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• January 6, 2014General, WebMapping

  Why OpenStreet Map Matters

  I really liked this essay by Serge Wroclawski on why OpenStreet Map matters, which I found through the Gizmodo reprint. To be honest it doesn’t exactly say anything ground breaking […]

• January 5, 2014Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 442

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 442 January, 2014 Main Topic: Our 2014 Preview Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes

• January 5, 2014Gadgets

  Updating the podcast format

  Over the holidays I have been upgrading most of the pieces of the podcast equipment that were either shutting down randomly after years of faithful service (looking at you 2010 […]

• January 4, 2014Cartography, Data, Education, general, Human Geography, Pins on the map, Political Geography, Remote Sensing, Travel

  Pins on the Map: George Washington Slept Here

  As you shiver in the cold today during what The Weather Channel is predicting could be the coldest winter on record for decades in North America, reflect on the 1780 […]

• December 30, 2013Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 441

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 441 December 30, 2013 Main Topic: Our 2013 Year-End Review Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed […]

• December 26, 2013Cartography, Data, Education, general, Human Geography, WebMapping

  The United States Railroad Administration

  On December 26, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson nationalized the U.S railroads from 1917 – 1920 in response to the infrastructure demands of WWI. While it only lasted four years, the […]

• December 23, 2013Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 440

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 440 December 23, 2013 Main Topic: Holiday Episode – Revisiting Video Games and Geography Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC […]

• December 20, 2013Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  Geospatial Gif Party: Now with NASA LEGO

  I like visiting the blog, i09: We come from THE FUTURE,  for my daily dose of fun science and science fiction news. This headline, “Here’s the first look at Lego’s […]

• December 17, 2013Education, Events, GeographyBlogs, Human Geography, Social Networking

  United Nation’s International Migrants Day and GIS

  December 18th is the United Nation’s International Migrants Day to recognize the efforts, contributions, and rights of migrants worldwide.  Migrant workers and migration has had a natural fit with geography […]

• December 16, 2013Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 439

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 439 December 15, 2013 Main Topic: A Remote Sensing conversation… Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed […]