Perceptions of Open Source
Last week the
Get a Mac TV Ads
With more than a passing resemblance to the switcher ads of a few years ago, Apple has launched a campaign focusing on some of the differences between macs and PC’s. Very funny, but not likely to develop the cult following of Ellen Feiss, although the PC guys does seem strangely familar..
Blue is the colour.. again !!
Sorry Dr. Maguire, better luck next year !
edparsons.com nominated for 2006 New Media Awards
My Blog has been nominated for this years New Statesman New Media Award, in the Modernising government category, which aims to highlight “the most innovative use of new media technology to improve efficiency and modernise services at any level of government.” While I’m very pleased to be nominated, I am most proud of the fact …
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Google maps does Europe
Google maps (not local any more) now has street level mapping of most of Europe, expanding out from the mapping which has been available for the UK. As in the UK most of the mapping appears to be from Tele Atlas, with various imagery companies providing the imagery. Also new is a very nice dynamic …
The Geography of second life
Are you one of the addicted citizens of Second Life yet ? For those not familiar with it, Second Life is an on-line virtual world, in which you can interact with a community of 100,000 users from all around the world. The reason Second Life is generating so much buzz at the moment, it is …
OSGB National Grid – get it here for free !!
The OS has just launched a commercial service through partners to provide a highly accurate real-time positioning service based on GPS called OSNet. This launch overshadowed the redevelopment of the Free (Yes Free !!) resources that are provided to users of GPS in Great Britain which includes a software library for software developers to translate …
AGI ‘Open-Source in GIS’ Event – next week !!
Warning outrageous plug follows ; A Last minute reminder, the AGI Technical SIG ‘Open-Source in GIS’ Event is next week in Cambridge, it’s not too late to book a place with the AGI to attend. Find out why there is such as buzz in the industry for PostGIS, MapServer, MapGuide Open Source and the Open …
Mapchester – The open source mapping movement continues
The effort to create a copyright free streetmap continues next month with a dedicated weekend of mapping the streets of Manchester. Sounds like it’s going to be a great weekend .. It is going to take a while, but I firmly believe one day they will be national open source datasets alongside the existing closed …
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Free our data – Same facts.. Different spin?
So this weeks Free our Data article attacking the OS (Do you think it’s personal ?) looks into the issue of inaccurate or perhaps out of date data in Navigation Systems and online mapping tools. These I believe are the facts as presented in Charles Arthurs latest article. – A street on which a house …