On of the most asked for features when talking to “professional” users of Google Earth, is the most basic piece of metadata, image acquisition date. Well, one of the least remarked features in the 4.3 version of Google Earth which was released last week is the ability to at least discover the year the image …
Is people… Having had my first experience of Heathrow Terminal 5 this week, I was expecting from all the media reports something not much better than the original Heathrow Aerodrome of 1946, including the tents !! I’m pleased to say overall, I was very happy with the experience, however there are still a few problems, …
Geographic Naming continued Excellent, thoughtful post by Mikel on the problem of Geographic Naming on Internet Maps, as for Cyprus, like Wokingham in OSM, we still need to do it 🙂 Sea level rise Mash-up Interesting way to visualise the potential impacts of Sea Level Rise, from an organisation called Global Warming Art, who are …
Excellent news from the Free our Data campaign blog, David Rhind well respected in the UK GI industry, and ex-DG of the Ordnance Survey is to be the new Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information. His insider knowledge will be very valuable in moving the debate of making public sector information more …
Emerging Mass Market Geo Standards Andrews Turners excellent presentation to last weeks OGC Technical Committee meeting. Ask yourself, how many of these technologies you knew / could explain, many of these will be important to the GI industry over the next few years. Sokwanele With the continued concern over the election held last weekend, the …
There was only every going to be one winner ! Very entertaining online debate featuring Fake Steve Jobs Wifi no more.. Interesting article on silicon.com, I must admit I don’t spend as much time wifi hunting as I used to before getting my 3 dongle. Dual Maps from Map Channels Very neat multiple API site …
I’ve spent much of this week along with some of the other guys from Google at the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Technical Committee meeting in St. Louis. KML is hopefully just a few weeks away from becoming an adopted standard, and the OGC as an community I’m pleased to say, is increasingly taking interest in …
Kings College London Geodata Portal One of the most comprehensive collections of environmental data rendered using Google Earth. Explanation of Tech, using paper Have you seen the great video explaining how My Location works on youTube, it was produced by Seattle based Common Craft who have published a series of similar videos on their site, …
It has taken me a while to get round to commenting on the Trading Funds Report as I have been travelling, and it’s 150 pages long !! It is a very important document in many ways, for the first time there is a well researched analysis from economists on the impact of different funding models …
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POSIPIX – Geo-referenced Stock Photos With the geo-tagging of photos trend really taking off, a neat service for those looking for stock photos organised by place.. limited to a few cities but a cool idea. Thanks to Sanjay for the link 10 must have aps for your Symbian Phone Nice to see Google well represented, …
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