A rather geeky first post for the New Year, but that’s no bad thing. So the launch of an interesting if niche extension to the Google Maps javascript api, you can read Thor’s blog post here, but as of today you can now use a new library of functions as an addition to the javascript api to carry …
Remember just over a year ago, when it was announced that much of the UK’s geographic information was to be made available free at the point of use, seems a long time ago does it not ? but a year on it’s hard to judge the real impact. Clearly this was the right thing to …
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I had not picked up on this video from the recent London O’Reilly Ignite talks before, but it captures the zeitgeist of the web brilliantly. Tom Scott perfectly demonstrates why social networks are both exciting and scary at the same time, and once again proves the value of a strong narrative in making your point. …
Hopefully the first Google annual event in Amsterdam, my topic was the trend towards egocentric maps and LBS apps. Written and submitted from the BA Lounge, Schiphol (52.309N, 4.775E)
This one very rare tweet from Andy Rubin, lead on the Android Programme at Google in 140 characters perfectly embodies the open and geeky culture at Google. This is of course not always initially a great advantage when building consumer facing products, for my non geeks readers “mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git …
Last week in addition to the new more open OS licesning, another in many ways more fundamental new license was introduced with little fanfare, but I would argue it’s impact if widely adopted could be far more important. The new UK Open Government licence (OGL) developed by the National Archives, is a robust licence developed using Creative Commons like …
I could be snarky and say better late than never, however the guidelines and new licenses today published by Ordnance Survey are a really positive step forward. As requested by many, myself included, the OS in their documents have tried to explain with examples what is now possible to create and then distribute in terms …
Just beside my office in London is what is known as a “Liquid Galaxy”, a network of computers running big LCD screens giving you a true panoramic Google Earth experience. Almost everyone who sees a Liquid Galaxy makes the off hand comment, how do I get one. Until now we have said, “well is a custom …
This evening I find myself in Dublin, Ireland looking at my glass of Kilkennys and reflecting on the past two days and the W3G and AGI Geocommunity events in Stratford upon Avon. Is this glass half full or half empty, is the UK GI industry on the way up, or doomed to go the way …
Great fun programme on BBC Radio 4 as part of the Punt PI show this Saturday, how did the mysterious non-village of Argleton appear on Google maps and in your satnav… Like the sound of an Argleton Pie ! Was it a mistake or a conspiracy? you decide tin foil hats at the ready… Written and submitted …
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