Announced today Yahoo! Maps is a consumer web map service similar to Google with an open API but in addition to the expected AJAX API Yahoo offers a Flash version as well. On first impressions the cartography is similar to Google using Teleatlas and Navteq data but without imagery. Of real interest to me is …
The Terrafuture podcasts are now all available on iTunes if you need the individual mp3 links just shout. There seems to be a bug with the artwork on the podcast description at the moment, but I hope to get that sorted in the next 24 hours. Written and submitted from the Corrus Hotel, Bristol, using …
Yesterdays presentation is available here for download, my main point I guess was to point out the shift in thinking needed by Mapping Agencies as we move from the age of document centric cartography to cartography driven from databases. Written and submitted from the Westin Hotel, Warsaw, using the hotels broadband network.
As promised last month, The guys have done a stella job in putting together a series of podcasts from the TerraFuture event we held at the Ordnance Survey in September. The first podcast is Richard Scase on the changes we can expect in society over the next ten years and how that may impact on …
I’m in Warsaw this week to present at the 20th ESRI European User Conference. An interesting contrast to the “big show” in San Diego, today the first day had a similar agenda with presentations from Jack Dangermond and David Maquire, but rather than an audience of thousands, the audience here in the wonderful Palace of …
So things are beginning to calm down in regard to the hype around the introduction of the video capable iPod. But the big news I think behind the hardware is that Apple have cut a deal with ABC television in the States to distribute via the iTunes music store (iTMS), television programmes including Lost and …
Adena at All Points Blog reports on some very interesting news from the USGS, which seems to be beginning the process of outsourcing map production. New USGS Director Patrick Leahy is reported to be looking to outsource the production of maps in flood risk areas to state and local government and importantly commercial suppliers. This …
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Wired News reports that the Indian Government are concerned that Google Earth represents a security risk. Imagery clearly shows key government building in Delhi, Air-Bases etc.. When will government’s realise that the horse has already bolted here.. High Resolution imagery is available to anybody with a network connection, but without some local information or context …
Like many ESRI shops who build “Enterprise” class applications we at the OS are increasing looking to use linux based servers from now on – and our vendor of choice at the moment is HP who have a nice range of AMD Opteron based Proliant servers. Nothing unusual in this I hear you say, indeed …
William A Slabbekoorn aka “the Cybarber” has produced a KML version of my “wheres ed” google local (note new name) mash-up, using a XSLT – the result is at members.home.nl/cybarber/geomatters/WheresEdParson.kml , I love the photo icons – Very Cool William !! This is just another example of how GI on the web is changing, geodata …
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