James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Links (20th October 2008)
- The Guardian publishes first ‘geolocated’ article
Journalism.co.uk reports that The Guardian has published its first article including geolocation data. - Dataset of the Day: Globalizing IKEA
View the global expansion of furniture retailer IKEA on a map. - Mapped Panoramas Viewable in Google Earth
More features available on the panoramic photo site 360Cities.net which allows people to upload/view geo-tagged 360 degree panoramas from around the world. - How Mapping Companies Collect Street-level Data
Interesting insights on how TeleAtlas and NavTeq acquire their local data. - Beyond GoogleMaps (FOWA London)
View Andrew Turner’s presentation on web mapping technologies given at the Future of Web Apps conference in London. - USA National Fuel Price Map
Colour coded guide to gas prices across the USA – good visual use of a map to display data. - WAN: ‘Newspapers must become hub of local activity’
Newspaper websites must become the “hub of all local activity” if they want to keep growing their audience, according to Newspaper Association of America vice president for business development Randy Bennett. - BBC reports live event with map tools
The BBC uses a series of mapping tools to provide live web coverage of the parade in London of Britain’s Beijing Olympics team. - Interior 3D Building Tour With Google Earth Plugin
Peekspy have used Google Earth technology to go indoors and provide a virtual 3D walkthrough of the National University of Singapore Library.
