We are putting together a couple of panels again this year. The first is a look at the growth of the ‘new media’ over the last year for the AAG conference taking place in April 2007 in San Francisco. If you are going to be at the conference or in the Bay Area and are [...]
If you’re looking to incorporate OGC-compliant WMS layers into your web mapping applications, check out Skylab Mobilesystems’ WMS Crawler – which crawls for keywords that may indicate a WMS link, and generates a list of servers, updated weekly (the current list is 994 servers and 339254 layers) Via OGC Network
As Rob pointed out, the Princeton Review released their top 10 party schools. While BYU is proud of their status atop the sober list, WVU (much to many a burnt couch’s dismay) revels in its proximity to the top of the party list. I just tend to hide, especially on game weekends when Morgantown goes [...]
At least that’s what researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are claiming. Their idea is to use some combination of GPS or RFID to track then cars enter into a congestion area. If vehicles enter during peak times, they would have to pay more in tolls than if they go through off-peak times. [...]
I just saw this on 3pointD, and it’s so cool I am definitely going to have to check it out. As you may already know, Jesse, Frank and I are huge Firefly and Serenity fans, and a Second Life resident named Fenix Eldritch (thanks to Rik Riel for pointing that out) has recreated Serenity (the [...]
Please don’t let this way cool gadget/alarm clock be ‘vapor-ware’. The Chumby is a small computer that appears to be infinitely customizable through Flash widgets and some good old fashion hacking. Toss in a GPS chip and some code you could have an always on cuddly LBS system. If Loki isn’t giving away a few [...]
Ever been playing around on Flickr and wonder where that picture was taken? Well now you can find out. Flickr has added the ability to geotag your photos with the exact place of the photo. Other people have created similar ideas, but the sheer volume of Flickr material might bring it more mainstream.
Even ads are ubiquitous these days as an article from BBC News points out. The article looks at how different technologies are being used to better market to buyers. The article suggests a few reasons why Minortiy Report-like LBS advertising isn’t currently one of the trends. BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Technology lets [...]
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 58 August 27, 2006 Main Topic:OGC with Sam Bacharach Click to directly download Episode 58 Click for the detailed shownotes
Share our Strength’s Restaraunts for Relief 2 will take place this Tuesday, Aug 29. If you eat at one of the participating restaraunts proceeds will go to support continuing efforts in the areas impacted last year by Katrina. Head over to http://strength.org/ to find out if there are restaraunts participating near you. Unfortunately, there are [...]
