When a map tells a story..

Last weeks tragic accident involving the crash of a Augusta helicopter in London, which claimed two lives is still fresh in the minds of most Londoners. Yesterday the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) published their initial accident bulletin, which describes the facts surrounding the accident as investigated without the analysis which will come in a later report in some months time. The AAIB report …

My Wife and Daughter rowing 80 miles for charity

My Wifeand Daughter rowing 80 miles for charity.. And next weekend you find me somewhere on the riverbank of the Thames between Oxford and Hampton Court! Flo and Lisa’s page Flo Blake Parsons is fundraising for KGS FOUNDATION This was posted on Google+…

Maposaurus how did I miss you !

I can’t believe I had not come across this video before, from a 2007 Superbowl advert from Garmin, the Maposaurus ! Happy Friday everyone !! Written and submitted from the Google Offices, London (51.495N, 0.146W)

NRE App – just wrong !

Today National Rail Enquires have released a free iPhone app for real time train information. Hang-on you may say, I though that app already existed.. well it does ! For the last few years National Rail Enquires (NRE)  have been licensing at some considerable cost it’s information to independent software developers for them to develop their own …

The other pin on the web..

When talking to people about Google Maps I always mention the unique ability of Street View to provide a sense of place, the final level of zoom of Google Maps takes you beyond the abstract world of Cartography to “standing on the street corner”. Images are incredibility powerful often bringing back memories of places we may have visited. This year marks the …

EU Hackathon, Google can help you get there..

Google is supporting the EU Hackathon in November and is offering travel expenses to selected individuals ! The deadline to apply is October 17, and the Hackathon takes place November 8th and 9th, at the European Parliament in Brussels. Applicants must be citizens or residents of the EU. All expenses will be covered for selected …

Patent madness mapped !

Despite my fondness for most of the things that are developed in Cupertino’s factory of dreams,  Apple’s fondness of software patents is one of their least pleasant characteristics at the moment. If it’s not bad enough trying to protect the very idea of a tablet computer by patents ( imagine if someone had down that …