Spatial Dynamics

CNN posted a list of 10 jobs that earn between $20 and $30 per hour that will experience double-digit growth through 2016, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I know what you’re thinking: “There’s an entire bureau for labor statistics?”
According to the article, the average median household salary is $48,201, making the [...]

Users of Erdas IMAGINE 9.0 may recognize the image below.

For the millions of people who are dying to know, its an image of Lake Wallen in the St. Gallen Province of Switzerland; the headquarters of Leica Geosystems.
I’ve been on the road that runs south of the lake and its one of the most scenic [...]

It appears the Canadian Government has declared a halt to the $1.3 billion sale of MacDonald, Detwiler, and Associates Space Technologies Division to the U.S.-based Alliant Techsystems.
The timing of the sale was interesting considering the US Navy shot down a malfunctioning SAR satellite in February. Perhaps MDA and ATK were attempting to [...]

Here is a strange pattern cut into the trees on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I found it about a year ago while working on a NOAA CCAP project. We researched it and found out what it was, but I’m interested to know how other people interpret the pattern.

38°27′14.84"N, 75°58′24.09"W - kmz is

here [...]

… without the pompous Alex Trebek.
Check out this game that visually tests geographic knowledge.

I can’t get past stage 11, the questions get very difficult near the end (identifying cities in Russia, China, or tiny countries in the Pacific Ocean.)
This game is designed well; I like the dual planting of the flags and the [...]

Here’s an image of Russian satellite dishes that an Economist

article claims are likely used for eavesdropping purposes (coordinates: 57.8026N 28.2146E or download kmz here).

Since the construction of these dishes was recent and it’s located in one of the few places in Russian territory that falls within the footprint of the Inmarset 4-F2 [...]

Last month, I read this article in the Washington Post “Beating Traffic by Joining the Network” and it was remarkable to read about the “hive mind” in my local newspaper. I’ve heard of the concept in relation to "collective consciousness" in human behavior studies and the “wisdom of crowds” in economics; but the Washington Post [...]