-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IEEE and geography Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:41:46 -0800 From: Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Hi, folks - I'm finally catching up with my back reading and imagine my surprise when I got to the end of the IEEE Spectrum (Dec. 2007, p 96) to find their Technical Speaking (their version of a sort of op ed) article for the month is entitled "The New Geographers". The author, Paul McFedries, refers to mapmaking as "a quaint art that ought to have died off at the turn of the millinium, if not before." At any rate, the remainder of the piece is devoted to the "booming" business of digital maps. Since you're all map lovers, I thought you'd be interested. v -- -- \ / Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California 0 Email: [log in to unmask] Oo "There is always hope." My fave: http://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.gif -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK------ GAT/d+(--) s++ a+++ C+++ UB++ UL++ US++ P+ L+ !e W+++ !N !o !K w+ O+ !M V PS+ PE- T++ PGPP t- 5 X R+++ tv+ b++++ DI+ D---G e+++ h+ r x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK-------