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24 mai 2012
17:26
Arnulf Christl: Non-News
sur Planet OSGeo

Thanks to all for all the positive feedback over the past days. Just to make sure that there are no misconceptions: I am not stepping down as director, not stepping down as president, not dropping the ball but will continue to bug OSGeo as best I can. My term as director is simply coming to a natural end and after re-running for three consecutive terms I prefer to not stand for nomination again.

Instead, I will explore the do-ocratic potential of OSGeo in a self experiment by becoming - or rather - by staying a regular member no 'more' no 'less'. If it turns out that OSGeo goes astray we can still devise plan B. No need for lamentations and no more farewells, please. I have no intentions of going away.

Have Fun,
Arnulf

Making sense with your spatial data
http://www.metaspatial.net

16:56
Mobile Scanning in HelsinkiLiDAR News
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Mika Salolahti from TerraSolid sent me the link to an interesting video showing the results of a mobile laser scanning project in Helsinki, Finland. Continue reading →

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16:46
Getting Started With the Platform Independent Model - Tools and ApplicationsZekiah Technologies Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com
So nearly everything we have discussed so far is not really useful unless we can figure a way to get it to help with what we need to do with geospatial data. It's sort of like having the world's greatest bowling ball with no lanes. How do we make this help us with increasing productivity, promoting sharing, reducing user frustration, and making us 'cost competitive?' The simple, practical answer is flexible, user modifiable applications.

What are these applications?

Making practical use of a data standard involves a number of required functions. These are:
1. Performing an initial load of the PIM from the user defined Standard and providing a mechanism for modification/update
2. Generating Schemas or compatible physical implementations in a variety of GIS formats
3. Validating (checking) user data in these same GIS formats against the Standard
4. Assisting with both User to User translations and Version to Version migrations
5. Enforcing a discipline that allows for performance of #2 though #4 above.
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16:00
IEA reports that US fossil-fuel CO2 emissions have dropped by 7.7% since 2006Between the Poles
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached 31.6 gigatonnes in 2011, according to its preliminary estimates. This is up 3.2% over 2010. The breakdwon for energy-related CO2 emissions by fuel-type is
1. coal 45%
2. oil 35%
3. natural gas 20%.
In 2011, CO2 emissions continued to rise for non-OECD countries, though the total for OECD countries actually decreased
- Non-OECD 6.1% increase
- OECD 0.6% reduction.
The largest emitters are, in order, China, the United States, the European Union, and India.

China

China is responsible for the largest contribution to the global increase, up 9.3%, primarily as the result of increased coal combustion. But China has dramatically improved its energy intensity, reducing the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of GDP by 15% between 2005 and 2011.

United States

CO2 emissions in the United States dropped 1.7%. The IEA ascribed the decease primarily to switching from coal to natural gas in power generation as well as a warm winter. US emissions have fallen by 430 Mt (7.7%) since 2006, the largest reduction of all countries or regions. The IEA says this is the result of
- lower oil use in the transport sector (linked to efficiency improvements, higher oil prices and the economic downturn which has cut vehicle miles travelled)
- substantial shift from coal to gas in the power sector.
EU

CO2 emissions in the EU in 2011 were down by 1.9%, as the EU continues toward its 20-20-20 goals by 2020.

India

India’s emissions rose by 8.7% and it now is ahead of Russia in emissions.

Japan

The IEA reported that Japan’s 2011 emissions increased by 2.4%, which is not unexpected as for most of the time it had few nuclear reactors running, and now has none operating.
15:47
Army Prepares for First Flight of Football Field-Sized LEMV Airshipgot geoint?
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

For the past couple of years, we have been covering the Army’s effort to develop an unmanned combat-surveillance airship that is the size of a football field and can track enemy forces from more than 2,000 miles away. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) airship is now poised for flight. While a bit delayed, the first flight is scheduled for the second week of June over Lakehurst, New Jersey.

The LEMV is a majorly ambitious project that aims to bring down overall cost of remote surveillance, however building and equipping the airship with high-grade sensors — and dealing with the helium issue — has been more of a challenge.

It is expected that if all goes well, the LEMV will be put to the test in Afghanistan in “early winter.” We will surely be tracking this program as it progresses. Stay tuned.
15:24
GOV.UK and MapsWeb Map Design
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Posts have been thin on the ground recently because I've been busy teaching a new course at the Uni. However, its all over bar the exam marking now so I'm hoping to be more active here.

