Australian Geographic have a great piece about mapping Australia’s ocean floors, including how we’ve mapped them, what has been discovered, and what is needed.
Directions magazine have a great post that aims to teach you ‘Ten things you need to know about open source geospatial software.’
The Age have a story on Google’s latest iteration of StreetView: SeaView. This time the big goog have uploaded the Catlin Seaview Survey of the Great Barrier Reef for all to see online.
Google Maps Mania alerts us to a handy little portal called Old Maps Online that aids in finding historical maps in libraries around the world, including Australia and New Zealand.
GIS User have a post stating that creativity isn’t just the domain of cartographers: geo analysts need it, too.
GIS Lounge talks of an interesting project called GapVis (Google Ancient Places Visualisation) put together by Google that places textual references of historical sites in literature into geographical context, by comparing ancient names with modern place names. Well worth a look.
SlashGeo points us to a discussion happening on the use of UAVs for Wildlife conservation. It’s great to see the many different uses for UAVs/UASs that are coming to light.
