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Comment on apps4nsw hackfest by Ausgrid mashup – build on it! « Communica

Ausgrid mashup – build on it! « Communica — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:14:53 +0000

[...] one of the two electricity suppliers in Sydney) first released some of their usage data at the apps4nsw hackfest. It was very interesting to see the differences of up to 30% in average electricity between suburbs [...]

Comment on the perils of geolocation with social media by Social media and building geospatial bridges | mygeoplace

Social media and building geospatial bridges | mygeoplace — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:49:54 +0000

[...] media, and perceptions drawn from media articles about Twitter or Facebook. Yes, there are perils in social media but this is not a good reason to ignore it. These are very interesting times for spatial, and the [...]

Comment on Favourite Mashups by Good news – victorian mashups not lost « Communica

Good news – victorian mashups not lost « Communica — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:21:01 +0000

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Comment on Favourite Mashups by Real Time Tube map working again « Communica

Real Time Tube map working again « Communica — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:17:23 +0000

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Comment on the perils of geolocation with social media by land surveyor

land surveyor — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:38:20 +0000

true…geolocation can be hazardous if used willy nilly…however, geolocation + news can provide some pretty powerful ways of offering location based support…for example, we use location based social support for land surveyors on Land Surveyors United

Comment on Virtual Australia by land surveyor

land surveyor — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:35:54 +0000

Nice find! Our australian surveyors will enjoy taking a look at this..thanks for sharing

Comment on spatial@gov news by josediacono

josediacono — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:46:07 +0000

so despite it saying /secret/ anyone can look at them? I commented strongly via the delegate survey. by the way, the survey has a bug in it on the screen you enter your favourite speakers. you have to enter a number (??) I reported it on Friday. To continue and not throw away all your valuable comments, just type in random numbers.

Comment on spatial@gov news by Maurits

Maurits — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:15:09 +0000

I agree Jose, very bizarre way of ‘sharing’ these slides, which have been (more or less) publicly presetned anyway. And the URL to these presentation is unprotected, and broadcast to 500 odd delegates with the request not to forward!? That’s like the old: “don’t think of pink elephants” line. My guess is that by Monday at the latest the entire world will have access to these slides..

Comment on spatial@gov and social media by Ross Johnson

Ross Johnson — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:26:18 +0000

To enable ongoing dialogue for Spatial@Gov participants past and present, I fully support the development of a Wiki, or the exploring other social media options such as LinkedIn, SharePoint, or Google Groups.

Comment on EnergyAustralia Mashups by Mashup Your Data for the Masses | It's All About Data

Mashup Your Data for the Masses | It's All About Data — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:05:20 +0000

[...] Mashups, of course, can get much more powerful than a simple KML file displayed on Google Maps. While GIS professionals may feel at home in powerful GIS tools or web interfaces, they are far too complex for the general public to use. Organizations are now beginning to understand this and are creating mashups that can be easily viewed in an environment that people are already familiar with – i.e. Google Maps or Bing Maps. One company at the forefront is Energy Australia. [...]