Thursday, March 18. 2010

Podcast: Interview with Kass Green, Remote Sensing Rock Star

If anyone can provide a perspective on the "consumerization" of satellite imaging and its impact on the profession of remote sensing science it's Kass Green. Editor in Chief Joe Francica recently to sit down with this true remote sensing rock star in Scottsdale, Arizona and they discussed the impact of Google Earth on the remote sensing, privacy issues, and how change detection applications of remotely sensed data might well become just another feature provided by Google.

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Posted by Joe Francica in Remote Sensing, Podcasts, Real-Time/Dynamic Data, Satellite Imagery, Google Earth at 06:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, March 9. 2010

Layar Back - with Foursquare Integration and "Data Layer" Store

Apprently Layar removed its augmented reality app from the Apple App Store due to crashes. Well now it's back in the store, with a few twists.

Now there's a layer of data showing Foursquare locations and yes, if you link the app to your Foursquare account you can check in right from Layar.

More interesting to me is that Layar will soon offer a platform for content owners to offer their data layers for a fee via, its suspected, Apple's new in-app purchasing tool. That's one way owners of obscure, interesting and otherwise valuable data might try to monetize it. The question is, will people pay?

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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in LBS, Apple, Data, Augmented Reality at 06:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Podcast: Platial Shuts Down while Microsoft Opts in to User Generated Location Data from Navizon

This week we look at two news items connected at least superficially by reliance on crowdsourced geospatial data. Platial, one of the early players to offer a simple way to customize Google Maps, announced it was ceasing operations. Microsoft announced a contract with Navizon, a company that crowdsources the data collection of Wi-Fi access points. Why did small but clever Platial not make it? Why is Microsoft turning to small, less familiar Navizon and crowdsourcing over a well-known player like Skyhook?

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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Microsoft, Yahoo, Directions on the News Podcast, Wi-Fi, Satellite Navigation, Geospatial Business, Data at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Friday, February 26. 2010

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Geolenz CTO Brian Knoth

If you think that geocoding and reverse geocoding are mature technologies, ones only likely to have minor tweaks in the coming months and years, then you need to learn about Geolenz, a company that's putting more context, more information, and more customization into those two processes. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg spoke with CTO and co-founder Brian Knoth about the company's newly launched services.



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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in LBS, Data, Hallway Conversations at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Tuesday, February 16. 2010

Podcast: Microsoft Uses TED as a Platform to Announce Bing Maps Update

Last week Microsoft used a talk at TED to unveil some new features for its Bing Maps platform. Goodies included slicker zooming, live georeferenced video feeds, integration of Flickr photos, Worldwide Telescope....a sort of "kitchen sink" of eye candy. But of course it's only eye candy until professional and consumer focused developers tune it to solve specific problems for work and play. Our editors share what impressed them and consider how this enhanced platform might be used.

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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Microsoft, Yahoo, Directions on the News Podcast, Satellite Imagery, 3D Perspective, Augmented Reality at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Wednesday, February 10. 2010

DMTV #5: Remote Sensing, Haiti, and Social Geonetworks

Remotely sensed data of Haiti became the basis for updating maps of the devastated capital of Port-au-Prince when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped through the country. Suddenly government, NGO, and volunteers collaborated using imagery provided by multiple sources including the USGS, NOAA, Google, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye and many other geospatial technology firms. The result was not only a tremendous outpouring of charity, but a technological success via social geonetworks and government agencies. Directions Magazine editor in chief Joe Francica provides a synopsis of how remote sensing became the foundation for many of Haiti's rescue efforts.

Posted by Joe Francica in Google, USGS, Remote Sensing, DigitalGlobe, 3D, Social Networking, Satellite Imagery, 3D Perspective, DMTV at 22:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |