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Archives for April 19, 2010

The Official Magellan GPS Cache In Trash Out Event

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Magellan GPS will host a Cache In Trash Out (CITO) event at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Saturday, April 24, 2010. The Magellan CITO event, hosted in cooperation with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks department, challenges people to a geocaching adventure in addition to cleaning up litter throughout the world famous park.  Magellan’s family friendly event in San Francisco will include geocaching competitions, a free lunch, and prize giveaways.

—  Saturday, April 24 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
—  People can sign-up to participate on the day of the event at Speedway
Meadows (GPS Coordinates for Table 17 and 18) at 9 a.m.
—  Coordinates are 37(¡) 46′ 07.96″ N 122(¡) 29′ 06.63″ W
—  The person who collects the most trash will win a prize.

Magellan GPS will showcase the recently launched eXplorist GC at the event. eXplorist GC is the first dedicated GPS device for geocaching that includes out-of-the-box paperless geocaching, pre-loaded with the most popular geocaches in the world, a brilliant color screen, rich graphics and an easy to use interface all packed into a rugged and waterproof device that connects seamlessly to http://www.geocaching.com – See more details

Filed Under: gps

Tracking the Boston Marathon

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There’s a number of handy ways to keep tabs on the Boston Marathon including the ever important street closures maps! Other social media outlets for tracking the race:

Source: Examiner

So, What’s in a name? Places Getting Attention

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Another interesting article recently hit TechCrunch, the topic of discussion an “Open” database of Placenames – in all honestly, I have to really wonder how “Open” something like this really could be should a Twitter, foursquare, or SimpleGeo be driving the bus! At the heart of the matter is the fact that many new location aware start-ups seem to be attempting to build their own DB of places – largely based on crowd-sourced information – again, another interesting point I find is that whenever the topic of places seems to creep up recently, all we hear mentioned are these start-ups, never do we hear about existing Geo players who may have vast experience and/or vast data holdings that could be applied to such a product (with the exception of Metacarta who was recently scooped up by Nokia).

An interesting phrase in the article I thought… “The counter-argument is that somebody—Twitter, Google, Facebook—needs to be in control of the database in order to ensure its quality.  If you let any random developer with a geo app update the database, it could end up being filled with inaccurate geo-data or worse, geo-spam.”

See more in the Article

Note: there’s no mention of OpenStreetMap (OSM) or their efforts in this article – interesting related to that, TechChrunch recently ran an article on OSM describing it essentially as being controlled by CloudMade, even going as far as referring to it as “CloudMade’s OpeneetMap. Speaking of OSM, the same effort is now developing OpenAddresses.org (Beta) a Global, Open address database.

Application Tip – CarryMap for ArcGIS

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CarryMap is an extension to ArcGIS Desktop provided for creating executable distributable portable maps. The maps can be created as Desktop Win32 and PocketPC applications. CarryMap portable maps are single self-sufficient executable files containing both viewer and data. No access to map data provided, therefore data integrity is guaranteed. As well, portable maps can be protected with a password and map usage can be limited in time.
CarryMap Key Features:

  • Producing distributable executable maps
  • Desktop and PDA versions supported
  • Protecting maps with passwords and time limits
  • No other software required -Map skins and custom logo supported
  • Ease of use
  • Advanced searching capabilities
  • GPS support

Map application created with CarryMap can be run on any Windows computer or Windows Mobile device by any user
no need for additional software or professional GIS skills. Perfect for producing spatially enabled guides, exploration plans, field work maps, recreation and attraction plans for navigation and information support purposes. See more details HERE

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