Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Green Power from Ocean Waves

I just came across a company called Green Ocean Energy Ltd that has developed a device called Ocean Treader. Conceptually it is pretty simple.  There’s a central buoy-like device with two mechanically connected pontoons.  The […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

3D Printing

This is something I meant to blog about last year, but somehow it didn’t make it.  3D printing does not refer to printing a 3D model on a piece of paper, which is what I […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Engineering Data to GIS and Back

Most of the world’s vector spatial data is captured using CAD desktop applications, whether we are talking about engineering design data or traditional geospatial data.  Over the past 20 or so years most of the […]

Between the Poles – The Geoff Zeiss Archives

Geography of Recessions

MSNBC and Moody’s have computed what they call an Adversity Index which attempts to measure the economic health of 381 metro areas and all 50 states and assign an economic health quotient, according to whether […]