So on Monday night I attended the RSA debate on the “Free our Data” campaign. I was originally scheduled to speak representing the OS, but was replaced on the night by my boss.. I was quite happy for this, as Vanessa is much better at representing Ordnance Survey and the other Trading Funds than myself, …
So this weekend, I indulged my passion for Aviation and went along to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Arriving just after the airfield opened, I was directed to park, as is usual at airshows, in a field alongside 20,000 other cars in an environment with no real landmarks – how …
People often comment on the fact that as civil servant I am unusual in running a blog, well firstly I have always thought that I work for the Ordnance Survey, so although technically I am indeed a bowler hat wearing member of Her Majesties government, I describe myself as the CTO of the OS.. so …
I had a real flashback from the past when I received an email from Autodesk, inviting me to join in on a webcast to be presented by an old colleague and ex-pat Brit, Pete Southwood on MapGuide Enterprise. Despite a financially poor period a result of a downturn in the core AEC market ?, Autodesk …
Silicon.com picks up on market rumours that Microsoft are viewing the Amsterdam based portable SatNav maker as an acquisition target…. If true, it would mean that Microsoft are really jumping into the consumer GI marketplace, are they after the great software platform or are they thinking of a new hardware business line ? Other than …
Just a few weeks ago I blogged that the UK seems to have a blind-spot when is comes to thinking or debate about Spatial Data Infrastructures. So I was really please to see the AGI are running an UK SDI event tomorrow. We must hope that there is a constructive debate, too often in the …
A thought provoking post by Steven on the Free Our Data blog, I’m sure many we share his opinions, but they are more difficult to implement than one might imagine :-(, but we are trying ! Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.
Silicon.com reports that the international mobile operator 3, is to allow access to external websites, intially using Yahoo rendering technology.. This is a start, however it is not clear if the location platform component that 3 lead the market in developing will also be opened up – lets hope so Written and submitted from home, …
Thanks to Adena at allpoints for pointing out this press release from Navteq announcing their new “Sat Nav” Challenge website which allows users to find out if there is updated data for their navigation system. Great I though.. I checked for my system, only to find that my system is not listed.., although my Nissan …
I spent yesterday attending the second day of the 12th European Commission workshop on Geographic Information and GIS. The major topic of discussion is the ongoing development of European SDI’s – Spatial Data Infrastructures.. In the UK it is a topic rarely discussed, so to paraphrase the Monty Python classic – What does a SDI …
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