I will happily admit that this post may only be of interest to my Teddington Readers, (Hi Gary !!) but this is just such an interesting video. It follows the route of the Trolleybus between Twickenham and Teddington on it’s first day of operation in May 1931. Trolleybuses, electric powered buses as you find in …
Andrew has a simple demonstration of the usefulness of the mapping functions of Google Fusion tables on his Blog . A nice combination of online resources and tools that take mash ups to the next level.. Think late 1990’s MapInfo or ArcView delivered from the cloud.. Written and submitted from home (51.425N, 0.331W)
In the past I have been unfairly accused of “disliking” cartographers, this has never been the case. I have however been critical of the discipline of Cartography concentrating too much on the processes and techniques of “paper mapping” not recognising the potential of new techniques which make use of the dynamic nature of onscreen display. …
Next time you are stuck back in seat 46G with 30 inches between you and the passenger in front/behind you for the next 10 hours just close your eyes and imagine that rather than flying to San Francisco or Singapore you are flying between Westray (WRY) and Papa Westray (PPW) in the Scottish Orkney Islands. This is the worlds …
Another Job opportunity to join the growing Geo team at Google in London, a very technical role helping to deploy Google Earth and Maps server technology for use within organisations around Europe. The Job specs are here, as always feel free to leave me a message if your would like to know more… Written and submitted from the Google Offices, London …
As a fellow of the esteemed organisation that helped sponsor his voyage of exploration I’m delighted that today’s special Google logo celebrates the birthday of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Explorer. Written and submitted from home (51.425N, 0.331W)
So initially the moral of this story seems to be, if you are launching a Government website across the mass media, make sure you do the load testing with 100x what you expect. The real issue is that despite having best intentions and a commitment to transparency, it’s very easy to confuse, mislead and lose credibility with …
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You have to appreciate the minimalist design aesthetic of this phone from Amsterdam based designer John Doe, but I’m not sure I could really love a phone that only made and received calls, no SMS, email, camera or heaven forbid Location Based Services !! I tried to use an old Ericsson T28 as my “home” mobile for a while, because I thought it …
We all know maps can be made to lie, but this is ridiculous !! Seems the influence of Iran on the Middle East is greater than we first thought… Written and submitted from home (51.425N, 0.331W)
Every year Google accepts research proposals for small grants awarded to researchers at academic institutions working on projects which in general terms improve access to information. Google funds Research Awards with very few restrictions and retains no intellectual property from the research itself, indeed there is an expectation that results from the research are open sourced and widely published. Geospatial …
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