A snippet of info from a recent message posted to the Free GIS list… In order to help move along the process of starting an “open source geospatial foundation” there will be a face-to-face meeting in Chicago, Westin O’Hare, on February 4, 2006, hosted by Autodesk. In conceiving of this meeting, we have tried (and will continue to try) to follow these principles: Inclusion. Members from a number of different open source projects have been invited (see the list so far below) and Autodesk has offered to pay the travel costs of some of these invitees in order to ensure they can attend if they cannot afford it otherwise. Anyone else is also welcome to attend physically or virtually — If you are interested in attending to represent one of these communities as a user or you want to propose adding a project to this list, please send an email to: chicago <at> mapserverfoundation.org. See also www.mapserverfoundation.org or see the entire message at http://lists.mapserverfoundation.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-January/000349.html
Archives for January 13, 2006
BlackBerry to support Google’s mapping and IM
This from the AP out of Canada… BlackBerry e-mail devices will soon support the Google Talk instant-messaging and Google Local mapping programs, the handheld maker said Thursday, extending the Internet titan’s push to put its services on mobile devices. The BlackBerry version of the popular Google Local service will let users view maps and satellite images, find local businesses and get driving directions on their handsets. For more on this see HERE
BlackBerry to support Google’s mapping and IM
This from the AP out of Canada… BlackBerry e-mail devices will soon support the Google Talk instant-messaging and Google Local mapping programs, the handheld maker said Thursday, extending the Internet titan’s push to put its services on mobile devices. The BlackBerry version of the popular Google Local service will let users view maps and satellite images, find local businesses and get driving directions on their handsets. For more on this see HERE
MillionDollarWeightLoss.com SNAGS MillionDollarHomepage.com last pixels for 38 per pixel.. savvy move or dumb-ass award.. you tell me!
On the lighter side.. I can’t decide if this is a brilliant business move, or if the company should be awarded the “dumb-ass” of the web award… read on… The PR headline reads… MillionDollarWeightLoss.com SNAGS THE LAST 1000 PIXELS -Online weight loss marketer outbids the competition for the final ad space on MillionDollarHomepage.com – The final 1,000 pixels of the MillionDollarHompage.com, a new Web site that serves as a conduit for advertisers to gain exposure by purchasing blocks of pixels that will link to their own home page, was purchased today by Elijah Kliger of Brooklyn, NY, director of business development at Netnutri.com for the new Web site www.MillionDollarWeightloss.com. The one million pixels on the page were originally sold off at a price of $1 per pixel. Demand for the remaining space on the site was in such high demand that Las Vegas odds makers were predicting that the final 1,000 pixels would be sold for $1million at auction. Kliger’s winning bid for the final 1,000 pixels of this historical eBay auction was $38,100, far less than the highest bid of $160,000. So… we have MillionDollarWeightLoss.com buying 1,000 pixels for $38K – LOL
Google now inserting paid ads into maps on Google Local
From searchenginewatch… David Galbraith spotting that Google now appears to be inserting paid ads into maps on Google Local. For a search on hotels new york, he’s spotted “blue pins” that correspond to what may be new sponsored links that come above editorial listings to the left of the map. No surprise and actually, quite innovative, check out this sample search http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&q=hotels&near=New%20York,%20NY where paid links appear in a blue bubble icon. The funny thing is that the paid-for links actually appear smaller than the hits that the search turned up, however, the bonus is that paid listings get a guanteed return… pretty interesting. See source: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060112-115634
Free Enhanced, Collarless Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) Available From USDA
A reminder… Looking for data? The Geospatial Data Gateway provides One Stop Shopping for natural resources or environmental data including enhanced (collarless) Digital Raster Graphics (DRG). This is nice score as a commercial datadepot actually offers these same data for a cost of $4,000 … OUCH!!Enhanced (collarless) digital raster graphics are (DRG) available for download via the USDA Geospatial Data Gateway, additionally, the status of all EDRGs (1:20k, 1:24k, 1:100k, 1:250k) are available via Interactive (ArcIMS) map via the NRCS. See See http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/ For a status map See http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/drg/status-maps.html