A friend has been involved in putting together GOV.UK - a site that provides the public with information from the British Government and acts as a clearing house to councils and other public bodies. I really like the site, one of the key characteristics is that the designers have clearly focussed on user's needs. I've had a quick whizz around looking for ways maps are, or could be, implemented in the site and a few thoughts spring to mind:

One Map, Many Points: In the neighborhood section of the map you can enter your postcode and find services around you. The site delivers you a list of possible local services, in the example below, we're looking at computer training courses:

As you can see, you get an individual map for each location. It would be much better to provide one map with all the suggested services as markers with a linked list to the left of the screen (much as Google Maps and other services already deliver search results) with your entered post code shown as well. This would enable the user to see which service is closer or if its close to their work commute route.

A nice add on to this would be travel time estimation circles centered on the entered postcode as found on TFL's 'Why not Walk It' maps.

Map Wiki: I also noticed that the site doesn't link users to useful map wiki or VGI (Volunteered Geographic Information) web sites such as FixMyStreet. This enables the public to easily alert councils in the UK to problems with public spaces such as fly tipping or potholes because they interface with a map which is much easier than filling in a form. I suspect that the remit for gov.uk limits their ability to have done this since they link out to councils sites for this sort of service and councils may or may not have chosen to use a site like FixMyStreet.

Map as Spine: The way GOV.UK is organized is centered around search and text based categories. There's nothing wrong with this structure, I'm sure its what most people want to use. However, I wonder if a map based structuring would add value as an extra way of organizing the data? Instead of entering the site wondering how to answer a specific question, maybe people would like to mine the information to make broader decisions such as where in London would I like to move to? A series of maps based on each area could be very useful showing people how well an area is serviced by the public sector and data from within the site could be used to populate the map.
15:11
Roadmap for a Digital Government | The White HouseGEODATA POLICY
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Posted by Steven VanRoekel, Office of Management and Budget, on May 23, 2012 When the Internet revolution arrived in the 1990s, the U.S. Government embraced this new medium to interact with the American people. Today, what started as basic information pages has evolved into sophisticated transactional systems that allow us to pay taxes online, download [...]
15:00
Autodesk releases Sketchbook InkBetween the Poles
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

SketchBook Ink for the iPad, which was announced back in March at the time of the release of the new iPad, has been released and is available on iTunes.

Unlike traditional vector drawing apps, SketchBook Ink is dedicated to pen-and-ink drawing. The inking behavior gives it a distinct feel but builds on the Sketchbook Pro interface. The app supports importing images from the photo library on iPad that can be used as references or backgrounds. SketchBook Ink enables users to produce very fine detail in their artwork on the new Retina Display independent of resolution. This new technology also supports the ability to export and print large, high-quality images directly from the iPad.

14:45
Telling Stories with Google Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

Meograph is an interesting new narrative tool for telling stories with the Google Earth browser plug-in and Google Maps.

The application is currently in beta testing (you can apply for beta testing access). However, even if you can't yet create your own Meographs yet, you can browse the demo stories already created.

A good example is the Meograph created to explore the Trayvon Martin shooting. The demo uses the Google Earth plug-in to show the locations in the case and includes a narrated explanation of the story and embedded photographs and YouTube videos.

Meograph stories include playback controls to pause, rewind and fast forward the narrative, "More context" buttons to explore more details about any element of the narrative and options to view the locations with Google Maps rather than the default Google Earth view.

14:41
Cops’ Cellphone Tracking Can Be Even More Precise Than GPSGEODATA POLICY
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

by Andy Greenberg, Forbes.com May 17, 2012 In the wake of a historic Supreme Court ruling that police can’t use GPS devices planted on a car to track suspects without a warrant, Congress is reconsidering the question of what kinds of location tracking constitute an invasion of privacy. And one privacy and computer security professor [...]
14:36
Learn more about Google Earth Outreach with their Hangout on AirGoogle Earth Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Last week we showed you the excellent "Hangout on Air" (multi-user video chat on Google+) that a few members of the Google Earth team participated in. It was quite informative, and a great way to interact with users.

Later today, at 10:30am PDT (1:30pm EDT), the Google Earth Outreach team will be hosting a Hangout on Air to discuss the Google Maps Engine, formerly known as Google Earth Builder.

During the talk they'll show you how you can upload geospatial data to host in the Google cloud, easily style the data, and publish maps on your website -- all with Google Maps Engine. It should be an informative session. Just keep an eye on the main +Google Earth page on Google+ and they'll get started in just a few hours.

