The New York Times describes the new feature which allows video creators to learn when and where their creations are being watched. The program called YouTube Insight provides daily updates down to the state level in the U.S. and by country in the rest of the world. Geographic data is provided in thematic maps. No word yet that I've found on which is being used to determine location of the viewer, but there are many options.

The Times writer suggests the tool can be used as a pilot - to see where a band might be popular or if a political speech resonates in one area. Next up for YouTube, tools for creators to see from where on the Web watchers come.

Google's opened up "Point of Interest" editing to all. ESRI gives its third party developers new application development environments. China and Wal-Mart push the envelope on RFID. Our editors look at these developments and what they may mean to the geospatial community and beyond.

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Adena Schutzberg speaks with Amy Gahran, a conversational media consultant and content strategist based in Boulder, CO about maps and the media. The conversation ranges from how to pitch map-focused stories to the press to how to best serve journalists in this technology age. Schutzberg and Gahran also point out some "boo-boos" they've found and highlight great uses of maps in the media. This podcast runs nearly 30 minutes and was recorded March 13, 2008.

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Remember the Star Registry? You pay a fee and get a star named after you. The deliverable is a certificate with the star's location. It's been offered as a gift for major occasions. Well, now there's a better, more earthly option. The World Wildlife Fund offers the chance to buy a sapling to be planted in the Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and in return, get a KML file of its location. It's called mybabytree.org.

Says Leslie Rule:

While the idea is great, the execution brilliant (JWT did the creative), the social good unassailable, what makes this unlike any online donation site is the process that connects the donor with the tree. Once the tree is planted, it is a given a number, geo-tagged with lat/long coordinates, and located in a Google Earth kmz file, which is then sent to the donor.

via MediaShift

The director of the National Hurricane Center described a soon to be released tool where those fearing flooding from a surge caused by hurricane need only visit Google and key in an address for a prediction of the impact of the event.

Bill Read, the new head of the U.S. forecasting center describes the tool as a mix of data and Google apps (I'm guess maps?).

The plan is to have the app up and running by the coming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.

- Reuters (via WebProNews)

"I have tabled a motion asking that Derry City Council write to Google asking that they upgrade the coverage available in the North West of the island [Ireland]. Images are available in far greater detail for other parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom and I hope the council will support my call for Google to take steps to upgrade the images available in the North West as soon as they can."

- SDLP councillor, Martin Reilly, of Derry

(sorry lost original source, but it's mentioned in this BBC article, and it's noted in council agenda [doc])

Update: Found the original post at the Derry Journal.