ESRI UK Commissions Poll on London

The poll called The London Matters asked more than 2,200 people from London and across Britain about issues related to the captitol.

Londoners cited immigration (34%) as the biggest issue, followed by crime (21%) and housing (13%). Terrorism polled just 6% of votes. The study also found 23% Scots do not like anything about London. Those outside London chose crime as the biggest issue facing the capital (24%). ...Those questioned from London and the rest of the country agreed Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament was their favourite capital landmark with 32% of the vote. Joint second was the Tower of London and Tower Bridge (15%), then the London Eye with 10%.

This paragraph appears at the bottom of the BBC story:

The survey, carried out by YouGov, was commissioned by ESRI (UK), a computer-mapping software company.

I wonder why they commissioned it? I’ll ask!

USGIF Launches a Blog

I have mixed feelings about this announcement. I do agree that having a "place" for GEOINT discussions is a good thing and to date to my knowledge, there is no such place. For a time there was a GEOINT focussed publication (not from USGIF, but from the folks behind Geospatial Solutions; I think it still exists in e-mail form) but on the whole that side of the industry tends to be rather close-lipped. Perhaps that’s why the publication didn’t last too long?

Will a blog do better? Will the blog called "got geoint?" meet the high minded goals noted in the press release?

Hosted and managed by USGIF, got geoint? provides unfiltered access to the views and opinions of intelligence and defense community leaders from government, industry, and academia. In addition, commentary on the latest developments in defense and intelligence will be mixed in with fun, hip and breaking news the about the broad range of topics related to geospatial intelligence.

Unfiltered? Fun? Hip? Breaking news?

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TomTom Beats Expectations; Updates Loans for Tele Atlas Acquisition

TomTom reported operating profit just over analysts expectations for the third quarter, but the company cut expected profits for the year. Investors were worried about how the company would repay loans taken out to acquire Tele Atlas and TomTom allayed fears by renegotiating those deals. Share prices were basically flat on the news.

- Reuters

- results on Marketwatch (oddly NOT on TomTom’s or TA’s website)

A few words on Google Earth on the iPhone

First, from Josh Lowenstein writing at C|net/Webware:

If you’re done playing around with Google Earth for the iPhone, you might be interested in checking out something with some everyday utility. Last week Box.net dropped its iPhone application on the App Store. Just like the mobile Safari-friendly version of yore, this lets you access your cloud-stored files on the go, including documents, music, and movies.

Now, from me:

I don’t use Google Earth on the desktop, so I’d not use it on an iPhone, if I had one.

Podcast: PNDs vs. Smartphones

deCarta announced its connected navigation platform last week. At the same time the expectations for portable navigation devices is looking dim as for-fee smartphone solutions for navigation appear to grow. What is the future for these devices and what about the connected car of the future? Our editors look at what the experts say and share their own predictions.

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