"As in all cemeteries, there are careful records kept of the exact location of each interment, often using modern survey techniques such as GIS."

- from a discussion of eco-cemeteries sourced to reference.com reprinted at the Vail Trail.

That from pocket-lint. Two thoughts:

- Kind of late, eh Kodak?

- According to a managing director the technology will be in the background, so as not to compete with satnav. That seems an odd comment.

Two weeks ago we asked: How many geo software users do you think are using open source, even if they don't know it?

Of 57 votes:

About 25%
39%

About 50%
29%

About 100%
22%

About 75%
9%

I'm going to jump in and suggest the percentage is quite high because so many proprietary vendors use open source code. Perhaps you missed this post on ESRI's use of GDAL?

Next up: predictions about future acquisitions. Vote in the lower right of our main page.

The insurance company is helping fund Carver County Minnesota's program to map local parks and trails. The idea is to get more people active. So, employees were out mapping trails with GPSs. Fine. Here's my question, based on this quote:

Studies have shown "a correlation between trail access and physical activity," according to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Ok, but have studies shown that having interactive maps makes people more likely to hit the trails? I'm just asking...

Also interesting:

The article intro: "In a world with Google Earth, the Three Rivers Park District's PDF park maps are looking downright old-fashioned. Their paper versions? Practically archaic."

GIS is defined: "Global Information Systems" (I sent an e-mail on that already!)

- Star-Tribune

GIS officials have built a 3D model of the country and found 70 locations "for the accurate observation of the moon."

- PressTV

Twice (that's This Week in Consumer Electronics) spills the beans on Mio's plans for a "black Friday block party." The idea is to demo new GPS devices give out coffee and donuts and the like to folks waiting for stores to open the day after Thanksgiving. The big lure this year is likely to be $99 GPSs. Mio is currently the #4 GPS maker.