One GIS application for your living room
If there is one GIS application that you should deploy in your living room this holiday, it’s the Wii Weather Channel. Nintendo Wii is changing the way we play and being entertained (see my post).
Recently I updated my Wii software and played around with its Weather Channel and Internet Channel. It’s great. Not only you can view weather reports on your TV, but also you can browse your favorite web pages (e.g., GSWB and Google Maps).
Wii’s digital global is more responsive than that of Google Earth and it’s fun to use. I think it can help children and adults to learn about the world’s geography. Check out my video demo (youtube).
[…] Today Nintendo Wii released a new Wii Channel called the News Channel. Similar to the Weather Channel, the News Channel is an information portal, which periodically downloads news feeds from the Associated Press. […]
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