GIS_Software

• November 8, 2008Data, general, LBS, Navigation

  OSMTrack – OSM data collection on the iPhone

  While looking through the new apps feed for the iPhone this morning I came across the OSMTrack app. OSMTrack is an application that allows you to use the iPhone 3G’s […]

• November 6, 2008avsp, general, WebMapping

  Episode 172 follow-up

  This past weekend we released an episode that was a bit disjointed. When we recorded it I thought I was going to toss it out and record a new episode, […]

• October 26, 2008Events, general, WebMapping

  The Candy Map Manifesto

  We declare that it is the right of all peoples to acquire and consume as much sugar as is humanly possible in any form imaginable. As the veil begins to […]

• October 23, 2008general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial), VirtualEnvironments

  Space Race Heats Up!

  Although the space race hasn’t been a two horse race in a long time, India certainly jumped a head this week with this bit of news – India launches first […]

• October 18, 2008general, Remote Sensing

  New document defining Professional Services

  The ASPRS has released the Draft Guidelines for the Procurement of Professional Services for comment. The draft document seeks to replace guidelines published in 1987 by the ASPRS. With input […]

• October 10, 2008general, VirtualEnvironments

  The Virtual Forbidden City is now live!

  You may remember our interview with John Tolva (back in Episode 51) who has worked on some amazing projects with IBM, and now has debuted The Forbidden City: Beyond Space […]

• October 8, 2008general, Remote Sensing

  GeoEye-1 image sample from ITT sensor

  ITT, the company that created the ‘earth imaging payload’ on the recent GeoEye-1 satellite, has posted a sample image from the satellite. While the image isn’t raw, it is still […]

• October 4, 2008general, GeographyAwareness, WebMapping

  Map-making mania

  The Globe and Mail has an interesting article on the new cartography aka neogeography. You might want to head over and check it out. globeandmail.com: Map-making mania

• September 26, 2008general, WebMapping

  Schmap.me – share your map

  Schmap continues to do things right. I have been interested in their Guides and excited about the iPhone implementation of the Guides (still love the rotate to map UI). Their […]

• September 25, 2008Gadgets, general, LBS, Navigation

  GPS Signals Can Be Spoofed

  Researchers are Cornell have discovered that GPS signals can be spoofed! By placing a signal near the receiving device, gradually the navigation device would accept the spoofed signal as real. […]