An interesting service out of Austin, TX. The company provides Georeferenced viewshed photography for preconstruction high rise condos. They target condo projects that need preconstruction spatial visibility analysis with engineering, design, marketing/sales and unit pricing based on the view (viewshed). From the company… “We have developed one-of-a-kind camera systems with precision aerial positioning capability to photograph from specific floors and windows. Specialties involve flight operations up to 1000′ AGL in extremely dense urban areas where helicopters can not be used. All of our equipment travels nationwide as checkable luggage with our team on all airlines.” See http://www.blimpphoto.com

Blimp Photo

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The 17th William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium is taking place this week at the Sheraton in Denver, CO. Enjoy a few images from today’s sessions and the exhibition hall. See www.asprs.org/Pecora17/

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now this is the kind of real-time traffic data reporting that needs to be in use everywhere! this is an example of INRIX data used by Alabama DOT. INRIX aggregates and blends real-time traffic information from over 350 sources, including nearly one million GPS-enabled probe vehicles and traditional road sensor information. More on this here

inrix traffic data

The following list of the top mobile devices that are being recycled has been released :
1.   Nokia 6010                 2004
2.   Motorola RAZR V3           2004
3.   LG VX4500                  2004
4.   Motorola RAZR V3M          2006
5.   Motorola C139              2006
6.   LG VX3200                  2004
7.   Samsung A670               2004
8.   Motorola V551              2004
9.   LG VX5200                  2005
10.  LG VX3300                  2005

The average American replaces their cell phone every 18 months. Based on the these trends, ReCellular expects the best-selling models of today — such as the Apple iPhone and BlackBerry Curve — to appear on the list of top recycled models in 2009 or 2010. see http://www.recellular.com

Just a reminder to you corporate comms people and marketing types… you may not be interested in Twitter and it may not be part of your marketing plan, however, you better go grab your twitter username… if its even still available! Just today a marketing exec from a LARGE company asked me if I had any idea who may be the holder of a twitter account that uses their company name… OOPS! Looks like they snoozed or someone beat them to the punch! Some companies have been quick, grabbing their twitter “domains” like @esri, @terrago, @erdas but some others likely have missed out, perhaps even being scooped by their own employees or clients… I suggest you grab your Twitter name and sit on it… fast! PS - you can follow our updates via @gletham @gisuser and @lbszone

get your twitter name before its gone!

Green building… Did-U-Know, Biomimicry is the practice of developing sustainable technologies inspired by ideas from Nature. AskNature.org has rolled out the world’s first biomimicry database, featuring
biology-inspired design strategies. Architects, designers and engineers can access and harness nature’s billions of years of evolution through this free, online public-domain library, filled with some of nature’s best strategies, organized by function and explained with illustrations and in language relevant to designers. For more information about the Biomimicry Institute see http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/

The Design Spiral

Google Earth users now have direct access to SPOT satellite imagery in the Google Earth (TM) environment, enter SPOT Globe For Google Earth Enterprise (fusion-ready SPOT imagery) The SPOT Globe offering includes the entire line of 2.5m SPOTMaps mosaics. These off-the-shelf products provide seamless uniform coverage comprised of 2.5 meter, natural-color SPOT 5 satellite imagery acquired in the past three years. Offered in regional and nationwide orthorectified mosaics. See more here or grab a sample from SPOT

SPOT imagery in Google Earth

Now you can share with your website visitors all the places you’ve visited in the world. Using this app from 29travels, simply select all the countries, pick a color, then grab the code and embed in your website… very nice.. simple yet fun and useful! See and create your own map here

or jump here to create a simple map that uses the Google chart API, grab the code and embed a PNG when you’ve finished (Inspiration for this post via Mashable… thanks for the tip!)

Here’s a cool tip if you happen to be an AT&T mobile user (I guess the rest of us are out of luck on this one…) use the Gas Buddy WHERE widget today and you can win $100. As part of an ongoing competition, WHERE is giving away cash to users of some of their cool, location-aware mobile widgets. Some of the handy widgets include gasbuddy, starbucks locator, eventful, pubwalk and other handy local search apps. See http://www.where.com/wherezone/

WHERE Calendar competition

Gas Buddy shows me the cheapest gas near my location on Nokia N95