CERN in Street View

Another example of street view taking you to a place you are not likely to visit, CERN is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and if you look carefully you might find a Higgs Boson !   #blog   CERN – Street View This post has been reshared 4 times on Google+ View …

Well done OS !!

Well done OS !! Reshared post from +Ordnance Survey 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 …

The Earth Observation Business

Now in it's fifth year the Earth Observation Business Summit organised by Euroconsult provides an overview of the  Earth Observation industry. I was part of a panel on the view from the Location Based Services industry, which it is estimated to be about 4% of the annual $1.5 billion market. Some other interesting facts from Euroconsult.. …

Finally the end of IRIS

After a prolonged final period of semi-working Heathrow Airport's IRIS (Iris recognition Immigration System),nice recursive acronym, is to be switched off permanently next week.   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 …

Arcade Fire confirms geek credentials

A follow-on  to the influential "The Wilderness Downtown" online experience, "Just a Reflector" uses a number of feature in Chrome to allow the visual effects of the music video to be controlled by your smart phone – a different take on second screen experiences but very cool , I particularly  like the 1970's Top of …

I have seen the future

of maps and its right before your eyes.. Early days of course but the migration of Geospatial information to wearable computing devices will have at least as much an impact as Google Earth nearly ten years ago .. Field Trip on Glass YOUR CITY IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING The history, architecture, insider tips …

Airfix Memories

A rather disappointing exhibition at the RAF Museum at Hendon on the history of Airfix construction kits.. a few kits and some lovely artwork however so evocative I was again the 12 year boy exploring Woolworth's store in Clapham Junction to see how I could spend my 50p pocket money.. A less common hobby today …

Escape Map iPad Case

Loving this – a very cool iPad/tablet case made from genuine cold war era silk escape maps ! A bit expensive but each is unique and made by the people at www.homefrontvintage.co.uk. So if I ever get shot down over Romania with my iPad I'm sorted ! This post has been reshared 2 times on …