by Barbaree | May 31, 2011 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban. Hundreds of people marched through the picturesque rural town of Bundanoon to mark the first day...
by Barbaree | May 25, 2011 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Globe GENIE is somewhat random but pretty cool way to get students excited about other places in the world. The folks at MIT have done it again!
by Barbaree | May 23, 2011 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Some of the world’s most sophisticated technology is being used to protect indigenous people who’ve entirely avoided the industrial world. By studying satellite photographs of Paraguayan forests inhabited by still-uncontacted aboriginal tribes, activists have spotted...
by Barbaree | May 20, 2011 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia’s Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the...
by Barbaree | May 18, 2011 | Free Resources, Our Blog
A new study suggests the Milky Way doesn’t need a makeover: It’s already just about perfect. Astronomers base that assertion on their discovery of a vast section of a spiral, star-forming arm at the Milky Way’s outskirts. The finding suggests that the galaxy is a rare...
by Barbaree | May 16, 2011 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
This map allows you to view continuously updated U.S. flooding information. You can see observed flooding locations as well as precipitation information. The map also pulls in social media pertaining to flooding. In the Social Media box, you can change the search...
