Need some holiday geo reading/listening?

We’re taking it easy this week at Directions Media, but that doesn’t mean some of you won’t want to read about geospatial technologies. So, I found a few articles/audio clips that might feed the need.

Ever wonder about TechniGraphics, a contractor for NGA? What’s it’s story? The local paper tells it; ignore references to something called “Google World.”

GPS Goes Mainstream. Sure it’s not news to us, but Dan Charles at NPR notes why its hot and how one company is using it for autotouring.

The Boston Globe talks to Ron Eastman the fellow behind IDRISI and the package’s many uses. Eastman notes that his company is the only GIS software non-profit.

Ars Technica offers a not-too-techy discussion of new tools from Stanford that allow even novices to create good looking trees for virutal worlds. The tool called Dryad is from the Virtual Worlds research group.