Google Maps api and GeoRSS

Great news announced at the Google Maps api blog today, that GeoRSS is now fully supported in Google Maps. It is now possible just to pass the location of a GeoRSS feed as a parameter to the google maps url to see the feed rendered as an overlay. So http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://edparsons.floo-net.com/?feed=rss2 produces a map of this …

The Lockerbie question and OS funding

This week the guardian “free our data” campaign recaps on a years activities and what progress has been made, not a great deal I’m afraid, awareness may have been increased, but this is still not an issue on the political radar screen because as Charles and Michael point out, there really is nobody in government …

Why its hard to buy a train ticket…

My local station has got some new ticket machines which allow you to purchase tickets using credit cards – wow !!! When they work that is, and now we know why they often don’t. Surely a job for embedded Linux ? Written and submitted from the BA lounge, Heathrow, using the BT Openzone 802.11 network.

Geoware on a VerySpatial Podcast

The Geoware conference I presented to in Denmark is featured in a Special Episode of the Very Spatial podcast this week. Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.

Chris Lightfoot remembered

As many of you know Chris Lightfoot, a prolific developer and “mash-up” artist behind some of the most exciting citizen focused website died last month. This mornings Times has his Obituary and I can’t think of a better tribute to Chris. Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.

DNF to feature at the next BCS Geospatial SG meeting

The next evening meeting of the BCS Geospatial SG meeting is on the Digital National Framework. The meeting on Tuesday 27th March feature presentations from Keith Murray and Les Rackham who are “THE” experts on the Digital National Framework, a potential foundation to a future UK SDI. Key to the Success of DNF will be …