avsp RoadShow – AAG06 Day 02
Mar 7th, 2006 | By JesseEvents: Presidential plenary, NIDA/AAG, World Geography Bowl
Archive for March 7th, 2006
AAG GeoBloggers. . .
Mar 7th, 2006 | By JesseOK, things are underway. We went down to grab our registration materials and hit the International Reception (aka free food), though we skipped out on what was probably some great Chicago blues (yeah I play little guitar and most of it is blues so I am a little sad) but the need to finish presentations [...]
GPS Media Center
Mar 7th, 2006 | By JesseMicrosoft and VW are showing off an interesting prototype at CeBit. It is car-based Media Center that includes GPS and will be a full computer including internet capability. This dash and seatback mounted display looks pretty swank, but it is still just a prototype. Engadget
Well it isn’t in the shape of a whooping crane!
Mar 7th, 2006 | By FrankApparently Microsoft has released the semi-final/latest word on their super-secret Origami project. It’s pretty much what all the rumors had said previously – it’s a “ultra portable” computer. The device is suppose to have around a 7″ touch screen and run full versions of Windows XP, abet optimized for Origami. Later versions are suppose to [...]
All Hail Data!
Mar 7th, 2006 | By FrankAn interesting blog post at ZDNet talks about an issue we’ve discussed both in the blog and in the podcast. As the blog suggests, data has the upper hand in this Mashup marriage between tools and data. Without data, these wonderful Mashups wouldn’t be able to function. It’s a pretty interesting and short read. I [...]
Tele Atlas and Intermap join forces for the greater driving good!
Mar 7th, 2006 | By FrankI don’t know about you, but when I’m sent away on assignment to some exotic and interesting city to which I’ve never been before, the thing that really gets my goat is when my in car navigation system from my deluxe car rental has terrible data and gets me lost. Oh, wait… that’s never happened [...]
JGrass Version 2.0 Released!
Mar 7th, 2006 | By FrankJGrass is a java framework based version of the free GIS package Grass. The idea behind JGrass is to make the Grass system more up to date and portable across different desktop environments. Grass is nice but it’s tied strongly to various versions of Linux (although there IS a Windows and a Mac version available!) [...]
Mapquest Has New API
Mar 7th, 2006 | By FrankAll the buzz in the spatial blogs is the new API by Mapquest. From the site, “The MapQuest OpenAPI is a free service that allows you to use JavaScript to easily integrate routing, geocoding and mapping into your website. With this feature-rich API you can create dynamic routing and mapping applications for personal or community [...]
Sittin’ at the airport
Mar 7th, 2006 | By JesseWireless is my friend. The last roadtrip was back in Novermber, but Sue and I (along with our chauffeur Mike ) are on our way to Chicago. The first daily is up and as soon as we get tonights Geogram we will be recording the next round. We are also be on the hunt tonight [...]
VerySpatial Frappr Community nearing 100!
Mar 7th, 2006 | By SueI was just checking on our Frappr community page, and we are up to 94 members. I just wanted to give a shout out to everyone who’s joined, and invite our other listeners and readers to add yourselves, so we can make it to the magical century mark!
