Just on my way back from a whistle stop trip to Innsbruck – there are still a few places in Europe where it is still only just possible to visit in a day.. I was there to present to some of the team drafting the technical details that will make the Inspire directive to share …
Just finished watching Newsnight on TV, which had a piece on the “retirement” from full time employment at Microsoft of Bill Gates in 2008. I wonder it this announcement will have more success in delivering to date than Vista ? Anyhow what was interesting was the BBC’s choice of Microsoft spokesperson, rather than the standard …
If yesterdays conference focus was on innovation, (not just push-pin maps !!), today the second and last day of the conference focused on some of the enabling technologies of Where 2.0 – in other words, positioning technologies, GIS software tools and geospatial data. The main story of the day I guess was the continued collective …
When I worked in the software industry the term “sleeping with the bear” was often used to describe the relationship between the company I worked for and the partners and independent software vendors who all together provided solutions based on my companies core technology. The analogy follows that it is all very pleasant sleeping with …
Ok so what does this mean, Google are to offer a fully supported version of Google Maps for Enterprise use, with the promise to offer stable cartography – e.g no Golden Arches. Mmm.. I need to think about this, along with a international address geocoding service are google now moving more into the “traditional” enterprise …
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The importance of corporate bloggers as a source of useful information (mostly without spin) was demonstrated by yesterdays reporting of the resignation of Robert Scoble from Microsoft by the BBC. Scobles’ blog, for many a must read to understand what was actually happening in Redmond, had become a true icon of the blogosphere. I’m not …
Click picture for more.. Tick off another ambition thanks to a wonderful birthday present from my wife, and the excellent chaps at Delta Aviation at Sywell. On one of the hottest days so far this year in the UK, I donned an Irving Jacket to go for a trial lesson in a 1941 vintage DH82A …
Next week I will be attending the Where 2.0 conference in San Jose, and if it has anything like the impact the conference had last year on the Geographic Information world, it will not disappoint. Although last year saw major announcements from the GYM club, it was the presentations from people like Nathan Eagle and …
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We all know the statistic that 80% of all information is spatial, but I guess like most people I’m not clear where that particular figure has come from, and thinking about it.. I not convinced it is actually true. There is much information held in databases around the world which is about activities which happen …
Thanks to my old pal Berik, for the link to this video , a spoof ad for Google Maps ? So good it could be real or then again is this another example of a great viral campaign..
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