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Last Wednesday I decided to pay a visit to the Mountain since I hadn't been there for awhile. It was a perfect day to be in the pines; 77 degrees, clear skies, nice breeze. The road was passable in my car, with only a few soft sandy areas between Rt 539 and mountain. It's been very dry, so there...

Cool new interactive radar and weather station mashup from the Weather Underground here: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=39.62996&lon=-74.77014&zoom=10&type=hyb&rad=1&rad.num=1&rad.spd=25&rad.opa=70&rad.stm=0&wxsn=1&wxsn.mode=tw&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0

Credit: P. Cinzano, F. Falchi (University of Padova), C. D. Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder). Copyright Royal Astronomical Society. Reproduced from the Monthly Notices of the RAS by permission of Blackwell Science. Here's an interesting article on a topic we've...

http://www.mapwel.biz/index.htm See especially this section: http://www.mapwel.biz/autovector/hw_autovector.html User manual is here: http://www.mapwel.biz/download/mpwhelp_eng.pdf Looks like a clever hack for using images of maps, and possibly similar to what the MOAGU program does...

http://www.nj.com/southjersey/index.ssf/2008/07/olgas_seized_by_state.html I wonder how this will impact the plan to rebuild the Marlton Circle?

Evidently the specs on a new line of Garmin handheld GPS'es were accidently leaked on Amazon's site. They sound like an update to the Colorado series. Will be interesting to see what develops. However, the Colorado has been called a "work in progress" in the reviews I've seen, and although it...

Just came across this: http://www.ibycus.com/ibycususa/ They are actually pretty nice and work with Mapsource just like the Topo and City Navigator products from Garmin. Haven't installed on my GPS yet, but here are some screenshots from Mapsource. The first is the free ibycus map, the other...

Will be very interesting to see if this new unit delivers on all they're promising... http://blog.delorme.com/2008/06/25/announcing-the-delorme-earthmate-pn-40/

If you have a Garmin Nuvi or StreetPilot GPS you may already be aware that you can change the triangle cursor pointer to a "custom vehicle". I was just looking at the new ones today, and Garmin has the perfect one for us... "Pine Power" (see attached). :dance: You can download it and other...

Now this sounds very impressive - will have to try it out. I wouldn't have believed it was possible, but evidently you can put USGS Topos and Satellite photos into a format that will work on Garmin handheld units like the 60csx: http://moagu.com/

Very interesting article from today's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120813155330311577.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_page_one This link may expire, so in a nutshell, the article describes the German "Waldkindergärten" ("forest kindergarten") movement, where kids attend...

I was looking for a site with free topo maps as discussed in another thread, and stumbled on this along the way: http://www.HistoricAerials.com/ It won't take the place of topozone, but it's kind of cool. In the screenshot below I am comparing Forked River Mountain photos from 2006 and 1956...

Today I was driving North on 563 when a big, unmarked black SUV came roaring up behind me and flashed police lights which were hidden behind the grill as it passed. He was followed immediately by an unmarked tan Crown Vic with similar flashing lights. A few miles up ahead I saw them pulled over...

Driving home on the Atlantic City Expressway today there was a lot of smoke coming from the Winslow WMA (just East of exit 33) which went on for several miles: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.659231,-74.887147&spn=0.01718,0.03768&t=h&z=15 It was quite a cloud - easily...

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080304/nytu021.html?.v=101 Also see: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080305/nj_wind_power.html?.v=1

See: http://www.gpscity.com/cp?&s=00001&cr=022108GU&it=cnusa8ntm It should be very interesting to see how well this works. Garmin pledged to bring their software to the mac several years ago, and has fallen way behind schedule. Beta versions with limited features have gradually trickled out...

Looks like the High Definition DVD war is over... much sooner than most people expected. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080216/tc_nm/toshiba_hd_dvd_exit_dc_2

From today's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120304026408470491.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277561232960623.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal cites data from United Van Lines on migration patterns in the US. NJ is #3 on the list of departure states. But New York and Pennsylvania don't have any reason...

Looks like Garmin is branching out into new territory: http://www8.garmin.com/nuvifone/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/01/30/garmin.nuviphone/