No one likes waiting in line but—as long as no one cuts in front—we’re usually happy to wait our turn. However, that changes as soon as there’s the slightest hint we are being treated unfairly. In the research world, there are reports of individuals ditching their otherwise sunny disposition when they feel their jobs have queued longer than they should have.

More researchers must record the latitude and longitude of their data. (Nature editorial)

Heise News report on Open Repositories 2008, Southampton.

Using accelerometers in computers as a network of simple seismometers.

Discovery, integration, management, and visualization of geoscience data with the goal of improving our understanding of the processes that have shaped the earth and our environment over time will be highlighted at the Geoinformatics 2008 Conference. Globalization of geoinformatics based research and education in support of meeting societal challenges will be a significant theme for the conference. The Conference provides an international forum for researchers and educators from earth and planetary sciences, and information technology/computer science to present new data, data analysis or modelling techniques, visualization schemes or technologies as they relate to developing the cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences.