GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham
Northern Colorado, particularly the Fort Collins area, is a hotbed of geospatial technology and innovation – the region is also the center of the craft beer world. There’s no doubt that the GeoGeeks really enjoy their beer (see hashtag #GeoGlobalDomination for examples) but I’m also a firm believer that the GeoGeek, and geospatial tech community at large, can learn a thing or two from the beer industry… like how to cooperate locally.
Here’s an interesting first look video at an first app developed by Webmapsolutions running on Blackberry Playbook Tablet and using the SimpleGeo API to pull POIs of interest for a check-in application. For more details on this see details in this latest article contribution from Matt and Rory and Webmapsolutions – see Flex 4.5 BlackBerry PlayBook & Geolocation
Wow, Nokia is still shaking things up… this time Ovi (http://www.ovi.com)is the victim. This may not be massive news in North America, however, for those familiar with Nokia, this is a pretty big move as the company is reporting that they will be breaking away from the branding of Ovi as we all know it. Recall Ovi is the customer services resource where account holders access such things as maps, music, and the online marketplace. Ovi has been highly criticized by many over the years and now it looks like Nokia has listened.
Via Nokia Conversations we hear that Ovi services will be rebranded as Nokia services in a transition expected to continue into 2012. Starting with first services on some of the new Nokia devices in July and August, Ovi services will be rebranded as Nokia services in a transition expected to continue into 2012. Each of the services under the Ovi umbrella will simply be rebranded as Nokia, with no planned disruption to the service roadmaps. See complete details at Nokia Conversations
