For years, the geospatial industry has grappled with an identity crisis, often resorting to a rather peculiar linguistic habit: slapping “Geo-” in front of any technology term remotely related to location. “Geo-analytics,” “geo-fencing,” “geo-marketing”—the list goes on. And don’t get be started on Geo-AI ! This pervasive prefixing, I’d argue, is a desperate attempt to …
It was 20 years ago today… BA002 on finals returning from New York JFK on the last commercial operation by Concorde on the 24th October 2003 marking the end of the era of supersonic air travel. Filled with celebrities G-BOAF touched down at 4:05pm and I was lucky enough to be there amongst the many …
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The mechanical turk is a recurring warning to technologists and perhaps wider society in the need to have a healthy degree of scepticism when it comes to demos of what appears to be game changing advances in technology. The original Mechanical Turk or Automaton Chess Player, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine demonstrated in the late …
As you may have noticed over the last three months I have been walking to raise funds for the London Air Ambulance. Like all Helicopter Emergency Services in the UK, it relies on charitable donations to operate and I have supported the charity for a few years. The charity organised “Miles for Missions” over the …
Following on from my challenge to actually walk around London on the London Loop Path, I’m now walking around London again to support for London’s Air Ambulance Charity this time by walking the equivalent length of the London border. Miles for Missions is a challenge to complete 116 miles between June 21st and midnight 20th September, to …
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The London Loop Part 13: Ewell to Teddington The final 10 miles or so, of my circumnavigation of London following the London Loop path for the most part following the route of the Hogsmill River. For the last 30 years the Hogsmill has always brought to mind the almost canal like section in Kingston, notable …
The London Loop Part 12: Coulsdon South to Ewell And so we come to the penultimate section of the loop, a short eight miles on a Sunday afternoon leaving another roughly eight mile section to complete. Starting back at Coulsdon South station the route climbs back up onto the North Downs through suburban 1930’s housing …
The London Loop Part 11: West Wickham to Coulsdon South The loop so far has been rather gentle, but this section had some more challenging changes in elevation, Snowdonia it is not but the North Downs which todays walking crossed in a number of places still requires you to stop and catch your breath occasionally! …
The London Loop Part 10: Bexley to West Wickham Well is was such a pleasant day, I walked for most of it covering 16 miles or more than 25km, a bit longer than usual and two sections of the loop from the official guide. The first section continues along the banks for the River Cray, …
The London Loop Part 9: Erith to Bexley And I’m back, after a COVID-19 lockdown break, back walking the London Loop, and now South of the River ! Quite a contrast to my last visit to Purleet on the other side of the River on a cold and wet November, instead a beautiful sunny April …
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