As the geospatial world moves every closer to the mainstream IT, the potential of “Cloud” based technology to share mapping data and provide distributed processing for spatial analysis is increasing relevant to academics and researchers working in higher education. Yesterday Google announced a programme to allow academics use of Google App Engine for their research projects. App Engine is the service …
The redesigned Google Maps Developers site is a great resource not only for documentation for the now numerous API’s but also a great showcase of how developers have brought mapping to their sites. Of particular interest to me are the case studies from the creative agencies where mapping and in particular Street View has resulted in some really cool sites.. forget pins on a …
When talking to people about Google Maps I always mention the unique ability of Street View to provide a sense of place, the final level of zoom of Google Maps takes you beyond the abstract world of Cartography to “standing on the street corner”. Images are incredibility powerful often bringing back memories of places we may have visited. This year marks the …
Great to see the late Tommy Flowers getting the recognition he deserves, a man who because of secrecy and lack of vision was never fully appreciated in the UK. This brilliant new video on Colossus explains the story.. This blog post by Lynette coincides with the opening of a new Gallery at the National Museum of …
Well in the UK and want to experience the 4G LTE new iPad you need to head to Newquay or St. Newlyn in Cornwall where two cell sites have been upgraded by Everything Everywhere and BT. There is also talk of a trial in Bristol ! For the rest of use we need to wait …
I am once again speaking at the LBS summit in Amsterdam this year. The conference is the closest Europe gets to something like the Where conference, and is the must attend conference for the location and mobile marketing industry. There’ll be lots of in-depth discussion, interesting debate and great networking opportunities with over 150 senior …
“Will A “Geo-Divide” Arise Between Nations In The Future?” Kevin is right on the money with this, although I would argue the timeframes could be compressed by a factor of two.. we are already beginning to see a divide emerging even within Europe.. Street view vs. non-Street view countries for example.. or the ludicrous decision …
When talking about Google I often mention the mission statement that dates back to the earliest days of Google and has remained a constant despite all of the changes and innovation that have happened since 1998. The statement is actually still fundamental to what happens at Google and is for me a rich …
2.0 is rather passé in tech circles these days, so it now the O’Reilly’s Where Conference! The annual meeting of the Geo tribes, this year takes place in downtown San Francisco in early April. This is, despite the competition, the main conference to attend and along with it’s unofficial Wherecamp sister (this years date and …
Yesterday I had the pleasure to present at the ENTER2012 eTourism conference in Helsingborg, Sweden. The ENTER conference is an excellent combination of academics and practitioners, a mix that other industry conferences would do well to replicate. My presentation was on the continuing innovation is geospatial technology and how the addition of both social and …
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