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		<title>Our Changing Planet!</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/our-changing-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues, Geoffrey Kass, shared this TIME feature article that uses Google Earth to show the character of the Earth&#8217;s surface. Click on  http://world.time.com/timelapse/ to learn more.]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Maps!</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/the-power-of-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jpwilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues, Geoffrey Kass at Pearson-Embanet, shared this link to a geographically based analysis of the quality of streets in the City of Los Angeles. Click on http://graphics.latimes.com/la-streets-map/ to learn more and to see how interactive maps can be used &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/the-power-of-maps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New GeoPivot Magazine</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/geopivot-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel Kornak has launched a new online magazine and web portal to support communications and career development among existing and aspiring geospatial professionals. To learn more, go to http://www.geopivot.org/]]></description>
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		<title>GPS Essentials Short Courses</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/gps-essentials-short-course/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 22:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The course provides instruction on the hardware and software systems for primary data collection using the Trimble Nomad 6G. The software programs that are used to support the Nomad GPS unit are TerraSync 5.30, which runs on the Nomad GPS &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/gps-essentials-short-course/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just came across this on Forbes…</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/05/just-came-across-this-on-forbes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jpwilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geoffrey Kass at Pearson Embanet pointed me to the Forbes site showing how John Snow&#8217;s Map of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak made their list of the best data visualizations of all time&#8230; For more information, click on&#8230; http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ejig45efge/the-best-data-visualizations-of-all-time-6/]]></description>
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		<title>Bissell Presents Whale Research at Sustainability Research Symposium</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/bissell-presents-whale-research-at-sustainability-research-symposium/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/bissell-presents-whale-research-at-sustainability-research-symposium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should shipping lanes be adjusted to avoid collisions with bue whales?  Typically, the answer to a question such as this would come from scientific surveys, carefully designed and implemented.  But GIST MS student Matthew Bissell had a different idea.  He &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/bissell-presents-whale-research-at-sustainability-research-symposium/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GIST Programs Video Featured on Dornsife Website</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/featured-video/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/featured-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Swift]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A video peek into the GIST MS and certificate programs is currently being featured on the home page of the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.  It provides a view into the ways in which &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/featured-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Google Shares Reports on Impact of Geospatial Services on the World</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/google-shares-reports-on-impact-of-geospatial-services-on-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/google-shares-reports-on-impact-of-geospatial-services-on-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jpwilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues, Karen Kemp, recently point to me to this story about a series of reports by Google documenting the impact of geospatial services on the world. To learn more, go to http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/google-shares-oxeras-report-on-impact-of-geospatial-services-on-the-wo/306916.]]></description>
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		<title>The New Cartographers</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/the-new-cartographers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jpwilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues, Travis Longcore, recently alerted me to this news article explaining how cartography has changed and why more and more people with these modern skill sets will be needed in the coming decades. Go to http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_03_18/caredit.a1300045 to &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/the-new-cartographers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Teaching GIS Website</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/new-teaching-gis-website/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/new-teaching-gis-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jpwilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diana Sinton and her colleagues have launched a new website that offers lots of great materials and ideas for educators teaching GIS. To learn more, go to http://www.teachgis.org/.]]></description>
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		<title>Spatial Intersects Big Data in the Big Apple!</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/spatial-intersects-big-data-in-the-big-apple/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/04/spatial-intersects-big-data-in-the-big-apple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jpwilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across an interesting article by Alan Feuer about spatially-explicit big data and the various ways they are being analyzed, visualized and deployed in New York City to improve everyday lives. Goto http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/nyregion/mayor-bloombergs-geek-squad.html for more details.]]></description>
