Charles Arthur in Guardian Technology pointed out this heat map built from the leaked BNP membership list and how the author had taken down the original mash up that had shown the postcode locations due to privacy concerns. Have a look at the adverts that Google offers alongside this map – BNP Peptide <!– document.write(" “);sl[sl.length]=’View ads about Nick Griffin’;//–> Nick Griffin <!– document.write(" “);sl[sl.length]=’View ads about BNP Canine’;//–> BNP Canine <!– document.write(" “);sl[sl.length]=’View ads […]
Daily Archives: November 19, 2008
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It is nearly time to start the planning of next year’s AGI GeoCommunity ’09 conference. Would you like to be involved in planning the conference themes and program? It is an opportunity to contribute to our industry’s leading event and it is a lot of fun. Interested? Mail me through the Kontactr link on the right of this page and I will forward your details to the AGI or answer any questions you may have […]
When I first bought a car it was commonplace for people to carry out some simple repairs and maintenance to their car. it was also the norm that one had some basic understanding of how the various elements of the car fitted together and what they did – clutch and gearbox for example. Today one often hears phrases like “you don’t need to know how a car/dvd/computer works to be able to use it” Maybe […]
Is ESRI now synonymous with GIS? When you visit the front pages of the major vendors websites there is an acronym that seems to be missing from most – GIS. Autodesk has no mention of GIS or Geo (although a search does offer numerous entries deeper within the site)ESRI heads the page with GIS and Mapping SoftwareIntergraph uses Geospatially Powered SolutionsMapInfo has coined Location Intelligence, of course the company name, while it lasts, does rather […]