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Application Domains: Satellite Navigation Sends Drivers Over Cliff
posted by Satri on Friday April 07, @11:12AM
from the I-knew-I-should-have-not-believed-my-computer dept.
redgeographics writes "According to this BBC article, drivers following satellite navigation systems through a village called Crackpot in North Yorkshire have been directed along a track at the edge of a 100ft cliff. The article mentions that one company supplying data for these navigation systems has already removed the offending road." This story is discussed by Slashdot. See also previously covered related stories below about other dangers of in-car navigation.
Read More... appdomains.slashgeo.org Technology: GPS Tracking For Your Palm Treo 650 Phone
posted by Satri on Friday April 07, @09:57AM
from the looking-back-at-where-we-went dept.
mdflynn writes "After a vacation or even a short trip, it's gratifying to be able to look back on a map and follow where you've been and the places you've visited. It would be even better if your travels could be tracked automatically, and even let your family and friends see where you are as you travel from place to place. Here's an open source solution that can turn your Palm Treo 650 Smartphone into a GPS tracking device and have the data sent back to your computer over the phone's wireless data service, where you'll even be able to view the data on a map."
Read More... technology.slashgeo.org Industry: Virtual Earth for NASA World Wind
posted by Satri on Friday April 07, @08:38AM
from the power-of-open-and-proprietary-together dept.
adamhill writes "The amazing Casey Chestnut of /cfWorldWind fame has done it again - a plugin for NASA World Wind that displays Virtual Earth in NWW. It also hooks into the Virtual Earth Geolocator Service to help you find addresses and businesses. All the normal views are available - Roads, Aerial and Hybrid."
Read More... industry.slashgeo.org Industry: Google Real Estate Beta and Google Cars Beta Launched
posted by Satri on Thursday April 06, @11:50AM
from the wait-a-month-and-the-competition-will-follow dept.
Spatially Adjusted pointed me to two interesting new betas from Google: with Google Real Estate and Google Cars you can now get a map of your searches for items from Google Base. Many screenshots in the links above. Google Real Estate Beta (or whatever the official name will be) seems to work only within the US. Am I wrong?
Read More... industry.slashgeo.org Application Domains: Interview with Dana Fenner of Fleet Logistics and Tele Atlas
posted by Satri on Thursday April 06, @10:18AM
from the take-me-to-the-other-side-of-the-world dept.
Directions Mag run an interview with Dana Fenner, Market Director for Fleet Logistics and Tele Atlas North America. From the interview: "We believe the major carriers will be using LBS technology to their best advantage once they deploy it beyond tracking and leverage it more as a tool to help truckers plan faster, safer routes. [...] JF: Anything else you would like to contribute on market development? Please feel free to comment. DF: One area to watch is predictive traffic information, incorporated into routing software for fleets. Any variable added to the application that improves the ability to create efficient routes will help cut costs on drive times."
Read More... appdomains.slashgeo.org Technology: Google Maps API Version 2
posted by Satri on Thursday April 06, @08:27AM
from the even-revolution-evolves dept.
The Google Maps API are updated to version 2. From the official blog: "In conjunction with this launch, we've updated the terms and conditions for the Maps API. In particular, we've clarified and updated the two parts of our terms that have troubled developers the most: - No page view limits. Your site can get as many page views as you can muster. If, however, your site gets more than 500,000 page views per day, we ask that you talk to us before you launch so that we can prepare in advance to handle your traffic. - 90-day notice before any advertising-related change. The Maps API does not include advertising. If we ever decide to change this policy, we will give all developers at least 90 days' notice via this blog."
Read More... technology.slashgeo.org Application Domains: Sea Water Turbidity Information from Satellites
posted by Satri on Wednesday April 05, @11:46AM
from the put-some-turbidity-in-your-wine dept.
Stephen Armstrong writes "Hi there, I was pointed in this direction when I asked the following question below. I hope someone is finally able to help me out with this and thank you for your time. I am currently doing a little research project as to the feasibility of using satellite imagery or aerial photography to determine the turbidity of the whole New Zealand coastline foreshore. Obviously this is a very large subject area and as such secchi disk or turbidimeter observations would only be secondary information as Quality Control and a large scale technique is required – currently my only information comes from investigating the various remote sensing, GIS and satellite imagery websites.