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		<title>Nancy Milholland Named as USC Esri Development Center Student of the Year</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/nancy-milholland/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/nancy-milholland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USC Spatial Sciences Institute had named Nancy Milholland as the USC Esri Development Center (EDC) Student of the Year. Milholland was selected on the basis of an application that maps public art using social media and volunteered geographic information. &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/nancy-milholland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UCGIS Plans Pre-Symposium Workshops</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ucgis-plans-pre-symposium-workshops/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ucgis-plans-pre-symposium-workshops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Univeristy Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)  has an exciting slate of Pre-Symposium Workshops planned leading up to its May 21-23, 2013 Symposium, which include a variety of opportunities for all day and half day learning opportunities. The technical &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ucgis-plans-pre-symposium-workshops/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colloquium Presentation: Location-based Games in Education and Tourism</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/colloquium-presentation-location-based-games-in-education-and-tourism/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/colloquium-presentation-location-based-games-in-education-and-tourism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>macko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christoph Schlieder Chair of Computing in the Cultural Sciences at the Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany &#160; Presented by Olga Yanenko &#160; See here for more details &#160; Located in the In the Allan Hancock Foundation AHF, Room B57 11:00 am &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/colloquium-presentation-location-based-games-in-education-and-tourism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SSI Installs GPS Base Station at Wrigley Marine Science Center</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ssi-installs-gps-base-station-at-wrigley-marine-science-center/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ssi-installs-gps-base-station-at-wrigley-marine-science-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darren Ruddell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most widely distributed geographic technologies is now Global Positioning Systems (GPS), which allow anyone with a small device to map their location on the planet just about any time.  Once the domain of the military and professional &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ssi-installs-gps-base-station-at-wrigley-marine-science-center/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UCGIS convenes GIS &amp; T Body of Knowledge Workshop on May 20th, 2013</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ucgis-convenes-gis-t-body-of-knowledge-workshop-on-may-20th-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) has recently launched a new effort to revise and augment the Geographic Information Science &#38; Technology Body of Knowledge that was first published in 2006. This will be a multi-year effort intended to be &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ucgis-convenes-gis-t-body-of-knowledge-workshop-on-may-20th-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SSI Hosts Third Annual Los Angeles Geospatial Summit</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ssi-hosts-third-annual-los-angeles-geospatial-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ssi-hosts-third-annual-los-angeles-geospatial-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Cogan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students, faculty, and professionals from across the Los Angeles region gathered last month for the third annual geospatial summit.  Hosted at the Japanese National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, the all-day event featured keynote addresses, student papers, panels, and a &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/ssi-hosts-third-annual-los-angeles-geospatial-summit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ArcGIS Essentials Short Courses</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/arcgis-essentials-short-courses/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/arcgis-essentials-short-courses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msalido</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ArcGIS Essentials Short Course will cover a variety of lessons, which are listed below. The majority of lessons will be taught on Day 1, with Day 2 serving as an additional half-day to continue lessons and receive project guidance. Instructors can &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/arcgis-essentials-short-courses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GIST Student Finalist in Map Mashup Competition</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/gist-student-finalist-in-mashup-map-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/gist-student-finalist-in-mashup-map-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GIST student Nancy Milholland opened an exciting email this week &#8212; news that she had been selected as one of five finalists in the 1st Robert Raskin Mapping Mashup Competition, sponsored by the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Cyberinfrastructure Specialty &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/03/gist-student-finalist-in-mashup-map-competition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SSI Lecturer Darren Ruddell to Lead Summer Spatial Course for High School Students</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/02/ssi-lecturer-darren-ruddell-to-lead-summer-spatial-course-for-high-school-students/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/02/ssi-lecturer-darren-ruddell-to-lead-summer-spatial-course-for-high-school-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darren Ruddell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This summer, local high school students will have an opportunity to study with USC Dornsife faculty during a four-week session.  The program Summer@USC has a wide range of course offerings, and this summer will include a new opportunity in spatial sciences. &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/02/ssi-lecturer-darren-ruddell-to-lead-summer-spatial-course-for-high-school-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GIS and Remote Sensing Tools Enhancing Field Archeology</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/02/gis-and-remote-sensing-tools-enhancing-field-archeology/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/02/gis-and-remote-sensing-tools-enhancing-field-archeology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SSI collaborator Thomas Garrison has been integrating digital mapping and remote sensing tools into his research in Central America.  