May 21, 2012 – Anything Geospatial

Hey developers, mobile hackers, and would-be mobile developers, take note of a cool event coming to San Fran on June 16-18, 2012 – The Big Brand Hackathon. Sponsored by some big time brands, the event boasts to connect developers, brands and mobile technology. Priced at almost free (a mere $10 to register) the hackathon offers a clever registration process using EventBrite offering reg options for newbies, experienced hackers, first timers, and gawkers!

Here’s the skinny from the organizers… Compete for more than 25K in cash and 20K in prizes. Brand giants Kraft & The Home Depot will reward developers who design apps that drive brand awareness through social, location and other mobile services. Nokia will award developers 50 of its hot-selling Lumia devices for the best Window’s Phone apps… 20 Developer finalists selected over the two day hack will have a chance to showcase their app to attendees (+600) at the elite Social-Loco conference.The Big Brand Hack is produced by Mobile {Dev}Sync in conjunction with Social-Loco

See event info and registration HERE

Source: bigbrandhackathon.eventbrite.com via Glenn on Pinterest

More great apps are leveraging mobile technologies and GeoTech – take weed mapping for example! Online databases and new smartphone applications are making it easier than ever to track and map infestations of invasive weeds. New technologies are also making it easier than ever to capture and report information on the location of weeds so that online databases are more complete. One example: iPhone and Android applications have been developed by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia in support of EDDMapS – an online Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System for invasive species.

Online weed databases are currently maintained by a variety of public agencies, organizations and educational institutions. Examples include:

Global Invasive Species Information Network (http://www.gisin.org), administered by the National Institute for Invasive Species Science of the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center.
iMapInvasives (http://www.imapinvasives.org), managed by The Nature Conservancy.
Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (http://www.gri.msstate.edu/ipams), managed by the Mississippi State University Geosystems Research Institute.
National Institute for Invasive Species Science Database (http://www.niiss.org), hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center.
Plants of the United States (plants.usda.gov), managed by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.