Date archive for January, 2007
January 7, 2007A Reader’s Guide to GeoblogsCommunityAdena Schutzberg from Directions Magazine provides a helpful roundup of the must read GIS related blogs. With the multitude of geospatial blogs out there, this guide helps narrow down the top blogs based on your interests. Schutzberg parses out the geospatial blogs based on their appeal towards ESRI, Google Earth, Autodesk, and other GIS angles. ... read more January 5, 2007Google Maps on Your Cell PhoneWeb MappingDid you know that you can access Google Maps on your cell phone? Visit http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html through your cell phone’s browser to access Google Maps Mobile. If you have a Treo, you can now also download Google Maps to your device. To find out how and to download visit http://www.google.com/gmm/treo. Google Maps on Your Cell Phone read more...January 4, 2007Map Design CompetitionGeographyThe American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) and the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) are pleased to announce its 34th annual map design competition. The purpose of the competition is to promote interest in map design and to recognize significant design advances in cartography. The competition is open to all map-makers in the ... read more Mob Rule – 400 Tiny Towns to go back on Georgia MapGeographyThe original decision by the Georgia Department of Transportation to simplify their maps by removing 400 small towns has been reversed due to the overflow of protests that had resulted after the publication of the new map. Starting this summer with the large-print maps, the Georgia DOT will be readding the deleted town locations to ... read more January 3, 2007Best Practices in GISIndustry and Subjects in GISESRI has started a series of downloadable PDF files documenting best practices in a variety of industries. ESRI plans to add extensively to this collection in 2007. read more...Ad ends up being a lesson in Welsh geography for GoogleGeographyGoogle inadvertently upset residents by attributing the Welsh hamlet of Carmarthenshire to Powys instead. A Christmas advertising campaign by Google invited users to get their travel directions from Google maps to get to Bethlehem which is used by many to mail out their Christmas greetings in order to have the name stamped on their mail. ... read more Need help? Wear GPS sneakersGPSInventor and designer Isaac Daniels has come up with a new way to protect yourself by wearing sneakers. Called Compass Global 1000 (TM), the walking shoes have GPS enabled tracking embedded into the shoewear. As detailed in the press release: The GPS technology, embedded into seven different men’s and women’s sneaker models with 19 color ... read more Play Hooky, Set a RecordGeographyMichael Pernam, a 14 year old student from London skipped school to become the youngest person to sail solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The lad spent the past six weeks crossing 3,500 miles of water to reach his destination in Antigua. Michael arrived a day late today at his destination which was followed around the ... read more January 2, 2007Biggest MenuGeographyOn Biggest Menu, users can post pictures of their favorite menu items from restaurants from around the United States (mostly Southern California) and a handful from around the world. A picture of the food from the restaurant with a description of why the user liked it. Other users can vote with a “lick” if they ... read more Stuck Woman Traps South African Cave GroupGeographyAn overweight woman who was warned she was too large by the cave managers for the Cango Caves in Western Cape got stuck and trapped fellow spelunkers for more than 10 hours until rescue workers could free the woman. Included in the unfortunate group was a diabetic who needed insulin and two asthmatic children. Fortunately, ... read more |
