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GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham

Archives for November 1, 2011

New York City Marathon MapMyRUN Mobile App for iPhone

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An interesting spectator app for running enthusiasts interested in following the NY City Marathon. Watch the world’s top runners in the world’s largest marathon with the Official ING New York City Marathon Mobile Spectator App, presented by Subway and powered by MapMyRUN. Features:

• Watch live video of the men’s and women’s pro races, as well as NBC4 New York’s live coverage*
• Track up to 10 runners simultaneously*
• Race coverage, news and up-to-the-minute information
• Video on demand: Race Week Live and The Daily Cool Down
• Extensive NYC guide from MyCityWay featuring popular restaurants, attractions and retail listings
• Special offers from marathon partners for NYC visitors and residents
• Interactive course map
• Let everyone know you’re a fan – share via Twitter, Facebook and email within the App

See MORE http://www.mapmyrun.com/

You Can Petition The Whitehouse For Access to GIS Technology and Training

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A new petition has been added to the Whitehouse.gov petitions resource, a public resource where people can petition the government for action. This petition is titled “Support access to geographic information systems technology and training in local governments”. Some details…

Geographic Information Systems technology is becoming a foundation technology for providing services effectively and efficiently in local government. It is ubiquitous in everyday life, even. if you use GPS or online maps, look at maps on election night, or ever dialed 911, you’ve been a GIS consumer. GIS is useful in every service that uses an address. GIS can help fuel economy for school buses, allow police study crime trends, let parents to check for nearby predators, and it lets you get directions from here to there. GIS can help analyze social trends. It’s critical in economic development efforts, and land, infrastructure and transit planning.

You can sign the petition HERE

Sports Tracker app for Nokia N9 – Coming Soon Also to Windows Phone

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Good news from Sports Tracker Technologies about one of my favorite apps, Sports Tracker, a great tool that enables to store, manage, and share their workouts (also on iOS and Android) … to celebrate “Nokia week” Sports Tracker for Nokia N9 is now available as a free download from the Nokia Store.  The app comes with the familiar great tracking features and support for the new Sports Tracker Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor enabling you to get more out of your tracked workouts.


App features

  • Full tracking features as in the award-winning Symbian app and iPhone / Android
    • Distance
    • Duration
    • Speed
    • Average speed and pace
    • Max speed
    • Energy spent (kCal)
  • Training Diary for workout data analysis
  • Diary sync to sports-tracker.com service for further analysis
  • Sharing of workouts to Facebook, Twitter and the Sports Tracker community
  • Support for the Sports Tracker Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor (available from shop.sports-tracker.com)

> Sports Tracker for Nokia N9 is available now from the Nokia Store – also coming to Windows Phone – Sports Tracker community expands to Windows Phone
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