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Oliver Kühn interviews ESRI founder and president Jack Dangermond on OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS for OpenStreetMap and the ESRI Community Maps Program at INTERGEO 2010 in Cologne.
Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves discusses the differences between the American Community Survey (ACS), Demographic Analysis, and the 2010 apportionment data releases. For more information, please visit http://blogs.census.gov/2010census/2010/09/a-data-filled-fall.html
Produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting. 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.
From the University of New South Wales, Australia, Dr Binghao Li talks with Dr Craig Roberts about his latest research to overcome the challenges of indoor positioning.
The fourth annual Rocket City Geospatial Conference (RCG) attracts local and state government professionals and businesses that utilize digital mapping technology and geographic information systems (GIS) for applications such as environmental protection, economic development, urban planning and critical infrastructure management. Of particular regional interest this year will be the applications of geospatial technology to the clean up and mitigation efforts associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Layar is an augmented reality browser for Android and iPhone. Soon on Nokia. This latest video shows daily scenarios' of how Layar is used: to find a place to eat, to get to know the city through history, to play games and to see which bands is playing where now. This video also premiers Floaticons, the cool 3D objects which we all can use to express ourselves in this new world of Augmented Reality.
Google I/O 2010 - Unleash your map data: Cloud computing for geospatial applications with the Google Maps API.
Autodesk describes Project Butterfly as "Google Docs for AutoCAD"... a completely online edit and collaboration tool in which you can share DWG and DXF files with other users. No need to download or install any software. Project Butterfly shares files directly on the web and other users need only an account with Project Butterfly, which is currently in an open beta mode. Directions Magazine's Editor in chief Joe Francica provides both the details and a quick demo.
Robert Scoble (@scobleizer) interviews Dennis Crowley of Foursquare and Alexa Andrzejewski, founder of Foodspotting.
Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May. The effort aims to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and be compatible with the diferences in national legal systems. That's a tall order, but an important one as the world moves toward geodata sharing. Geoff Zeiss reports.