James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Archive for August, 2008
Google investigating strange trees
Stinky Journalism goes into the detail of how this poor attempt at cloning in Photoshop could be very damaging to the reputation of Google Maps – issues of accuracy and trust etc. The prospect of well done, difficult-to-detect photoshopped photos taking over Google Maps – as opposed to the amateurish tree cloning exhibited in the [...]
Where 2.0 2009 – details announced
Details of the 5th annual Where 2.0 Conference have been announced. This annual gathering of the geospatial industry leaders, developers and interested parties is taking place during 19th – 21st May, 2009 at The Fairmont San Jose, San Jose, California, USA. Check out the O’Reilly conferences site for more details as they are announced.
Links (18th August 2008)
Another UK crime map – this time it’s LondonThe Metropolitan Police have launched their own crime map site based on an implementation of Google Maps. Mapping the West BankMikel Maron has some fascinating posts on his blog about his current project to map the West Bank area, OpenStreetMap style. Local 2.0 reference site now updatedMichael [...]
Getting ‘On The Wagon’ to run two half marathons
You may have noticed the justgiving.com widget that’s appeared on the right hand side of this page. What’s it all about? Well, despite common sense suggesting otherwise, I decided it would be a good idea to attempt two half marathons just one week apart and, given my usual pathetic attempt at training for these things, [...]
Links (13th August 2008)
Yahoo’s “Fire Eagle” Comes Out of BetaFire Eagle, the tool designed to manage your location information, is now fully released. Mapping the 2008 OlympicsA map-related round-up of coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing. How the regional papers use videoAndy is taking a look at how the top seven (by circulation) regional newspaper websites in [...]
Job title includes ‘Hyper-local’!!
Noooooo!!!! I’ve already mentioned my aversion to the use of ‘hyper’ and ‘ultra’ as supposedly valid prefixes to the word local when it comes to defining interactive services or content propositions. Now for the first time I’ve just seen the phrase included in a job ad, for a Hyper-local Video Journalist in Las Vegas. Apparently, [...]
I really should make more of my Nokia N95…
So I’m sat at departure gate 15 of Glasgow airport, the dark clouds are so low they are literally sitting on the runway, rain is pouring from the sky, I’m drinking lucozade and my insides are full of painkillers that are having almost no effect on the onset of flu, oh, and the plane that [...]
New web application to add contextual mapping to your website
MapMyPage is a new web application that allows you to add contextual map information for any locations mentioned on your web page. An explanation of how it works is on the site: MapMyPage uses its own proprietary technology in combination with MetaCarta’s GeoTagger and the Google Maps API to identify locations in web pages and [...]
Links (5th August 2008)
News gathering and reporting with TwitterAn informative guide to why Twitter is an essential tool for local newsgathering and reporting. Google expands Street View imagery to Japan and AustraliaYet more detailed street images available via Google Earth and Google Maps. Mapufacture joins with FortiusOneExciting times ahead in the world of freely available mapping and geodata [...]