If you're not on there yet, Google+ is an amazing place to connect with other geo-minded people. Here is a circle of 83 of them to get you started, and please let me know of others that should be in that group.

You can find more details in this post on the +Google Earth page.

13:52
Les CLE de la RPCU
sur Parcell'air
Fin 2010, décision avait été prise par le Ministère du Budget et le MEDDTL de constituer une représentation du parcellaire cadastral unique (RPCU) pour mettre fin à la co-existence malheureuse du Plan Cadastral informatisé de la DGFiP et la BD-Parcellaire de l’IGN.

Le 22 Décembre 2011 l’opération était lancée, avec une première phase d’expérimentation sur plusieurs départements, pour confronter les méthodologies envisagées par la DGFiP et l’IGN.

Les expérimentations sont en cours : des CLE, comités locaux d’expérimentation ont été constitués dans 7 départements tests (06, 17, 35, 44, 50, 65, et 83). Deux scénarios de RPCU seront étudiés indépendamment pendant 6 mois , à partir de mai 2012 : 1 scénario par équipe DGFIP et 1 scénario par équipe IGN.
Le scénario DGFIP reprend le géoréférencement terrain puis traite le continuum géographique :
- si les résultats sont dans les tolérances DGFIP, la correction des données graphiques sera directe,
- si les résultats sont hors tolérances, la DGFiP étudie et propose les procédures de remaniement « allégé » pour réaliser le continuum géographique.
Le scénario IGN applique les techniques de constitution de la BDParcellaire avec un dispositif amélioré.
Pour les deux scénarios, la vérification sera faite via un semis de points terrain issus des données du RFU.
Le choix final reviendra aux deux Ministres concernés qui prendront la décision finale du scénario retenu après examen des résultats des 7 CLE en fonction de critères encore mal connus (précision, déformation, coût ?).

A ce jour, beaucoup d’incertitudes et de craintes demeurent. Le scenario DGFiP qui semble conduire à des résultats plus précis que celui de l’IGN sera sans doute le plus couteux, et donc pourrait ne pas être retenu par les décideurs. La disparité des territoires, en terme de précision cadastrale notamment, devrait conduire à opter pour l’un ou l’autre des scénarios en fonction des spécificités locales. Mais ce ne sera sans doute pas le choix qui sera fait…

Par ailleurs, les impacts sur les données métiers déjà constituées par les collectivités locales et autres acteurs publics sont pour l’instant peu ou pas mesurés, mais le risque est grand de devoir recaler, voire re-numériser, toutes les données constituées à partir du plan cadastral (PCI ou BD-Parcellaire), les couches des PLU notamment…

Enfin, un dommage collatéral est rapidement apparu : l’outil utilisé par les services du Cadastre de mise à jour du PCI Vecteur pourrait être remplacé au profit d’un logiciel disposant notamment d’outils de contrôle de la topologie des objets créés, et ce, pour garantir le continuum géographique . Un étude en ce sens est actuellement en cours…

Même si les travaux d’expérimentation ont débuté en temps et en heures, on peut raisonnablement penser que la décision finale aura quelque retard, compte tenu des changements politiques en cours…

Du pain sur la planche cadastrale en somme…

12:52
[Parcell'air] Les CLE de la RPCU
sur GeoRezo.net - Géoblogs
Fin 2010, décision avait été prise par le Ministère du Budget et le MEDDTL de constituer une représentation du parcellaire cadastral unique (RPCU) pour mettre fin à la co-existence malheureuse du Plan Cadastral informatisé de la DGFiP et la BD-Parcellaire de l'IGN.

Le 22 Décembre 2011 l'opération était lancée, avec une première phase d'expérimentation sur plusieurs départements, pour confronter les méthodologies envisagées par la DGFiP et l'IGN.

Les expérimentations sont en cours : des CLE, comités locaux d'expérimentation ont été constitués dans 7 départements tests (06, 17, 35, 44, 50, 65, et 83). Deux scénarios de RPCU seront étudiés indépendamment pendant 6 mois , à partir de mai 2012 : 1 scénario par équipe DGFIP et 1 scénario par équipe IGN.
Le scénario DGFIP reprend le géoréférencement terrain puis traite le continuum géographique :
- si les résultats sont dans les tolérances DGFIP, la correction des données graphiques sera directe,
- si les résultats sont hors tolérances, la DGFiP étudie et propose les procédures de remaniement "allégé" pour réaliser le continuum géographique.
Le scénario IGN applique les techniques de constitution de la BDParcellaire avec un dispositif amélioré.
Pour les deux scénarios, la vérification sera faite via un semis de points terrain issus des données du RFU.
Le choix final reviendra aux deux Ministres concernés qui prendront la décision finale du scénario retenu après examen des résultats des 7 CLE en fonction de critères encore mal connus (précision, déformation, coût ?).

