The future of “paper” maps cont..

My earlier post on “paper mapping” and web services coincided with the OS Options conference which took place at the OS head office in Southampton today. In many ways the Options network represents the future of printed maps, it is a network of organisations which access an OS web application (developed using ArcIMS) which allows …

The sound of a Merlin.. (EXPLICIT)

Many of you may know of my fascination of all things aeronautic, so just move on if you are not interested… If you are well, just turn up the volume on your computer and enjoy the video below. You will need Quicktime and a room without children listening…

Postcodes go AJAX

Chris Lightfoot the smart developer behind the mySociety websites dropped me an email over the weekend, with details of his latest project Postcodeine an AJAX based application that dynamically maps GB postcodes. OK so it may not be very useful, but it’s cool and Chris is making the code available under a GPL. And before …

The family names map a victim of it’s own success already ?

The BBC reported today on the launch of a project of the Spatial-Literacy group, a collection of universities working together to improve the understanding of spatial data in the “general public”. This is a fantastic project, although i must admit to being on its Advisory Committee, I think this is just the type of outreach …

Upgrade heaven

Took the opportunity this weekend to upgrade the blog software I use to WordPress 2.0, mainly to use the comment and trackback spam tools. At the same time I updated the header image to use my icon I acquired from a great outfit called dv-graphics, well worth taking a look at! Written and submitted from …