The Guardian after a gap of a couple of years has a list of its top sites of the year, and as the article points out the two big trends have been in collaboration and LBS applications.
One of the sites selected is a personal favourite of mine “where’s the path” a mashup of Google and OS mapping..
Ironic then, the publicity of the national newspaper mentions results in..
Perhaps out of embarrassment, the OS may up the daily limit ?
Written and submitted from the Google Office, London.
Finally after an extended delay the Dept of Communities and Local Government has published the UK location strategy, Place matters. The blueprint for a UK Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), or an extended job application for someone in Southampton…
You decide !
Written and submitted from the Google Office, London.
From todays Pre-Budget report, a document that’s main focus is the fiscal stimulation of the UK economy, this nugget of potentially very exciting news…
“4.54 Re-use of public sector information from trading funds
The HM Treasury/Shareholder Executive assessment of trading funds has considered the potential for innovation and growth from increasing commercial and other use of public sector information. It will shortly publish some key principles for the re-use of this information, consider how these currently apply in each of the trading funds and how they might apply in the future, and the role of the Office of Public Sector Information in ensuring that Government policy is fully reflected in practice.
For the Ordnance Survey, this will involve consideration of its underlying business model. Further details will be announced in Budget 2009.”
In politics, timing is everything..
Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.