Archive for May 2008





GIS for Olympic Games traffic management

May 31st, 2008 | By Sue

China TransInfo Technology Corp. announced a couple of days ago that they will be developing an Olympic Games Traffic GIS Application System for Beijing’s Traffic Management Bureau. Although there are already traffic management systems in place apparently, Beijing is looking to be able track and manage street-level traffic in near real-time. Given Beijing’s general [...]



Where Traveler – online travel guide

May 30th, 2008 | By Jesse

I think it is safe to say that if you have ever traveled, you have probably seen a Where magazine or guide in the lobby or in the rack of travel documents and brochures of your hotel. It appears that the folks behind Where are taking the online plunge into travel guides with their [...]



AVSP Roadshow – LightPole Where 2.0 ‘08

May 29th, 2008 | By Jesse

We sat down with the folks from LightPole to discuss their mobile app and Movable Type integration.
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Windows 7 Features Revealed!

May 28th, 2008 | By Frank

Looks like Microsoft is really going “hands on” (hehe… I crack myself up!) Check out the list from Gizmodo:

There will be a OSX-like dock, though how OS X-like is yet to be seen.
Multi-touch gestures in photogalleries like two-finger zoom, flicking, and panning. Think of the photo app on the Microsoft Surface table.
Multi-touch paint program [...]



Mobile location apps are poised

May 28th, 2008 | By Jesse

Information has begun to roll out about the companies that have received support from the iPhone venture capital funding announced back in January…all two of them so far. Whrrl, a project from Pelago, is one of the first funded via the iPhone VC and is a location based social mapping site that focuses on [...]



New Poll – Operating Systems

May 27th, 2008 | By Jesse

Our question for you this time around in the polls is what desktop Operating System do you prefer to use. I am a multi-OS guy, Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 2003) at work and MacOS X at home and Ubuntu waiting to be installed on a virtual machine. But I am well aware that this is [...]



AVSP Roadshow – Poly9 Where 2.0 ‘08

May 27th, 2008 | By Jesse

An overview of Poly9’s offerings from our hallway conversation at Where 2.0
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Largest Self-Portrait in the World!

May 26th, 2008 | By Frank

Created with DHL shipping company and the help of GPS! It spans nearly every continent and shows a pretty elaborate path. While this might seem flippant, I think it shows an important intersection of technology and art. Anyone familiar with ancient maps can see the obvious art there, but I can’t say [...]



A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 149

May 25th, 2008 | By Sue

A VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 149
May 25, 2008
Main Topic:Interview with Jaron Waldman of Placebase
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NASA’s Mars Lander Video Coverage

May 25th, 2008 | By Frank

NASA will be hosting the NASA mars landing video on today, Sunday the 25th. I’m betting that they’ll have it archived for reviewing shortly thereafter. If you’re a space junky like me, you’ll be torn between an afternoon showing of everyone’s favorite archaeologist and this!