Geospatial Revolution / Episode One (via wpsu)
The first episode covers what is involved in the geospatial revolution, the origins of mapping and geospatial technology, and a look at the use of crisis mapping in Haitian earthquake relief efforts.
Data Show Best Corners to Hail a Cab in New York - NYTimes.com
The information, collected by GPS, can be used to create helpful tie-ins for customers, like a new smartphone program that lets mobile users locate the ideal nearby corner to hail a cab … Using the city’s GPS data, Sense Networks, a SoHo software analytics firm, examined the pickup point of every New York City cab ride taken in the first six months of 2009. The result was a free mobile application called CabSense, which was released this week for iPhones and Android phones.
(Some) Nokia Phones Get Free Turn-by-Turn GPS Directions
Not wanting to be left behind by the likes of Android, Nokia is today rolling out a free turn-by-turn GPS app for 10 of its phones: the Nokia X6, N97 mini, E72, E55, E52, 6730 classic, 6710 Navigator, 5800 Xpressmusic, 5800 Navigation Edition, and 523. All GPS-enabled phones will eventually be able to download the software, and new Nokia phones shipping in March will come with the service pre-installed
Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone
Augmented reality takes virtual data, places it on your phone, and allows you to interact with it using your compass, camera, and GPS. The end result is the ability to see virtual items and information in the real world. Wikitude’s AR app combines Wikipedia (Wikipedia) and geotagged information from its users and places it in your hands.
Twice or Thrice a Week Private Vehicle Use
It would be nice if there would be some sort of digital technology that would be installed into cars and allow them to only run thrice or twice a week. Of course when you park, its gps system would then see if your car is at its “base” or to the usual place where you park your car. And it’ll continue to run if it is not in the proper place.
Of course there should be a law that nobody could park overnight at a different place and could only be done if a certain service is called on the car’s internal telephone and giving the reasons to the call operator. And there should be a week’s limit of doing so or the operator should be contacted again after one week or then it shall be charged to your car’s limit and you cannot move your car until the next week.
A lot of laws could be proposed as of this. Some gadgets could be installed in cars that would signal if the car’s device is really working and the main service company that controls the cars would really notice if the car is not in sync with the database anymore and the cops would be sent. The method of the Singaporeans of having a long car registry could also be applied.
