A National Science Foundation meeting at George Mason University this week, provided the opportunity to visit my favourite aviation Museum, the quite brilliant Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Concorde F-BVFA. I’m have often thought it surprising that Foxtrot Alpha ended up in Washington, as it was in …
My local Concorde I suppose, although the Concorde at Heathrow G-BOAB is actually closer (more of the scandal of Alpha Bravo later!). Delta Golf is perhaps the most accessible Concorde for people living in London and I think the one of the best presented. For £5 on top of the Brooklands Museum admission you can …
The start of a personal quest for me, this year I aim to visit each one of the eighteen preserved Concorde aircraft, to be fair I have visited many of them already – but this time I have a plan and a time limit to achieve my goal. Eighteen aircraft distributed across five countries seems to …
I am helping to organise a Workshop on Spatial Data on the Web 2016 at the 9th International Conference on Geographic Information Science Montreal, Canada – September 27-30. 2016. Workshop Description and Scope In their first joint collaboration, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have established the Spatial Data on the Web …
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Google is hosting a special three-day hands-on technical workshop in Mountain View this June. This Earth Engine User Summit will bring together researchers and educators in GIS and remote sensing technologies who have been using Google Earth Engine, or are interested in learning how to use Google Earth Engine for planetary-scale cloud-based geospatial analysis. If …
There is understandable interest in the Internet of Things fral all people involved with Geospatial Technology, as after all location is a foundational component for many IoT applications. I still love the fact that my central heating is controlled by a Nest thermostat monitoring the location of my smartphone, making sure my home is not …
It’s been a long time, but I’m back adding a few more Kb to my hosting account, this first post of 2016, has little to do with the world of Geo but is all to do with my other passion aviation. As is the trend in almost all forms of online journalism and blogging (not …
Excuse my voice I had flown in the night before and I had a case of “airplace flu” and two hours sleep, nevertheless a reasonably coherent discussion of the future of Spatial Data Infrastructure development for the new Geobuiz channel.
Once the recognised industry visionary was without doubt Steve Jobs, the ultimate showman – the man who claimed to want put a dent in the universe by creating technology so well designed and well of course marketed that it’s introduction would change society. Take for example.. Apple II Apple Macintosh Apple iPhone Now without Jobs, …
An early flight from Chicago’s O’Hare airport required a stay at the O’Hare Hilton, not recommended but the view is good.. Interesting fact courtesy of wikipedia, the IATA code for Chicago ORD comes from its original name Orchard Field, another name to bring back perhaps along with Idlewild ? Talking of lost traditions.. Posted from …
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