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April 12: Author to speak about notorious rare map thief

By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – Rare map dealer E. Forbes Smiley III, who stole more than $3 million worth of antique maps before he was caught in 2005, is the subject of a talk by award-winning investigative reporter Michael Blanding at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the Avery Hall Bundy Reading […]

Making GeoMonkey business

GeoMonkey is a class project that has come alive as a map-sharing resource (ONLINE @ www.geomonkey.com). Orest Pilskalns, assistant professor of computer science at WSU Vancouver, first envisioned GeoMonkey. “My idea was to create a simple way for users to store and share maps,” he explained. “Then hiking enthusiasts, travel agents, runners, event planners or […]