I’ve taken a few cabs lately and all have had the tom tom. I can see why they’d want to employ such a relatively cheap device to reduce the ‘risk’ of their knowledge being exposed. But what has sat nav technology done to the kudos of the taxi driver in exposing their uncertainty? What has [...]
Category Archives: mapping
Walking the line View Comments
Representations of space, in this case the London Underground tube lines, just do it for me. For whatever reason maps make me go weak. The notion of ‘control at a distance’, the sense of ‘managing’ something in the abstract appeals to me [maps are such a 'man' thing aren't they?]. Anyway, I know, there are [...]
Categories: mapping
Spatial formations View Comments
My usual fascination with all things spatial has been satiated for today. Just seen the BBC Streets of Cardiff project which has a nice Google map type app, though it’s somewhat counterintuitive in its navigation. It weaves in some good naratives from users – though it takes you to a flat page for the content [...]
US Military and open gazatteer of the world! View Comments
Link: NGA: GNS; Names Files of Selected Countries. This is an amazing resource. The US military has a series of files, open to the public, of every place name in the world [or at least it purports to have - who could check?]. It’s awesome. It even has the phonetic spellings for place names! Should [...]
Geo-ogle: Google maps the UK View Comments
I’ve tried to find better things to do with my time lately than surfing memes and blogging. The clement weather has helped – sunshine opens up far more of the world to use. However, it’s raining again so…. more Google magic as they map the UK, courtesy of navtech. As an aside Google are also [...]
Mosaic and The Power of Data View Comments
Link I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about data analysis, partly because I’ve got to do some work on an interesting dataset and partly because I’ve belatedly come to see many of the benefits of data mining and manipulation. Audioscrobbler’s USP, based as it is on personal data in the form of music played, [...]
Yahoo! We’re Going To Hollywood But We’ll Have to Use a Google Map to Get There View Comments
Link: Wired 13.03: The UnGoogle (Yes, Yahoo!). Interesting article in Wired about the different strategies of Yahoo! and Google. I find it quite amazing how Yahoo! have managed to consolidate their position as a cornerstone of content and services and quietly become the most innovative web services company around. What I didn’t realise is how [...]
GPS Tracked Car Insurance View Comments
Link: Business 2.0 :: Magazine Article :: What Works :: GPS-Tracked Car Insurance. Business 2.0 have picked a bunch of 25 companies that are outfoxing the competition through innovative solutions. Their choice for technology innovation is an idea piloted by Norwich Union that allows them to measure bad driving and alter insurance premiums accordingly through [...]
GPS and Reality Gaming View Comments
Link: we make money not art: Back Seat Gaming. I love this idea being devloped at the Interactive Institute in Stockholm. This, to me, is a great innovation. Gaming is a good way to pass time – especially when you’re trapped, like when a passenger in a car. The one constant when travelling, with the [...]
Map London View Comments
Link: UO FACULTY OF CARTOGRAPHY – HomePage. In the UK the Ordnance Survey owns all the geographic data required to map, well just about anything. It is Crown Copyright. You have to buy a license to use the data and it is strictly enforced – even not-for-profit organisations need licenses such as the Online Fellwalking [...]