Placespotting A interesting idea, a simple game that works like a visual crossword puzzle, uses the Google Maps infrastructure to create a zoomed in image of an area which you must identify from a global maps using the clue provided. So for example, this place is.. In the heart of Europa, but not EU This bridge is next to a famous wooden …
Gordon Browns speech at Google Zeitgeist yesterday, it great to see the UK Government really beginning to use tools like Earth to publish their data, there is still a long way to go of course, but this is a great example from the top ! Android and LBS More of the LBS potential of Android …
GeoWeb 2008 Conference registration open GeoWeb, one of the highest quality GIS GI conferences held every year in beautiful Vancouver is open for Registration Apple Store staff become Star Trek cast members According to ifoapplestore.com, Apple Store staff are to wear colour coded shirts denoting their expertise with slogans specifc to their jobs, Specialists in …
Milliways: Play the legendary game Once upon a time, I used to love playing infocoms classic interpretation of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the brilliant waxy.org, brings news of the unfinished sequel Milliways, which has been found, and is playable !! Location aware twitter comes to the iPhone I just don’t see the point …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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, …
Digital Geography Presentations Slides from the excellent CASA,UCL and NCeSS Day last month. Call for more mobile masts Some sense in the Mobile Phone debate from someone who should know.. Lost in Spatial A new Geospatial blog from my old friend Martin Daly, CTO of Cadcorp – Danger Will Robinson, Danger!! TripTouch A nice mash-up …
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