In the past I have been unfairly accused of “disliking” cartographers, this has never been the case. I have however been critical of the discipline of Cartography concentrating too much on the processes and techniques of “paper mapping” not recognising the potential of new techniques which make use of the dynamic nature of onscreen display. …
Next time you are stuck back in seat 46G with 30 inches between you and the passenger in front/behind you for the next 10 hours just close your eyes and imagine that rather than flying to San Francisco or Singapore you are flying between Westray (WRY) and Papa Westray (PPW) in the Scottish Orkney Islands. This is the worlds …
Another Job opportunity to join the growing Geo team at Google in London, a very technical role helping to deploy Google Earth and Maps server technology for use within organisations around Europe. The Job specs are here, as always feel free to leave me a message if your would like to know more… Written and submitted from the Google Offices, London …
Kenneth Field the departing Course Director for the Kingston GIS degree progammes has written a nice short history of the important role played by Kingston University in the development of the GIS industry in the UK. It’s published as part of esri’s best practice in GIS series and is available to download for free as …
As a fellow of the esteemed organisation that helped sponsor his voyage of exploration I’m delighted that today’s special Google logo celebrates the birthday of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Explorer. Written and submitted from home (51.425N, 0.331W)
The not unexpected news that Nokia have finally given up on it’s Symbian mobile phone operating system is still sad news. Symbian owes its existence to the plucky (yes I know a cliche) British firm of Psion, original develops of computer games for Sinclair and developers of the first generation of PDAs. Needing a relatively …
So initially the moral of this story seems to be, if you are launching a Government website across the mass media, make sure you do the load testing with 100x what you expect. The real issue is that despite having best intentions and a commitment to transparency, it’s very easy to confuse, mislead and lose credibility with …
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You have to appreciate the minimalist design aesthetic of this phone from Amsterdam based designer John Doe, but I’m not sure I could really love a phone that only made and received calls, no SMS, email, camera or heaven forbid Location Based Services !! I tried to use an old Ericsson T28 as my “home” mobile for a while, because I thought it …
We all know maps can be made to lie, but this is ridiculous !! Seems the influence of Iran on the Middle East is greater than we first thought… Written and submitted from home (51.425N, 0.331W)
I have not attended the GeoWeb Conference for the past few years, but the annual international conference in Vancouver has been a highlight event in the years I was able make it. The conference represents an interesting middle ground between the very much industry dominated conference of Where 2.0 and Location Business Summit and academic conferences where the focus is …
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