I have managed to determine that it is indeed possible to determine turbidity information from satellite imagery. All I have so far determined is that an algorithm needs to be applied and various other factors taken into consideration. As such I am none the wiser as to the real process, satellite imagery available (for purchase or free), the length of time it takes to determine turbidity from satellites etc. I was hoping someone on this listserv has some experience in this field and could help me out with these questions and whether it is indeed the right way to go about determining turbidity over such a large scale - or point me in the right direction as to who can tell me. Thanks a lot for your time, Stephen Armstrong, Graduate Surveyor"
Read More... 1 comment appdomains.slashgeo.org Application Domains: World Language Maps
posted by Satri on Wednesday April 05, @10:08AM
from the speaking-the-language-of-maps dept.
The Map Room pointed me to excitingly beautiful (and informative) world language phyla/family maps. From the site: "[...] maps of language phyla and families using this classified data and GMI's World Language Mapping System and Seamless Digital Chart of the World geographic datas sets. PDF versions of the maps available for download, as are Dr. Huffman's data and ArcGIS project files." Many screenshots on the site.
Read More... appdomains.slashgeo.org Technology: Microgeomatics and Mobile Workforce Management
posted by Satri on Wednesday April 05, @08:42AM
from the what-about-mobile-workers-monitoring-ethics dept.
An anonymous voxel writes "GeoWorld Magazine released an article on MicroGeomatics and Mobile Workforce Management. It presents an application of MicroGeomatics using RFID to support the daily activities of a technical team involved in computer support at a university. The paper covers the prototype used and shows some of the benefits and considerations for the organizations." From the article: "A prototype of real-time location sensing (RTLS) was set up using RFID, WiFi and digital mapping to help technicians manage their work priorities as well as better assess the effects and benefits of location technologies on daily activities."
Read More... technology.slashgeo.org Technology: Info on Geocoding Photos
posted by Satri on Tuesday April 04, @12:59PM
from the geolocated-mental-imagery dept.
rakerman writes "I am interested in automated geocoding of photos from GPS track logs, so I have put together a page with all the information I could find: geocoding photos. (I consider geocoding to be embedding the GPS info into the EXIF metadata.) I have also included information on the related topic of geotagging for Flickr and other photo sites."
Read More... 2 comments technology.slashgeo.org Technology: GIS Data Duplication Challenges
posted by Satri on Tuesday April 04, @11:21AM
from the don't-we-all-have-this-problem? dept.
Spatial Galaxy has a funny and interesting account of problems with duplication of datasets. From the blog: "Well maybe its not that bad but organizing and managing your GIS data is difficult. If you need to maintain canonical datasets, the spread of “temporary” and/or “working” copies is your enemy. The problem seems to be directly related to the size of the organization. It becomes particularly grievous when dealing with enterprise data in a large organization."
Read More... 2 comments technology.slashgeo.org Technology: LIDAR Data Processing with Open Source Tools
Report Review: NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service Survey
posted by Satri on Tuesday April 04, @09:41AM
from the survey-the-future dept.
Directions Mag host an interesting review of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service Survey and Analysis of Remote Sensing Market Aerial and Spaceborne. From the review: "Here are some key findings in the report: - Most respondents want improvements to existing technologies, rather than new technologies. - African respondents want improved Airborne GPS. - South American respondents want greater ground resolution for aerial and satellite imagery. - U.S. local, state and federal governments want technology integration and better ground resolution. [...] The most important aspect of the report is the discussion of the nature of future technologies. For example, small, cheap, easy lift micro-satellites can provide access to this technology to a much broader base of users and vendors."
Read More... 4 comments industry.slashgeo.org Industry: ESRI Plans for Latin America
posted by Satri on Tuesday April 04, @08:34AM
from the abre-la-mano-y-cerra-los-ojos dept.
All Points Blog links to a BNamericas article about ESRI's presence in Latin America. From the article: "For example, by coupling analytics software with GIS a police force could analyze crime patterns. ESRI also provides software that can show tourists maps of all the ATM machines in a given area. [...] ESRI has had operations in Latin America since the 1980s and has 17 local distributors, which agree that on average ESRI has a market share of approximately 80% in the region."
Read More... industry.slashgeo.org Application Domains: Navigation Using Photos
posted by Satri on Monday April 03, @01:15PM
from the does-that-nice-picture-helps-you-getting-anywhere? dept.
Very Spatial links to a Shiny Shiny article about "GPS in-car Sat Nav device that will take you to your destination using only the power of photos". From the article: "Snap a photo of - say - your mum's house on your next visit using the in-built camera, and the unit will record the co-ordinates. Next time you want to be a good daughter and pay a visit, you can just bring up the pic of the parental abode and the Navman will guide you in [...]."
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