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‘Fun’ Archives
“Are you Ian? No I’m Pablo… No, are you Ian?!”
The title is a reference to Pablo Fransisco's standup check it out on youtube if you have some time to play on this wonderful Friday! We are very excited to welcome our newest staff and the work he will be performing for Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport! Ian comes to us from West Monroe, LA now residing in Baton Rouge. While attending LSU, [...]
Trimble Found Alien Creatures!
Just for fun Friday!... Scientists have recently discovered a crossbred "human-like" species from Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee. An Environmentalist was collecting wetland data using a Trimble handheld with the Timmons Group's WetCorrect software when he stumbled across the alien creature. He claims that the species might have never been [...]
Georgia State Park’s Geocaching Event!
We received this message from ga parks and would like to share it with you! I thought you’d like to know that Georgia State Parks is launching a statewide geocaching program called the Geo-Challenge and you and your readers are welcome to join in! Starting May 8th, you’ll find an official cache page for each Georgia State Park (all 42) [...]
10 Steps to Creating a Great Geocaching Event
Step 1 - - Check out www.geocaching.com to read about/sign up/ and find the geocaches currently in/near your geocaching event. You should also read "Cache Listing Requirements and Guidelines." Step 2 - - Using a GPS find the geocaches near the location of your geocaching event. You could use them in your event and/or make sure that you're [...]
Google Earth Buildings just got Smarter!
You can now find information about buildings in Google Earth's 3-D view. Simply click on the building and you will find links, text, and pictures about the building.
2010 Winter Olympics Luge Aerial Images
We thought you might be interested in a few different views of the luge track at Whistler Creekside. Check out more luge photos and the latest info at http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-luge/
Article on the History of GPS
We thought this was an interesting and all encompassing (well encompassing up to the turn of the century) article about the history of GPS. Check it out!... The Global Positioning System
STAFF SPOTLIGHT! Drew Griswold
Drew “Cheesing” Griswold graduated from Tennessee Tech in 2007 with a degree in GeoScience and a concentration in Geology. In May of 2008, the new Griswold “family” was officially born when Drew and his college girlfriend,Katie, tied the knot (We expect their first child, Clark, to do wonderful things). Drew started his GIS career [...]
New Geocaching iPhone Application!
Geocaching is an entertaining, high-tech treasure hunt for GPS users. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world. After the hunt, they share their adventure stories over the internet. GPS users can use location coordinates to find caches through several different devices. Our favorite, of [...]