A ce jour, beaucoup d'incertitudes et de craintes demeurent. Le scenario DGFiP qui semble conduire à des résultats plus précis que celui de l'IGN sera sans doute le plus couteux, et donc pourrait ne pas être retenu par les décideurs. La disparité des territoires, en terme de précision cadastrale notamment, devrait conduire à opter pour l'un ou l'autre des scénarios en fonction des spécificités locales. Mais ce ne sera sans doute pas le choix qui sera fait...

Par ailleurs, les impacts sur les données métiers déjà constituées par les collectivités locales et autres acteurs publics sont pour l'instant peu ou pas mesurés, mais le risque est grand de devoir recaler, voire re-numériser, toutes les données constituées à partir du plan cadastral (PCI ou BD-Parcellaire), les couches des PLU notamment...

Enfin, un dommage collatéral est rapidement apparu : l'outil utilisé par les services du Cadastre de mise à jour du PCI Vecteur pourrait être remplacé au profit d'un logiciel disposant notamment d'outils de contrôle de la topologie des objets créés, et ce, pour garantir le continuum géographique . Un étude en ce sens est actuellement en cours...

Même si les travaux d'expérimentation ont débuté en temps et en heures, on peut raisonnablement penser que la décision finale aura quelque retard, compte tenu des changements politiques en cours...

Du pain sur la planche cadastrale en somme...

12:15
Pléiades survole « l’Arbre du Ciel » japonais
sur Le blog de l'image satellite - CNES
Au nord-est de Tokyo, non loin du fleuve Sumida, « l’Arbre du Ciel » crève littéralement l’écran sur cet anaglyphe réalisé à partir de 2 images du satellite Pléiades 1A.

Culminant à 634 m, cet édifice est la plus haute tour de radiodiffusion au monde. Inaugurée le 22 mai 2012, la tour contient également un restaurant et 2 plateformes d’observation situées à 350 et 450 m de hauteur.

Afin de prendre en compte le risque sismique élevé de la région, la tour repose sur une base en trépied et est parcourue sur toute sa hauteur d’amortisseurs chargés d’absorber l’énergie des séismes. La partie supérieure de « l’Arbre du Ciel » est cylindrique afin de mieux résister au vent.

Cet anaglyphe a pu être réalisé grâce à la grande agilité de Pléiades, lequel a pris les 2 images nécessaires à la vue en relief avec un intervalle de 10 secondes seulement et un angle de visée de 45°.

Version 2D de l’Arbre du Ciel de Tokyo par Pléiades 1A (Cliquez sur l'image pour la télécharger)

La vue oblique 2D ci-dessus est une des images du couple stéréo utilisé pour générer l’anaglyphe. L’image a été orientée pour que la tour soit verticale, ce qui est impossible sur l’anaglyphe qui doit conserver l’orientation de prise de vue par le satellite. A noter que la résolution de l’anaglyphe est dégradée par rapport à l’image 2D pour éviter une fatigue des yeux, en raison de la hauteur de la tour…

Pour en savoir plus :

11:45
How to Use the Nest Function and Why it is the Best Feature in TerraSyncThe GEO-Jobe Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com
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According to several GIS/GPS Technicians with years of data collection experience, the “nest” function is the best feature ever put in TerraSync. Trimble developed the nest feature to allow data collectors to collect point features and line features simultaneously without having to close and open the line feature in between collecting points. Nesting saves time because data collectors no longer have to open the same line feature and re-attribute it between each point. Not only does it save time in the field, it also saves time in the office because the database editor no longer needs to snap line segments together. The nest feature can also come in handy when you are collecting other line features along the way because TerraSync gives you the option to quickly and easily re-select and continue updating a line after it has been closed.

Let’s say you are mapping a water main or gas main (whatever the case may be) and you get to a point where a lateral tees off and leads to a meter.

