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Podcast: Interview with Kass Green, Remote Sensing Rock Star

joe.francica@directionsmag.com (Joe Francica) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500

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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Podcast: GIS Interpreters: Helping GIS Software Developers and Domain Experts Speak the Same Language

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500

How much does a domain expert, such as a forester, need to know about GIS software and programming to communicate with a software develop who will build a useable app? How do those experts who use GIS in planning, medical care, and agriculture learn to communicate with programmers? And, how do programmers, especially those new to GIS, learn about its quirks? Our editors explore go-betweens who help interpret and how changes in technology may be making communications easier.

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Podcast: An Interview with Brady Forrest, O'Reilly Media on Where 2.0

joe.francica@directionsmag.com (Joe Francica) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:20:00 -0600

Foursquare vs. Gowalla? How about Bing Maps vs. Google Maps? Brady Forrest of O'Reilly Media and chairperson of the Where 2.0 Conference shares his views on some of the more popular web-based mapping platforms and social networks that are "location-aware." In this conversation with Editor in Chief Joe Francica, Forrest also discusses the popularity of the conference and its objective of bringing together both the GIS and neogeography crowd.

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

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0600

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?

Podcast: Congress' Location Privacy Hearing

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0600

Last week the Congressional Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a joint hearing titled, "The Collection and Use of Location Information for Commercial Purposes." Our editors examine the issues raised in testimony and in comments by interested stakeholders. Among them: Is location privacy akin to medical record privacy? What are the obligations of the software developer in making privacy policies and controls clear and easy to access? What about location privacy and young people?

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Geolenz CTO Brian Knoth

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600

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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Podcast: Unitended Consequences of Sharing Your Location Online

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600

Last week PleaseRobMe.com made headlines across the tech, social and popular media spaces. The site, with its quirky title, does not suggest using location information found on the Web to try to break into homes, but rather warns of the unintended consequences of sharing personal location information. Editors Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg examine the website and its goals, and explore some other unanticipated but possible consequences of over-sharing location information. Might you be denied a job? Will you have to pay more for insurance? Also noted: a Congressional hearing on location data and privacy tomorrow.

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

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600

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.

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with the Duo Behind the Award Winning Wayfinder NYC App

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:00 -0600

Wayfinder NYC was the big winner in this month's Big Apple Apps competition, which pitted apps that use public information against one another for prizes. The app uses location-based technology, data and augmented reality to help you get around New York City. Steven Lao and Victor Sima tell the story of how the app came to be, the surprising challenge they faced and introduce their newest app which covers Vancouver's transportation system, just in time for the Olympics.

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Podcast: Apple to Gatekeep Location-based Ads

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600

Last week Apple provided further direction to its developer community regarding the implementation of location-based ads in apps destined for its App Store. The LBS apps must "provide beneficial information, and will not be accepted if they use "location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a users location." Why is Apple stirring this pot at this time? Our editors weigh in.

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Crispin Flower about ArcSquirrel

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0600

Adena Schutzberg, executive editor, interviewed Crispin Flower, application developer and Associate Director of exeGesIS SDM Ltd, about his company's new product that links ArcMap and Microsoft SQL Server, ArcSquirrel. This conversation is one in a continuing series of conversations with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

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