The Geo Factor

Geography of Personality

Ron — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:28:30 +0000

Today’s Wall Street Journal carries the article, The United States of Mind: Researchers Identify Regional Personality Traits Across America which discusses findings published in the journal...

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Should You be Making Maps?

Ron — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:54:37 +0000

A couple of recent blog discussions reminded me of an age-old controversy around computers. Computers automate tasks and allow wider information access, making it easier for more people to do more...

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3D Cities to Virtual Worlds

Ron — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:01:58 +0000

Recently, The members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) adopted version 1.0.0 of the OpenGIS® CityGML Encoding Standard as an official OGC Standard. According to OIGC, CityGML is an open...

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Watch the GeoEye-1 Launch on Saturday

Ron — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:38:15 +0000

It’s not every day there’s a launch of a remote sensing satellite, and one we can watch online too. According to GeoEye, GeoEye-1 is world’s highest resolution commercial imaging...

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Who in GIS/LBS is an Outsider?

Ron — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:32 +0000

Usually, no one wants to be an outsider. Especially in my area of the world, Washington, DC. However, with the presidential election, it is suddenly in vogue to be considered an outsider. With all of...

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