Much like the free ad-supported dial-up available some years ago, FreeFi Networks hopes to offer the same sort of thing Ц just for wireless. The ads will run along the bottom of the screen. The idea is to get businesses to offer the service (they split the ad revenues with FreeFi, the company behind the idea) to draw customers. The businesses need to pay of the Internet connection, but thatТs all. TogoТs in California is already up and running with FreeFi. I really hope this works!
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/28 at 07:00 AM |
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Not to be outdone by other search engines, AOL introduced an update to its own Local Search. From a quick overview by Gary Price the service benefits most from AOLs listings and city guides. As you might expect, maps are by MapQuest (owned by AOL). The one surprise: the service is available to AOL and non-AOL subscribers. Notice how all of these are called Local Search, not spatial search or geosearch or other techies things. Local! People understand local.
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/28 at 07:00 AM |
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Tyler Mitchell is a geographer, who among other things, uses and writes about open source software (OSS) GIS topics. He writes for OТReilly and was recently interviewed by the folks behind Quantum GIS (QGIS, an open source desktop GIS thatТs gathering momentum in the community). Some interesting insights here into OSS and GIS from a user perspective.
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/25 at 07:00 AM |
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The top companies in the CaliforniaТs Inland Empire were named at a luncheon this week. Criteria for the 2005 awards considered how a company treats, pays and empowers its employees; how it works with its customers; how it measures success; its ethics and values; and its community service. ESRI Inc. received the Top Company award in the special category. (free registration required) I have not issues with that; itТs a great place to work.
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/25 at 07:00 AM |
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) envisions one day deploying a system whereby a soldier deployed in a forward position or in special ops can download satellite imagery or upload images taken in the field using their PDA. Then here’s where it really gets interesting, the soldier can "use the PDA to set up a 24-hour, 5-kilometer geo-protection cylinder around your location with a 30,000 foot ceiling. You select the option to be notified of Red or Blue forces, that is friend or foes, over your flight. NGA watches the world for you." You can read about this in the NGA’s latest newsletter. I can just envision the next thing in person protection. A PDA from ADT or Brinks?—We watch the crime in your neighborhood for you and set up a perimeter when crime waves approach.
by Joe Francica on 02/24 at 09:08 PM |
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