Author: Sue

October 5, 2006general, General

PSP, PS3, and Sony’s Global Mapping System Vision

So, I didn’t get a chance to post this until now, but I wanted to say a few words about Ken Kutaragi’s Sony keynote address a week ago at the […]
October 4, 2006general, WebMapping

EarthAlbum – GoogleMaps with Flickr and YouTube

I haven’t posted about a Google Maps mashup in quite awhile, but I read about EarthAlbum over on the GoogleMapsMania blog and had to check it out. It mashes up […]
October 3, 2006Events, general

OGC Interoperability Day on Wednesday

This week in Tyson’s Corners, VA, the Open Geospatial Consortium has been holding its Technical Meeting, and tomorrow is the OGC Interoperability Day, with demos, panel discussion, and lots of […]
October 2, 2006general, General

Netflix offers $1 million prize for a better way to recommend movies

For those of you who don’t know, Netflix is the online DVD movie rental company that now sport 5.2 million subscribers. They are looking for ways to improve their movie […]
October 1, 2006Cartography, general, WebMapping

TeleAtlas MapInsight – users help improve data accuracy

TeleAtlas has a new service in limited release – MapInsight – where users can report errors in TeleAtlas’ addressing data layers. After a year of all those stories about drivers […]
September 26, 2006general, Human Geography, WebMapping

SoundAboutPhilly – off-the-beaten-path podcast tours of Philadelphia

SoundAboutPhilly is a project, funded in part by the Pew Charitable Trusts, to generate podcast tour guide for lesser known areas of Philadelphia, historical tours, and other special topics. According […]
September 25, 2006Education, general, General

Royal Society journal archives free online for 2 months only

The journal archives of the Royal Society in the UK, which has been promoting scientific research for over 300 years, are now available online, and access to the archives will […]
September 23, 2006general, General

Maps as Art – photographs by Abelardo Morell

One of our readers, Elaine, emailed us about a cool exhibition of photography by Abelardo Morell that she visited recently. Here is a link to examples of Morell’s work, including […]
September 20, 2006general, Physical Geography

Breathing Earth

Breathing Earth is a website which displays near real-time data on birth and death rates around the world on a map interface that also shows carbon emission rates. Their data […]
September 19, 2006general, Physical Geography

Al Gore’s new idea to combat global warming – Tax carbon emissions

In a speech yesterday at the New York University School of Law, Al Gore argued that one way to compel employers to cut greenhouse gas emissions would be to assess […]