GIS

Randy Sarafan/Instructables.com: chalkboard table

by jonathansoroko on March 4, 2010

Randy Sarafan defies easy description. He's clearly a polymath of some sort, a provocateur of more than one sort, and a cannon (perhaps loose perhaps not) on the deck of technology. Even a quick look at his work makes it clear that his excellent contributions to "appropriate technology" don't preclude the occasional foray into inappropriate [...]

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Zero Geography: GPS Real-World Gaming in Hybrid Space

by jonathansoroko on December 19, 2009

Zero Geography reports on a real-time game using GPS devices which has - for our purposes, interesting applications for coordinating SAR or other response efforts. From Zero Geography: GPS Real-World Gaming in Hybrid Space. A real-time, multiplayer, GPS game for mobiles is being played out in the real-world. The game, played by groups of four [...]

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Tom Mouat: MapSymbs application for military GIS

by jonathansoroko on April 28, 2009

Tom Mouat has produced current NATO map symbols as a font set called MapSymbs which is in fact used by NATO member countries. Popular Logistics editor and artist/animator/engineer Garry Osgood (Particular Art; site under construction) is currently experimenting with the construction of an icon set to be used as tools for planning and communication for [...]

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