Data
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Spidey-tracer legal?
A while back we talked about how the LAPD was working on an attachable GPS unit for tracking suspects. CNN has a story on the use of GPS for tracking […]
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State of the Map ’08 presentations
A recent post on the Mapperz blog has links to several of the presentations on SlideShare that were given at this years State of the Map held in Limerick, Ireland. […]
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Geohashing… how it’s done
Ok, so this is kinda obscure AND it’s like the fourth time we’ve linked to XKCD…. but it’s entirely appropriate! Not to mention darn funny!
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We Got Too Much Stuff!
The IDC has just released a report (PDF) that says the amount of digital data we’ve collected exceeds the amount of space we have to hold it all. Right now, […]
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Broadband Census Bill approved by House Committee
The proposed Broadband Census Bill (H.R. 3919) was approved on Tuesday by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee. The main goal of the legislation is to collect data about […]
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Data, general, Human Geography
Measuring Fine Scale Behavior
University College London’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis has done a lot of great work in understanding spatial behavior, and one of their current projects, CAPABLE (Children’s Activities, Perception and […]
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Video of TeleAtlas ride-along
Episode 16 of InDigital includes a ride along and discussion with TeleAtlas (at 6:48). It goes for about 3 minutes and the little discussion among the hosts afterward is a […]
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US wants to censor satellite imagery
The good folks over at Ars Technica are reporting an AP article that says the US Intelligence community wants to have the license to censor satellite imagery. The idea is […]
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Data, general, VirtualEnvironments
Residential Wi-Fi spots Mapped
Slashdot is reporting an interesting article that claims AOL and Skyhook Wireless have mapped “the majority of residences in the U.S. and Canada” along with their wireless service (or lack […]
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Wonder How Much of This is Spatial Data?
Wired Magazine is reporting on a story that the amount of digital data moving around the world today is something on the order of 161 exabytes. Although the exact number […]
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