005Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  BBC NEWS | Ice explorer readies for launch

  The ESA will soon be launching a new satellite to measure the ice levels at the poles to determine if the prediction that global warming is impacting ice levels is […]

• September 26, 2005Events

  First Asia-Pacific ESRI Users Conference

  Here’s another event I just found out about: ESRI’s first Asia-Pacific Users Conference, which will be held 12-13 January 2006 in Hong Kong. The abstract deadline for papers has been […]

• September 26, 2005Events

  Internation Conference on Spatial Data and Disaster Management

  It might be a little late for a quick trip to India, but the International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructure and its Role in Disaster Management will be held at […]

• September 25, 2005Podcast

  A Very Spatial Podcast – Episode 10

  Main topic: Impact and future of blogging, podcasting, and new mapping technologies. News: StreetMap Pro, Mars explorer extended, space elevator.

• September 25, 2005WebMapping

  Virtual Earth Competition – Chance to win $1000!

  That’s right! 1000 clams! All you have to do is develop your own map application using the Virtual Earth JScript map control and API. Then submit your entry by October […]

• September 25, 2005General

  Call for papers: Session on blogs and podcasts in geography

  Over the last year blogs and podcasts have really come to the fore as great ways to disseminate information. While they do not take the place of traditional media for […]

• September 24, 2005GeographyBlogs, WebMapping

  Hurricane Rita Pushes Blogs, Rich Maps to Forefront

  I just found this article after we recorded this week’s podcast, where we discuss blogs, podcasts and other digital media and their role in disseminating information related to geography and […]

• September 24, 2005Podcast

  A Very Spatial Podcast – Special Episode 01

  Inspired by Serenity the Movie, Main Topic: Terraforming. Apologies for the sound quality

• September 24, 2005General

  Space Elevator

  That’ s right, a space elevator. This is a serious effort from a number of groups to develop an elevator that could be used to transport stuff – and people […]

• September 24, 2005Cartography, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

  EarthSLOT – NSF funded 3D GIS

  EarthSLOT uses a Google Earth like viewer called TerrExplorer by SkyLine. This is work based on an NSF grant by Matt Nolan at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. EarthSLOT Via […]