Monthly Archives: June 2007

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Photosynth = awesome

If you haven’t looked at Photosynth from Microsoft Live Labs yet you have got to see it. One of my team was playing with it at lunch time and I was blown away by the possibilities. This is a virtual world made up from hundreds of photos that you can zoom and fly through (in a web browser not a fat client). If you are a Brit have a look at the stuff they have […]

Will the last GI Professional please switch out the lights

Guardian Technology ran yet another article about the wonders of Google Maps and how one Council is using GM to provide map based information to the public. Navigating your way around a local authority’s websites can be a painful experience, especially if it involves maps. Perhaps, for example, you are looking for a school on an online map that is generated by survey data from Ordnance Survey. This can be particularly frustrating, with data fields […]