Aerial Photography by Blimp
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
November 19, 2008 No Comments
Google Toolbar Beta 5
Access Google anytime anyplace from your browser’s toolbar using the new Google toolbar - see here for firefox users
November 19, 2008 No Comments
Images from William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver
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/
November 18, 2008 No Comments
Delivering Traffic Data to Government Agencies
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
November 17, 2008 1 Comment
top 10 most recycled phones for 2008
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
November 17, 2008 No Comments
To Tweet or not, regardless you better grab your name!
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
November 17, 2008 2 Comments
Developing sustainable technologies inspired by ideas from Nature
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/
November 17, 2008 No Comments
SPOT Globe For Google Earth Enterprise
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
November 17, 2008 No Comments
Your Own Google Travel Map
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!)
November 15, 2008 No Comments
LBS tip of the day - cheap gas via GasBuddy
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/
November 15, 2008 No Comments



















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