James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
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Links (9th February 2009)
Share your aerial imagery with the worldGoogle invites anyway to share their own aerial imagery via Google Maps. London 2012 MapAlready getting excited about the prospect of the London Olympics? Then this map could be just what you need. Flickr reaches 100,000,000 geotagged photosWhich means that around 3.3% of the 3 billion photos on Flickr [...]
Links (16th January 2009)
Has it really been almost two months since my last post?! Blimey! OK, let’s get back on the road in 2009 with some recent interesting links… Road Trip Anyone?If you have a spare 55 days free and fancy journeying from California to Sydney then here are the directions, as supplied by Google Maps. Don’t forget [...]
Links (17th November 2008)
Still catching up with my backlog of links… Welcome to Geography Awareness WeekIt’s the third week in November, which means it’s time again to celebrate Geography Awareness Week. Where 2.0 2009 Call for ParticipationNext year’s Where 2.0 conference (May 19-21, 2009) is accepting proposals until December 2nd. Improve your relationship using web mapping toolsKevin Burke [...]
Links (12th November 2008)
It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post, largely because I’ve been far too busy working on this. To make amends, here’s a round-up of recent activity in a more conversational style than the usual list of links. The beginning of this week saw The Society of Editors gather in Bristol for their [...]
Links (20th October 2008)
The Guardian publishes first ‘geolocated’ articleJournalism.co.uk reports that The Guardian has published its first article including geolocation data. Dataset of the Day: Globalizing IKEAView the global expansion of furniture retailer IKEA on a map. Mapped Panoramas Viewable in Google EarthMore features available on the panoramic photo site 360Cities.net which allows people to upload/view geo-tagged 360 [...]
Links (9th October 2008)
Geo Microformat ToolSelect a point on the map and give it a name to instantly generate a geo microformat. Finder of the equidistant locationA new website that will suggest a suitable meeting place halfway between two locations. Tracking Mobile Phones to Track Spending and Shopping HabbitsPath Intelligence have developed a tracking technology that has proved [...]
Links (3rd October 2008)
Think tank: One click away from anywhereDamien Mulley suggests that Ireland should forget about introducing a postcode system and instead encourage the sharing of data to implement the first GPS based national household location system. Which smartphone would you like?A rough poll on the AnyGeo blog suggests the N95 is the most desired smartphone. Nokia [...]
Links (16th September 2008)
The future is localHoward Owens argues that the internet is making us more local and this is where the future lies. Virtual Earth 6.2 Coming September 22ndSome details of Microsoft’s upcoming release which includes a host of enhancements and also claims expanded mobile support and international features. Announcing: OpenLayers 2.7The OpenLayers development team has launched [...]
Links (2nd September 2008)
Nikon’s Digital SLR GeotaggerAnother technological step closer to getting geolocation information into an image’s EXIF data at the point of capture. Mapping Hurricane GustavLots of blog posts and information on the mapping of Hurricane Gustav and here is a good round up by The Map Room. Cartography is dead, long live the map makersMary Spence [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Links (29th July 2008)
Crime Mapping from the British Government makes Telegraph Front PageMore developments in crime mapping make front page headlines. Feel like presenting at the 2008 Location 2.0 Conference?SiRF Technology announces details of its second annual Location 2.0 Summit which will be held in San Francisco on September 10, 2008. Mobile use on planes moves a step [...]
Links (23rd July 2008)
No Entry: 51 places that you can’t view on Google MapsWhether it’s due to government restrictions, personal-privacy lawsuits or mistakes, Google Maps has slapped a “Prohibited” sign on the following 51 places. The Starbucks store closures mapA map showing the locations of all the US Starbucks stores currently facing closure…. I wonder if anyone has [...]
Links (16th July 2008)
I’m on hols this week, attempting (rather unsuccessfully) to spend some time away from the Internet and live in the ‘real world’ for a few days. I have some longer posts on the way but in the meantime here’s another roundup of links. whereyougonnabe to enable more integrationwhereyougonnabe has a new release in July focused [...]
Links (9th July 2008)
Top Innovators in Geospatial in 2008Google tops the All Points Blog 2008 innovators poll in the geospatial field. Is Citizen Media Skipping Small Town America?Steven Clift is looking for examples of user content displayed on maps in the less urban areas of America. PushPins Put Capital One on the MapCapital One’s lastest US ad features [...]
Links (8th July 2008)
The June Carnival of Journalism discusses the potential influence of ‘local’ on ‘digital’ journalismAndy Dickinson asks the question “Is (digital) journalism better the more local it is and what does that do to growth?”. Making Maps Work When Disaster Strikes – from Business WeekCan open source tools react quicker to your mapping and location based [...]
Links (4th July 2008)
Channel 4 ponders move into regional news as ITV retreatsChannel 4 holds talks with Ofcom and ITV over a potential move into regional news. Relief for Torbay as Facebook rave is called offA local event advertised on Facebook has been cancelled as organisers urge people not to go to Torquay after a police chief said [...]
Links (30th June 2008)
Review of the new Local Priorities web service from the Dept of Communities and Local GovernmentNick Booth likes the idea (but not the execution) of a new web service from the Dept. of Communities and Local Government. Weather TweetsWalter Rafelsberger has created a weather map which uses an analysis of tweets to determine current conditions. [...]
Links (25th June 2008)
Y! GeoA new Yahoo blog focusing on geo technologies. The Map Room reports that “it replaces the mapping side of the now-defunct Yahoo Local and Maps blog“. The MetaCarta BlogMetacarta have launched their own blog which they aim to be “a community forum to discuss the evolution of the Geoweb“. Google Releases More Map Crowdsourcing [...]
Links (24th June 2008)
Online, all journalism is potentially local | Online Journalism BlogThis month’s Carnival of Journalism is asking whether journalism is better the more local it is. News aggregator Topix adds six new content partnersNews aggregation service Topix has signed deals with six new content partners to expand its local information offering, TechCrunch reports. Newspaper Society launches [...]
Links (16th June 2008)
Google Maps – More, Not Richer DataWork to do for Google when it comes to searching on the map. iPhone GPS and Google Mobile SearchMore on the GPS capability of the iPhone. Is GoogleMaps GIS? :: High Earth OrbitAndrew Turner discusses the definition of GIS and the relationship with mapping technologies/services such as Google Maps. [...]
where2.0 links
After taking some holiday last week and walking the Great Glen Way in Scotland I’m now back in civilization and enjoying the comfort of sitting down once more. I’ll post an overall review of thoughts from the where2.0 conference in the next day or so but, in the meantime, check out the following information on [...]
Where2.0 Blog Links
The Map Room has pointed out a couple of other blogs from where2.0.
