First there was the urinal mashup.. now this! Actually, I’m still investigating it but as a tip off I’ve found a very cool resource to help you the next time you need to go and want to locate a clean facility! Imagine mashing up restroom locations with user-generated reviews etc… Stay tuned for more… but first I gotta go!
Archives for October 27, 2008
Skout location-aware social networking
Another new location-aware social networking app is available from Scout (Beta). Creating an account if fast and simple and you can start sharing your media immediately. I’ve just started testing but so far it looks VERY promising. Obviously a social network without friends is kind of dull though so we’ll have to see where this one goes. Like so many apps, if nobody else I know is using it it could turn out to be boring so we’ll wait and see. OF note, a mobile app is available from any
WAP browser as well. See more at http://www.us.skout.com/
Got G1 (Android) or need G1 Applications? Enter the Android Market
As of today, developers are invited to submit their Android apps (for G1) to the Android MArket. A small registration for of $25 is required for this Google hosted service. (See more here)
ESRI Intranet mapping at Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent Water had been using GIS solutions from ESRI (UK) for a number of years to help it manage its underground assets. When it launched the project to deploy GIS in its customer service centre, it evaluated the latest solutions available from ESRI (UK). Severn Trent Water selected ESRI (UK)’s Intranet mapping solution to make GIS capabilities available to all customer agents in the service centre. In addition, it developed a gazetteer application based on ESRI’s spatial database engine to provide customer agents with a comprehensive searching capability. Through the use of this solution, customer agents can search for maps by address, motorway junction, schools and even the location of chemists and pubs. “If a caller reports a problem on the bend in the road, and can roughly describe the area and a landmark or two, we can find it!” say Severn Trent Water. Read more on in this interesting case study
Regional ESRI UC – Victoria
This one for those of you in my old stomping grounds of Victoria BC, Canada – save the date – Nov 17 – 18 The conference will be held at The Victoria Conference Centre, located at 720 Douglas Street, Victoria. See details
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Geography event – International Lakes Tourism Conference
An event of interest, The 4th International Lakes Tourism Conference. The event seeks to draw together researchers, agencies, and local communities in exploring the potential of lake conservation areas to contribute to social and economic sustainability by sharing their research findings and experiences both exemplary and cautionary from around the world in “Making Lake Conservation Work for Communities” AND for Lakes! Papers are invited from researchers and students addressing (but not limited to) the thematic areas listed below. Further details on all aspects of the conference can be found here
Conference Themes
Lake protected areas and community tourism development
Lakes and amenity migration
Planning and management of tourism in protected lakes
Lake tourism and global climate change
Cultural and historical dimensions of lake tourism
The impacts of tourism on lakes
Marketing lake tourism
Sustainability and lake tourism
Indigenous tourism and lakes
Issues in lake tourism
Google earth for iPhone and iPod touch
You had to know this one was coming… From the lat/long blog… The world just got a little bit smaller. Google Earth is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing you to fly to the far reaches of the world from the palm of your hand. See more
Community feedback drives data updates
Interesting as Tele Atlas has announced that the new version of its MultiNet digital map database. Released in October, MultiNet version 2008.10 incorporates community input provided by TomTom users in Europe and North America. To update its maps, Tele Atlas captures and verifies changes from more than 50,000 global sources, ranging from government documents and public safety officials to construction companies and truck drivers, as well as satellite and aerial imagery. By adding active contributions from individual TomTom users as an additional source, Tele Atlas is able to increase the total number of changes identified by its network, particularly in geographically dispersed and rural areas covered less frequently by other data sources. See more