Anything Geospatial

GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham

Archives for November 9, 2010

These Are A Few Of My Favorite [Geo] Tweets…

by

Once again, here’s a sampling of a few of the interesting Tweets (and Geo tweets) that I’ve “faved” over the past couple of tweets. Even if the tweet doesn’t bring value to you, I’m sure the authors of them would make great followers to add to your stream… enjoy!

  • @sloanb I’m considering calling it quits with foursquare. Other than a few awards I’ve gained nothing
  • @lewishowes Video Marketing Tips
  • @brady Googlemaps is deprecating their Data API – @simplegeo has one less competitor now
  • @timbray Reading up on the Data Backup API. Pretty clever
  • @bdotwaller This is wild “@Scobleizer: Introducing @twezr makes your iPhone’s contacts social
  • @sbixelThats cool! > RT @jasonbirch: Hey, check out this Google Earth #MOvember overlay
  • @jasonbirch Wow. City of Surrey, BC is using the PDDL (public domain) licence for their #opendata. Kudos
  • @nn4d forgot to mention that the free QT training is a $3,500 value and they are giving away a Nokia N8 to all attendees
  • @mawa17Cannot wait to have

OpenGov Hits the Left Coast With OpenGov BC @opengovwest

by

Interesting to see the agenda for tomorrow’s OpenGov BC event scheduled to take place in Victoria BC Canada, an even organized by OpenGov West – see http://opengovwest.org/ See @opengovwest on Twitter – recall, openGov Seattle took place earlier this year in Seattle, since then OGW has grown to 10 Open Gov West meetups across the Western US and Canada.

So, what is OGW? From the event planners, Open Gov West (OGW) is a network of open government supporters and practitioners, working together to foster progress on open government issues and technology throughout the US and Canada. Tomorrow’s event brings a full schedule of speakers and panels, designed to enlighten and stimulate discussion on such topics as the future of open, access by the community to government information and FOI, and finally, the issue of citizen participation (Crowd sourcing) and social media will also be addressed.

The event runs at U. Vic on November 10 and if there’s room, yours truly will be there! See http://opengovwest.org/open-gov-bc/

Google Maps Data API being deprecated (Jan 31/11) in favor of Fusion Tables Cloud Solution

by

This via the Google Geo Dev Blog (http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com) as the company announces to nix the Maps Data API after Jan 31, 2011. Recall that as of several months agao, Google Maps API v3 renders data stored in Fusion Tables, a Google Research project for storing large structured data sets in the cloud… as a result, Google has decided to recommend Fusion Tables as our cloud storage solution of choice for geospatial data going forward, and to deprecate the Maps Data API.

According to Google, The Maps Data API will continue to be accessible until January 31st 2011, and Maps created using the Maps Data API will remain accessible in Google My Maps beyond this date – See details HERE

Suggested Resources:

Geo Technology Update and The MrSID White Paper from LizardTech

by

Recall, Seattle-based LizardTech recently lifted the lid off GeoExpress 8, the latest major update to their flagship product. At V8 GeoExpress adds support for multispectral data, alpha channels and improved mosaicking – Previously, mosaics were either quick to create but slower for end users to open, or opened rapidly in viewing applications but took a long time to create. Now thousands of MrSID files can be combined without spending valuable time reprocessing them. At V8 the company has also intruduced the release of MrSID 4 (MG4) – MG4 mosaics open as quickly as a single image, saving time both creating images and viewing them.

To support the update and their users, LizardTech has released a new white paper about MrSID This from LizardTech… Today, as the precision of sensors increases and as new data forms such as multispectral and LiDAR become more widely available, the need for advanced compression technology such as MrSID continues to grow. In this white paper, LizardTech introduces you to the concept of compression, MrSID technology, and the features that the MrSID format brings to your applications and workflows. Download the white paper [PDF] HERE – see also LizardTech Unveils GeoExpress 8

Copyright Spatial Media LLC 2003 - 2016