Spatial Dynamics

The Washington Post recently had an article regarding a consortium of companies who plan on spending $14.5 billion (more than Bolivia’s GDP) in the creation of the WiMax network. According to the article, delivering maps is one of Google’s main considerations for joining the project.
WiMax is like WiFi, but with a much longer range; it [...]

I’ve recently had a chance to check out the newly-released EarthBrowser 3.0 created by Matt Giger , a programmer from Oregon. At first glance, it appears similar to Google Earth; except that it runs on AdobeAir . Instead of observing the countless imagery edges in Google Earth, EarthBrowser reminds me of the “Earth from Space” [...]

According to CNET , Google has begun work on creating “Google Ocean” (though the name will likely change). Expectedly, the data layers will include content such as currents, reefs, shipwrecks and algae blooms, etc.
While this tool will be useful for oceanographers to geologist to treasure hunters, hopefully it will inspire more students to become marine [...]

It’s probably a frustrating experience for most people when they attempt to export their GPS tracks into Google Earth.

There are probably other ways to do this without using paying for Google Earth Plus or using professional GIS software, but I haven’t found any obvious solutions. I think a person’s best bet is to investigate GPSBabel [...]

Although there are several commercial software programs for converting shapefiles into .kmz or .kml formats, here is free program created by a student at the University of Arizona.
The program is designed for use in Google Earth 3, there will be minor symbology problems if the outputs are used in Google Earth 4 (large pushpins will [...]

These are images of the mothballed James River Reserve Fleet near Norfolk, Virginia and the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet near Benicia, California.
Norfolk, Virginia:

37° 7′22.09"N, 76°38′44.30"W or get

kmz here
Suisun Bay, California:

38° 4′16.22"N 122° 5′47.43"W or download

kmz.
While we’ll be fortunate if these ships are never again mobilized; I hope we use these ships for artificial [...]

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 [...]