This research is the subject of a recent feature on the USC Dornsife website. Digging for Knowledge USC Dornsife’s very own &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/02/gis-and-remote-sensing-tools-enhancing-field-archeology/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Research: Urbanization Exacerbates Effects of Climate Change on Extreme Temperatures</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/new-research-urbanization-exacerbates-effects-of-climate-change-on-extreme-temperatures/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/new-research-urbanization-exacerbates-effects-of-climate-change-on-extreme-temperatures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darren Ruddell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extreme high temperatures in cities are increasing more rapidly than rural areas, with urban climate dampening the effects of natural climatic fluctuations such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation.  In a study just published in Climate Research, USC &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/new-research-urbanization-exacerbates-effects-of-climate-change-on-extreme-temperatures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SSI Offers Workshop on Spatial Thinking and Analysis for the Humanities to USC Faculty and Graduate Students</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/ssi-offers-workshop-on-spatial-thinking-and-analysis-for-the-humanities-to-usc-faculty-and-graduate-students/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/ssi-offers-workshop-on-spatial-thinking-and-analysis-for-the-humanities-to-usc-faculty-and-graduate-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 28-29, 2013, Professor of History Phil Ethington and Professor of Spatial Sciences Karen Kemp will welcome up to 20 faculty members and graduate students for a two-day workshop on spatial thinking and analysis in the humanities. The humanities &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/ssi-offers-workshop-on-spatial-thinking-and-analysis-for-the-humanities-to-usc-faculty-and-graduate-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Significance of Place</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/the-significance-of-place/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/the-significance-of-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hlnguyen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spatial Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nate Silver recently published an article documenting the best place to live in New York City based on a quantitative Livability Indicator that can be manipulated by the user to identify the places that would best satisfy their own needs &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/the-significance-of-place/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Podcast on Maps and Mapmaking</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/interesting-podcast-on-maps-and-mapmaking/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/interesting-podcast-on-maps-and-mapmaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hlnguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across an interesting BBC radio podcast on Maps and Mapmaking featuring Jerry Brotton, Aris Venetikidis, and Greg Anser at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011qhpc]]></description>
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		<title>Spatial Career Guide</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/spatial-career-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2013/01/spatial-career-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hlnguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may be interested in the six paths for finding spatial employment laid out by Justin Holman at http://www.justinholman.com/2012/03/28/spatial-career-guide-for-undergrads-currently-studying-gis/]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs for Spatial Thinkers</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/jobs-for-spatial-thinkers/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/jobs-for-spatial-thinkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hlnguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues, Karen Kemp, forwarded me this article on jobs for spatial thinkers penned by Jack Dangermond. You can see more at http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2011/10/03/the-future-looks-bright-for-spatial-thinkers/?WT.mc_id=EmailCampaign15109]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful Location-Based App</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/powerful-location-based-app/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/powerful-location-based-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hlnguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my colleagues, Geoffrey Kass, with the Embanet Compass Knowledge Group, shared this neat location-based app that runs from an Android phone or iPhone. You can learn more about its capabilities and possible uses at http://sitegeist.sunlightfoundation.com/]]></description>
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		<title>Coverage of Krueger Thesis Continues</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/coverage-of-krueger-thesis-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/coverage-of-krueger-thesis-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Samuel Krueger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GIST MS student Samuel Krueger&#8217;s award-winning thesis continues to be covered in the news media.  Outlets have included: LA Curbed: USC Geography Student Finds LA Has a Very Long Urban Center The Atlantic -Cities: The &#8216;Strong Core&#8217; Theory of Los Angeles KCRW &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/coverage-of-krueger-thesis-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video Introduces UNIGIS International Network</title>
		<link>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/video-introduces-unigis-international-network/</link>
		<comments>http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/video-introduces-unigis-international-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>longcore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UNIGIS network of post-graduate GIS education programs, of which the Spatial Sciences Institute is a member, introduces its international online education opportunities via a new video. The 11 minute introduction features researchers, educators, and students from UNIGIS locations around &#8230; <a href="http://spatial.usc.edu/index.php/2012/12/video-introduces-unigis-international-network/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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