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• September 18, 2011Remote Sensing

  NRO desclassifies 2 satellite series

  Wind up the hoopla as, on September 17th, the NRO declassified the GAMBIT and HEXAGON series satellites. Gizmodo has an interesting photo collection while over on the NRO website there […]

• September 14, 2011Cool Stuff, General, Human Geography

  Transportation… OF THE FUTURE!

  If you’ve ever heard me chatting with Elvin of the ArcPad team, you’ll know that I can wax poetic about cars almost more easily than I can about GIS. I […]

• September 13, 2011Education, Environmental

  Tracking Happy Feet

  National Public Radio (NPR) has been closely following the story of Happy Feet, the penguin who got off course and ended up in New Zealand. They recently posted a heart […]

• September 12, 2011Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 321

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 321 September 12, 2011 Main Topic: Random thoughts on programming and geospatial Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for […]

• September 12, 2011Human Geography, Navigation

  Adjusting the Nut Holding the Wheel

  I really like that quote. The good folks at the Center for Environmental Research Technology (CERT) at the University of California have been engaged in researching new fuel efficiency technology. […]

• September 7, 2011Cartography

  Updates to the Metro mean changes to an iconic map

  OK, I’ll admit it, one of my favorite things about visiting relatives and friends in the Washington DC area is getting to ride the Metro. I’m sure for those who […]

• September 6, 2011Human Geography, Travel

  Revival of Airship Travel?

  I remember reading a science fiction book in the mid-80’s that featured airship transportation on away planets. I had done a report about the Hindenburg a few years before that […]

• September 5, 2011Podcast, Show Notes

  A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 320

  A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 320 September 5, 2011 Main Topic: Dan Adams of TomTom Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed […]

• September 1, 2011Data, WebMapping

  Flickr and GeoFences

  Flickr has added a pretty cool new feature to their API set – Geofences. The idea is based upon the increasing concern over privacy, particularly spatial privacy. In the past […]

• August 31, 2011AAG, Groups

  Geography Education Specialty Group of the AAG

  As some of you may know, I took up the mantle of Treasurer of the GESG this year. Since I have an audience to reach out to through the blog, […]