James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Posts Tagged ‘maps’
The 2010 World Cup in maps
I’ve spent too much time watching the World Cup in recent weeks to really post anything on here – what better way to get moving again with a look at some of the maps used in web coverage of the tournament in South Africa. The BBC (Disclaimer: I work for the BBC, although had nothing [...]
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 – Wed 14th May (3.30pm – 5pm)
The last session of the 2008 where2.0 conference, introduced by Tim O’Reilly.InSTEDD: Humanitarian Collaboration TalesRobert Kirkpatrick (InSTEDD), Eduardo Jezierski (InSTEDD) “InSTEDD functions as an ‘innovation lab’ for developing novel approaches to challenges in the field.“ Their approach is to partner with as many other services and technologies as appropriate. “We learn by failing fast and [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (1.15pm – 3pm)
The internet is alive again and it’s afternoon on Day 2. Google Maps = Google on MapsLior Ron (Google, Inc.) Apparently we are about to hear about 9 new launches in the next 9 minutes. As the title suggests, the basic idea here is that Google Maps are all about everything you can do with [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (11am – 12mid)
Going Places on Flickr: The Significance of Geographical Information in PhotosDan Catt (Yahoo!, Inc. ) Dan outlines the challenge for Flickr around selecting location. How does Flickr take a lat/long coordinate pair and decide exactly where a photo has been taken? This is about reverse geo-coding. “Places have meaning… we (Flickr) should be able to [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (9am – 10.15am)
Day 2 begins at 9am with… Disaster Tech: What is Working and What is ComingJesse Robbins (O’Reilly Radar), Mikel Maron (Mapufacture) How innovative tools can make the bridge between consumer tools and saving lives. “It’s difficult to innovate, but there is a way…“. The key seems to be a step-by-step iterative pattern. Within this space:1. [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (4.15pm – 6pm)
Heading towards the end of Day 1…Mirror World: Using MMOs for Real World Mapping – Wagner James Au(MMO = Massively Multiplayer Online Game) Examples of Google Earth and Second Live mash-ups which merge the virtual world and the real world, including real-time weather data on the globe, real-time LA airport arrivals/departures, and a project Digital [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (1.30pm – 3.30pm)
Ride the Fire Eagle: Open Location for AllTom Coates (Yahoo! Brickhouse) Fire Eagle is there to allow users to:- share their location online- control their data and privacy- easily build location services “Fire Eagle helps sites and services to respond to a users location“ Yahoo Internet Location Platform – if fire eagle is the lens, [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (11am – 12mid)
11:00am: Best Practices for Location-based Services: Privacy, User Control, Carrier Relations, Advertising, and Moreby Sam Altman (Loopt – a social mapping tool to connect, share and explore in the real world) “GPS is the number one requested feature on a phone in the US, more than a camera.“ Location challenges today (what we want) can [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (9am – 10.15am)
Day one proper kicks off with brief opening remarks from Brady Forrest (O’Reilly Media, Inc.) – ‘Where2.0 has now hit the mainstream‘. —– Then Adrian Holovaty the creator of EveryBlock: A News Feed for Your Block. It’s all about finding news relevant to you because you live there – stories that a journalist would never [...]
Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines (Monday 1.30pm – 3pm)
Mano Marks and Lior Ron from Google Maps API team talking about geo search in this afternoon’s session – Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines. “43,566,346 geotagged photos on Flickr” – now that’s precise! Although presumably it was also incorrect as soon as it had been typed. The point being that [...]
Geo-ify Your Web Site (10.30am – 12)
Mikel Maron is up after the coffee break to talk about Illuminated Hacks. However, my battery reckons it has 14 minutes of life left and I appear to be sitting far away from any potential power supply… damn and oops. …We’re back with power. An interesting talk from Mikel on a number of different hacks [...]
Geo-ify Your Web Site (8.30am – 10am)
Monday morning and I’m signed up for a session called Geo-ify your web site. What does this mean? Good question. Some interesting stuff from Andrew Turner about microformats and embedding location tagging within the html of web content. Then onto Mapstraction and its use in providing efficient and effective access to a variety of mapping [...]
The Island of Abandonment
Anyone fancy spending a week sailing across the Bay of Logic, or maybe emigrating for several years to Fool’s Paradise? I hear that it’s not easy to get a visa for Utopia these days. James Turner‘s Map Of Humanity is a staggering achievement and, judging by his explanation, is not something to take lightly. It [...]
Street View from Google
Thanks to the newest development from Google Maps and, one assumes, countless hours of people effort spent taking photographs across several of the biggest cities in the US, you can now stand outside of Macy’s and look around Union Square, San Francisco from the comfort of your PC. Take a look at the introductory video:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wuBqlny50] [...]
