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CSE Grad Student Web Site Featured in Popular Science

October 22, 2007

Picture of Graduate Student Jesse Vig

An innovative Web site created by CSE graduate student Jesse Vig, GeoGreeting, was featured in the October issue of Popular Science magazine. Vig’s site, www.geogreeting.com allows users to send messages comprised of letter-shaped buildings from Google Maps. Since launching the site in November 2006, it has reportedly received nearly 600,000 visits.

Vig’s work has gained significant media attention this past year, with stories appearing in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Star Tribune, and Pioneer Press. His site was also nominated for the Best NetArt Web site of 2007 as part of the 11th annual Webby Awards.

Photo by: Rick Moore.

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