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• September 22, 2005Remote Sensing, WebMapping

  The start of Google Maps Messages?

  Data is data. Sure Google gives folks a great interface to view it, but aerial and sattelite images have been captured for decades. Archaeologists have found archaeological sites via aeiral […]

• September 22, 2005Cartography, WebMapping

  Oddens’ Bookmarks

  If you want to know where to find anything about maps and mapping on the Internet, check out Odden’s Bookmarks. It’s a mapping-related links site maintained by the University of […]

• September 22, 2005Navigation

  Pay-As-You-Go GPS

  A British company is rolling out (no pun intended) a Pay-as-you-go GPS/Navigation system for cell phones. The vision is for it to be used by motorists in an ad hoc […]

• September 21, 2005GIS_Software, WebMapping

  GIS Unshackled – from GeoWorld

  This is a feature article from the August issue of GeoWorld that gives an overview of open source GIS tools. Since I have to admit that I am not that […]

• September 21, 2005WebMapping

  Mapping The Web’s Future – Forbes.com

  An article on web mapping’s significance in the future of the web over at Forbes.com. Mapping The Web’s Future – Forbes.com Via Google Maps Mania

• September 20, 2005Navigation, Remote Sensing

  Real-time Ship Tracking

  IBM and Maersk (Danish shipping company) announced they are teaming up on a project to provide real-time wireless tracking for cargo ships, via a device attached to individual cargo containers. […]

• September 20, 2005WebMapping

  Top Spot or not

  Top spot or not is a site where you can vote on thousands of locations throughout the world. As usual, it uses Google Maps to display the locations. Check it […]

• September 20, 2005Remote Sensing

  The Full Moon Atlas

  This is an image map of Lunar photographs. It is broken into sections so that you can zoom in to few more detail of different portions of the moon. Check […]

• September 20, 2005Navigation, Remote Sensing

  Paying your highway tolls via satellite?

  I just saw this article on Geocommunity. Apparently , a private company called Mapflow is teaming up with the Dublin Transportation Office (Ireland) to do a feasibility study on the […]

• September 19, 2005Show Notes

  Show notes for AVSP Episode 09

  VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 09 September 18, 2005 Main Topic: Geographic Information. Click for the detailed shownotes