The New York Times has a piece recounting the history of lithographer/cartographer John Bachmann, the man that coined the term “Birds eye view”, and how his maps helped a population with little cartographic literacy make sense of the war they were in the middle of.   The Sydney Morning Herald have a sad piece […]

  There is an interesting discussion over at Slashdot (thanks to SlashGeo for pointing me in the direction of it) talking about questioning how GPS is changing us. Obvious examples surround the atrophy of our navigational abilities, but others are saying how it is transforming how we think about travel and navigation.   Between the […]

  After two very enjoyable GeoRabble events, it’s almost time for a third.   If you reckon you’ve got what it takes to deliver a presentation at GeoRabble (and by that I mean you love geo, you’ve got something interesting to say for 10 minutes, and don’t mind leaving the vendor hat at the door), […]

  I think, on the whole, most people take consistent and sequential house numbering for granted. Knowing that 176 Pitt St lies only a few doors down from 170 Pitt St is something we don’t even think twice about.   In South Korea, however, this address system has only very recently been adopted.   Previous […]

  SSSI is holding a workshop in Sydney on September 23 that will focus on metadata and SDI standards and management; and the implementation of metadata and data catalogues in various organisations.   The Morning talks and workshops will focus on metadata and SDI standards and management; different options on how to manage spatial data infrastructures […]

  With less than two weeks until the conference, over 700 delegates from across Australia and around the world have already registered.   Some late changes to the Program will see an expanded array of impressive, internationally renowned speakers, including:   Professor Hiromichi Fukui from Chubu University in Japan speaking on the role of spatial […]