It’s a few months since the GeoVation Awards. Dave Coughlan was one of the winning finalists with his Plaque Guide concept, now with funding from GeoVation he has got his site up and running and if I may say so it is pretty neat. I admit a bit of bias here as my friends at Geo.me, another GeoVation finalist, helped him to build it. With help from some of the press wizards at OS Dave […]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
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Last night I was invited to talk to the Society for Location Analysis, a group of people who work in commercial property and for large retail chains using location intelligence to optimise their networks. It was a fun evening chatting with some people who make big decisions on the back of the tools that they use. The gist of my talk was that the ubiquity of connectivity and location via smartphones combined with the content […]
Day 1 of the State of the Map gets off to a slow start for me (possibly because of the extended discussions and beers the night beforehand). Perhaps it was second thoughts about the presentation and panel that I was leading at the end of the day but it really did seem a bit flat, content and audience alike. Then up comes Randy Meech from AOL to explain why they are using OSM for their […]
A couple of months ago I mouthed off about what I thought was some rather flaky stuff at a CASA showcase. With hindsight I might have been better off not to vent all of my irony, sarcasm and weak wit in a format that endures. So when I saw the London Twitter Map, I kept quiet (maybe I am just too limited to recognise the value of this research project) and fortunately some of the […]
It is a great day when I can find a way to get football and geography into the same post. Ken Field of Kingston University has shared a preview of his stunning map of the footballing world. I guess he got his timing just about perfect! Now if the British Library want a late addition to their Magnificent Maps exhibition ….