James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Posts Tagged ‘place’
The Power of the Placename
At the recent Local Business Summit in Amsterdam I spoke about my work at the BBC on location services and mapping and tried to make the point that, as far as our users/consumers are concerned, the place name is all-powerful when it comes to identifying location. Other means of identifying location (grid references, postcodes, lat/long [...]
Turning The Place Over by Richard Wilson
Saw the most fabulous piece of art today whilst taking the open top bus tour around Liverpool. Turning The Place Over was commissioned as part of Liverpool’s 2008 Capital of Culture year and was designed by artist Richard Wilson. Definitely worth a look if you’re ever in the area… the open top bus tour is [...]
