To see further you need to build new telescopes

A much needed call to action from Alex Singleton, but I don't underestimate how hard this will be to achieve. There remains I'm afraid a cultural view within many Geography Departments against GIS let alone programming and the current generation of students entering higher education have no background in coding from school.    It's a …

Why Datums matter..

A nice article that lifts the lid on all the complexity we try to hid with tools like Google Earth.. and explains why the prime meridian at Greenwich is not the same on your iPhone !#blog What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move? | Critical Opalescence, Scientific American Blog Network A couple of …

Homeward Bound

It’s great to finally see this story told so well. It’s a truly uplifting demonstration of just what can happen when access to information changes peoples lives.. So for those days when you ask yourself if what you do in geo matters, just watch this video..

CERN in Street View

Another example of street view taking you to a place you are not likely to visit, CERN is the largest particle physics laboratory in the world and if you look carefully you might find a Higgs Boson !   #blog   CERN – Street View This post has been reshared 4 times on Google+ View …

Well done OS !!

Well done OS !! Reshared post from +Ordnance Survey We recruited a number of summer interns this year and one of them, Joseph Braybook, spent his time with our Innovation Labs team.  An avid fan of the Minecraft video game, he suggested building a Minecraft world using OS OpenData products. In just two weeks Joe …

The Earth Observation Business

Now in it's fifth year the Earth Observation Business Summit organised by Euroconsult provides an overview of the  Earth Observation industry. I was part of a panel on the view from the Location Based Services industry, which it is estimated to be about 4% of the annual $1.5 billion market. Some other interesting facts from Euroconsult.. …

Finally the end of IRIS

After a prolonged final period of semi-working Heathrow Airport's IRIS (Iris recognition Immigration System),nice recursive acronym, is to be switched off permanently next week.   For the regular traveller who had perfected the IRIS dance of "Move back a little", "Move forward a little"  the automated immigration line straight out of Minority Report often saved …

Arcade Fire confirms geek credentials

A follow-on  to the influential "The Wilderness Downtown" online experience, "Just a Reflector" uses a number of feature in Chrome to allow the visual effects of the music video to be controlled by your smart phone – a different take on second screen experiences but very cool , I particularly  like the 1970's Top of …