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by Matt Ball on December 13, 2011
The local information site Clever Sense was just acquired by Google. The site uses Internet crawling technology to process and mine data in order to connect the online world with the offline world. Clever Sense developed technology to combine this data with data that they mine from social interactions, such as check-ins, likes and ratings, [...]
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by Matt Ball on November 16, 2011
Today, Trimble announced the launch of a new service that provides large-format printed maps via MyTopo.com. The service provides tools for the custom design of areas in the U.S. and Canad with base map options, aerial imagery, and hybrid topo and aerial photo maps. The market aims at construction, surveying, agriculture and field research fields. [...]
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by Matt Ball on October 28, 2011
The mobile smartphone platform gets a mapmaking boost this week with new offerings from both Ericsson Labs and Nokia Beta Labs. Both focus on the mobile users’ interest in collecting data about their surroundings. Ericsson’s Map Studio offers tools to create indoor maps (Map Studio), use the maps in Android Applications (Android Map API), and [...]
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by Matt Ball on October 27, 2011
The Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters (InSTEDD) has developed a communication tool called GeoChat for coordinating communications between relief organizations and the local community in real-time. Central to the tool is a map interface to visualize communication in context. The tool fosters interaction that maintains shared geospatial awareness of who is doing what [...]
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by Matt Ball on October 26, 2011
lifeClipper is an augmented reality research project being developed by Jan Torpus at HGK in Basel, Switzerland. This outdoor GPS augmented reality tour uses high-precision GPS, a video camera, microphone, and a head mounted display to overlay the existing environment with digital details. The intent is to create an outdoor art experience that alters the [...]
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by Matt Ball on October 18, 2011
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has made rapid progress on an application approach for delivering data and intelligence to the field. Their in-house application development team received the go-ahead in June, and now includes eight developers that have launched a number of new applications for Android and Apple iOS devices. Demonstrations of the technology were [...]
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by Matt Ball on October 6, 2011
The MIT Media Lab has been using smartphones to collect data on people’s habits and opinions for research projects for several years. The group is now releasing their smartphone data collection and visualization system as a free open-source download for anyone interested. The software called Funf has both an Android-based phone component that exposes sensor [...]
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by Matt Ball on September 13, 2011
Walking Papers provides a means to print OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps in order to draw in updates, and then import changes back to OSM. This online service, that was created by Stamen Design’s Mike Migurski, adds a much-needed portability to add map detail that augments GPS surveying efforts, and without the need for a connected device. [...]
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by Matt Ball on July 14, 2011
Urbanflow is a concept for the city of Helsinki that takes the static high-definition screens that are on display throughout the city and turns them into an urban operating system that “seamlessly integrates city services between the Web, mobile devices, and city screens no matter where you are or intend to be.” The Urbanflow project [...]
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by Matt Ball on June 27, 2011
The BillionGrave app provides a resource for history buffs and genealogists to share photos and locations of grave markers. The app facilitates the capture and cataloging of markers that are then shared via the web. The site also hosts a database for the transcription of the headstone so that it can be searched by those [...]
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