Blender GIS
As early as 10th grade I remember asking my GIS teacher, "why is ArcGIS so sluggish and aliased but in my 3d animation class the viewports are antialiased and smooth like butter?" (I didn't use these words but they're what I meant to say)<p>I've been a bit obsessed with interdisciplinary mashups ever since. Robotics, for example, badly badly needs to stop writing their own tools and use a ton more of what already exists in GIS. And the disciplines of geography need to do the same with the amazing vector and raster tools out there as well.<p>It's really awesome seeing Blender used as a GIS view.