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Communications Resources for the Geo-Spatial Industry
This website collects together ideas and the latest lively examples to help you explain or better understand geospatial (also known as Geographic Information Systems, mapping or location intelligence) technology and to encourage organisations to share the data that these systems depend on.
Check out CrossCountry our new iPhone app for equestrians
Mapping mashups are ideal for this because they combine data from many sources in a useful, familiar and easy to use website or mobile app.
Jose Diacono
apps4nsw hackfest 2011 Read about this programmers grand day out
My favourite mashups from competitions and business, real time ship locations to public toilets.
Where do people live and why? A short video of the online Atlas of NSW introduction by Stephen Lead
Worth watching: The downside of location tracking? How an abusive spouse can track you through your mobile phone. “Staying Safe” is Episode 4 of the Geospatial Revolution.
Worth listening: Maps ABC Futuretense the age of real-time cartography and why – Google’s Chief Technology Advocate uses the term ‘place browser’ instead of ‘map’. Futuretense have had a whole series of geo-related features available on podcast.
“Mashups and data portals where next?” from spatial@gov download presentation or slideshare
WWW inventor Tim Berners Lee shows impressive examples of data sharing…
There are many resources in Australia and scattered around the world that explain Geographic Information systems (GIS) and and their value to non specialists. Please explore the video examples, careers information, mashups and introductory guides, comment on the blog and send me your own links or ideas.