I have always had an interest in maps as a representation of space. I remember hand drawing maps when I was little of my village and being obsessed by making the map match reality. Nowadays I much prefer maps which distort both scale, accuracy and reality. Beautiful maps loose their attraction when they are accurate. [...]
DANGER DANGER DANGER – THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GEOPROFANITY FOSS4G 2009. Done. I’m just starting to reflect on where things are since the last time I was at a FOSS4G. Representing Government, Warwick Watkins, Richard Marles and Kate Lundy were asking for help in their quest to modernise and become 2.0 certified – all good governments need [...]
This is my first very brief post from FOSS4G 2009 so far it’s been too busy and too good to spend time posting. However I just watched this and felt all warm – this is choice kiwi geo goodness.
One thing I’m really looking forward to when I’m in Sydney this year for FOSS4G is Ignite Spatial. The presenters are now confirmed and I’m pleased to see Cisco representing ESRI Australia. I’m also really looking forward to catching up with Rob and hearing more about how Koordinates is going and of course ‘The North [...]
Mashing up….that’s so 2006 darling….this year you have to be doing it ‘in the cloud’ . The Government 2.0 Taskforce (think pulled up socks, a sprinkling of ’2.0′ magic and a whole bunch of semi automatics) are going all mashup on us – watch out!! The thinking behind this borrows a great deal from a [...]