Sgt. John M. Russel: 5 Counts of Murder in Camp Liberty Fragging

Sgt. John M Russel, the U.S. soldier who shot and killed five fellow GIs in a shooting rampage at Camp Liberty, a military base in Baghdad, May 11, 2009 has been formally charged with murder.  "The...

Mumbai: Brave New World - GIS based Facility Intelligence

Watching the events on live TV left me with the impression of an ill-organized response to the terror attack. That feeling was amplified by a TV commentary, that response teams entered the hotels without knowledge of the layout. How can, in today’s information technology...

The Age Of Augmented Reality

Forget Virtual Reality. Augmented Reality has just debuted, in an Android phone near you.Read the whole story at Argos Media

Nanaimo 'Capital of Google Earth,' says Time Magazine

The unlikely Google hotspot of Nanaimo, BC, a 78,000-person city about an hour north of Victoria, has made waves by pioneering new features of Google Earth, and Time Magazine recently took note.  Check out...

German Krankheit: Germany Censors Geodata - And Shifts Back Into Communist Er...

German online IT newspage Heise.de reports in its Tuesday edition that the German legislator drafts a law that would forbid the dissemination of precise geodata. Some remark, it is a shift into full gear, back into communist era censorship. According to the report, the German...

Severity of Injuries Requires New Forms of Rehabilitation

"Never before have so many US soldiers survived such terrible injuries as during the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many have suffered multiple injuries, including brain damage. In special...

Groundbreaking Conference on Mapping

THE MAP DESIGNERS.  November 17th, GlasgowApologies for cross postingAnnouncing a new British Cartographic Society eventTHE MAP DESIGNERS.November 17th, Glasgow.The world of Cartography is changing beyond all recognition.  It is   no longer dominated by a...

Government of Canada "Getting Out of the Map Business"

I've just learned of this initiative called "Save the Maps". The whole issue is emerging as a concern because the government has decided to close the Canada Map Office and to stop producing maps. This could mean more difficulty in accessing maps and a move toward maps...

Students Cleanup Their ‘Hood

"Students at Spain Middle School, which is nowhere near Spain, in fact the school is in Detroit Michigan. Detroit is renowned for it's urban areas that are falling apart, well these kids had enough. For a school project they utilized technologies used by NASA and marketing...

Group claims 3 GIs killed over rape-murders

"AP - An al-Qaida-linked group claims it killed three U.S. soldiers last month and mutilated two of their bodies to avenge the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by troops of the same unit, an institute which monitors extremists Web sites said Tuesday."

Military Confirms Bodies Are of Missing GIs (Fox News)

"Military Confirms Bodies Are of Missing GIs  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — The bodies of two U.S. soldiers who were reported missing have been recovered, and an Iraqi official said Tuesday the men were "killed in a barbaric way."  —  At a press...

Rodney Dickson Recreates a 1975 Snake Bar in Williamsburg

"Saigon 1975 Snake Bar SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 7PM–1AM The artist RODNEY DICKSON recreates a Saigon Snake Bar, circa 1975. Snake Bar is what the Vietnamese of that era called a watering hole where American GIs...

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