https://mapsengine.google.com/06793588975440581048-09757940799309423091-4/mapview/?authuser=0
I should do this more often, brings back happy GIS memories
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So Happy 30th Birthday Macintosh, this video from the original launch event once again demonstrates Jobs extraordinary ability to demo a product.
Although of course technically a huge step forward from the green screen personal computers of the time, the Mac was a commercial disaster leading to the infamous ousting of Jobs from Apple just a year later..Apple have done a great job celebrating the last 30 years, with Macs and their users from each year, including the awful Macs of the mid 1990’s at http://www.apple.com/30-years/
For the record, my personal ownership has been as follows..
1987 – Macintosh SE
1989 – Macintosh IIci
1990 – Macintosh LC (first Mac I actually purchased with my own money)
1992 – Powerbook 170 & Quadra 700
1993 – Cenris 660AV
1995 – Power Macintosh 8500
The Dark Years….
2002 iMac (the luxo lamp)
2004 PowerBook G4
2005 Power Mac G5
2007 Macbook Pro
2008 Macbook (White)
2009 Macbook Air
2010 Mac mini
2011 Macbook Air
2012 iMac
2013 Macbook & Macbook Air
Beat that ?
It's a big challenge, but one I completely support, programming is becoming established in schools at last, hopefully future geographers will see the development of new tools as the truly creative process it is.
Discoveries in many scientific disciplines are the result of the development of new tools, as Geographers we should not forget this and think about how we can build our new telescopes, the universe of geographic big data needs exploring.
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Why Geographers Should Learn to Code · Alex Singleton
Why Geographers Should Learn to Code. 04 Jan 2014 Alex Singleton press Tweet this! This article is published in the January 2014 issue of Geographical Magazine – page 77. In my opinion, a geography curriculum should require students to learn how to code, ensuring that they’re equipped for a …
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What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move? | Critical Opalescence, Scientific American Blog Network
A couple of weeks ago, I was writing up a description of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and I thought I’d compare the warping of spacetime …
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It’s great to finally see this story told so well. It’s a truly uplifting demonstration of just what can happen when access to information changes peoples lives..
So for those days when you ask yourself if what you do in geo matters, just watch this video..
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We recruited a number of summer interns this year and one of them, Joseph Braybook, spent his time with our Innovation Labs team. An avid fan of the Minecraft video game, he suggested building a Minecraft world using OS OpenData products. In just two weeks Joe created a Minecraft world representing over 224,000 square kilometers of Great Britain and featuring 22 billion Minecraft blocks! You can download the world now:
Ordnance Survey Blog » Minecraft: Creating a map of Great Britain
We recruited a number of summer interns this year and one of them, Joseph Braybook, spent his time with our Innovation Labs team. An avid fan of the Minecraft video game, he suggested building a Minecraft world using OS OpenData products. In just two weeks Joe created a Minecraft world …
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Some other interesting facts from Euroconsult..
– the number of Earth observation (EO) satellites launched by civil government and commercial entities is expected to more than double over the next decade to 360 satellites !
– within 10 years 42 countries will have launched at least a first-generation earth observation satellite
– Earth Observation satellites are getting cheaper, during the next decade 69% of EO satellites will cost less that $100 million (compared to 56% in the last decade)
There is a real sense that the market is changing with new players like skybox representing a new direction..
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For the regular traveller who had perfected the IRIS dance of "Move back a little", "Move forward a little" the automated immigration line straight out of Minority Report often saved a few minutes at the end of a long journey.
But I fully accept that it never really worked very well and a couple of times was ejected from the machine to go and show my valid passport to a nearby human, oh the humiliation !
From now on it will have to be the increasing long line in front of a human UK Border Agency official or the less sci-fi influenced e-passport gates which seem neither faster or more reliable than IRIS..
