As both James and Jo blogged, the complete series of USGS Quad series DRG maps were taken hostage this week and then released following the payment of $1600 to the Free the Maps website. Now we are thought the data was free right? – well yes but.. Some states made the data available free to …
Not when it comes to Geographic Information I would argue… Adena very well I think identified the massive interest in imagery demonstrated by the vendors at this years ESRI UC exhibition in her latest directions magazine editorial. Imagery is great as context to other types of spatial information, but on its own I believe it’s …
You can feel the pain… somebody at the cabinet office has fallen foul of copyright issues with last weeks release of a public information film, silicon.com reports.. Another oil tanker with steering problems ? Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.
Another one of those things I have been meaning to do for ages, was to implement GeoRSS in the feed for edparsons.com. This has been more frustrating that I would have liked, but it now works. Why the frustration, firstly there are three favours of GeoRSS, Simple and GML which you will find documented at …
In an attempt to reduce my Carbon footprint, well for a day or two, I’m trying travelling to work on the train and so far the experience is not that bad, but there is still some way to go before time on the train is truly productive. I really need a power supply to plug …
Dominic has a very interesting post over at geometrybag, noting the lack of UK centric content in the dozen or so UK based blogs that deal with Geography and GIS. Dominic is on to something here, there are many topics that are of interest to a UK specific readership beyond OS bashing of course 🙂 …
Goggles is a flash based ‘Flight simulator” that lets you fly around Google Maps imagery. Great fun, don’t fly to low, but who knows what licensing issues this throws up 🙂 Written and submitted from home, using my home 802.11 network.
Silicon.com reports the latest findings from analysts Canalys, who note that sales of GPS navigation systems (Satnavs) have again grown over 100% in the past year, with Tom Tom and Garmin the major players. Doubling market share soon moves a market, so the road atlas may soon go the same way as the eight track …
So I waved farewell to my Powerbook in its bag at the check-in desk at Los Angeles Airport, with nothing more to protect than a British Airways fragile label, and watched as it disappeared down a baggage conveyor on its way to the hold of a Boeing 747 along with cases, bags, pushchairs and the …
Hope you like the look of the new edparsons.com, based on a WordPress theme designed by Lisa Sabin of the E.Webscapes design studio, it features a Surveyors Compass, an appropriate icon giving the topic of the blog. I just felt like a change !! and had time on my hands awaiting a long flight home …
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