The standard operating procedure (SOP) is as follows:
1. Hit “Options”, “New Vertex” while still within the main line feature.
2. Then hit “Options”, “Nest”, and select the tee that should go in the same place as the vertex you just made in the line.
3. Log the tee then hit “OK” until you have closed the tee and main line feature.
4. Then you will map the lateral up to the meter and then close out the lateral.
5. Now you will want to reselect the main that you were collecting and then you can collect the meter along with any other point features that need collecting at that time by hitting “Options”, “Nest”, and selecting the features you wish to collect.
6. Then when you arrive at the next vertex of the main line just hit “Options”, “New Vertex”.
7. TerraSync will then give you the option to “Continue” or “Update” the main line feature.
8. Select “Continue” and the vertex will begin logging and will fall in line after the previous vertex.
Make sure to only collect one feature before reopening the main and the option to “Continue” the main will not be dimmed out when trying to continue.
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11:27
The Street Views of San Francisco
sur Google Maps Mania

The Streets of the Invisibles is an experimental film that uses sound from the 1970's TV series the Streets of San Francisco with images taken from Google Maps, Google Street View and Google Earth.

10:55
Students Prep for Dam Failure and other Education GIS
sur All Points Blog

Students from Indian Hills Community College [Iowa] Geo-spatial Technology class worked with the Army Corps of Engineers at Red Rock. The group made six maps utilizing data from the Corps of Engineers, Mahaska County GIS Coordinator Brian Knudtson, along with data from the Iowa... Continue reading

10:55
Students Prep for Dam Failure and other Education GISAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Students from Indian Hills Community College [Iowa] Geo-spatial Technology class worked with the Army Corps of Engineers at Red Rock. The group made six maps utilizing data from the Corps of Engineers, Mahaska County GIS Coordinator Brian Knudtson, along with data from the Iowa... Continue reading

10:45
Singapore Land Authority’s OneMap Offers Gov and NGOs Crowdsourcing Tools
sur All Points Blog

In the U.S. we are still waiting to see how we might use Geoplatform.gov, but in Singapore the Land Authority (SLA) not only has its own OneMap, but now it has beta tools for government departments and non-governmental organizations to collect data via crowdsourcing via that map. One of... Continue reading

10:45
Singapore Land Authority’s OneMap Offers Gov and NGOs Crowdsourcing ToolsAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

In the U.S. we are still waiting to see how we might use Geoplatform.gov, but in Singapore the Land Authority (SLA) not only has its own OneMap, but now it has beta tools for government departments and non-governmental organizations to collect data via crowdsourcing via that map. One of... Continue reading

10:12
VentureBeat: Trimble Acquires Spime
sur All Points Blog

Spime? Spime specializes in GPS software platforms for use by smartphone app developers. Its MapMan LBS Platform integrates social and location services into GPS-enabled apps. Spime also offers a navigation service and map service under the names Northstar Nav and Northstar Map.... Continue reading

10:12
VentureBeat: Trimble Acquires SpimeAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Spime? Spime specializes in GPS software platforms for use by smartphone app developers. Its MapMan LBS Platform integrates social and location services into GPS-enabled apps. Spime also offers a navigation service and map service under the names Northstar Nav and Northstar Map.... Continue reading
10:11
Towards a Global Licensing Framework for Geospatial DataDirections Magazine - Top Stories
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Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May. The effort aims to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and be compatible with the diferences in national legal systems. That's a tall order, but an important one as the world moves toward geodata sharing. Geoff Zeiss reports.

More about: geodata, gis, gsdi, licensing, openstreetmap
5:37
HackCollege – Work Smarter, Not HarderAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Here’s details of an innovative effort from a group of keen College students – HackCollege. A clever collaboration effort, so far, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Notre Dame, and University of Arkansas, among others, have listed the project as a resource link for their students. Jennifer from HackCollege shared details [...]
0:40
Why do Panasonic, Leica, FujiFilm, Samsung and Nikon censor their GPS cameras?Ogle Earth
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

In 2008, mainstream camera manufacturers began introducing models with built-in GPS receivers, to automatically add location metadata to photographs. Since then, 10 brands have released a total of 41 distinct models of GPS-enabled cameras. You can find most of them in DPReview’s filterable database.

When the GPS-capable Panasonic Lumix TS4 launched in early 2012, GPS Tracklog’s Rich Owings noticed a strange footnote in the press release:

GPS may not work in China or in the border regions of countries neighboring China.

Rich and I pondered aloud on Twitter as to how in-camera GPS receivers could possibly break when used in China. There is nothing wrong with GPS in China, as anyone who has successfully flown there can attest. Tens of millions of Chinese-bought iPhones have access to highly accurate latitude and longitude readings via Apple’s default compass app, which uses assisted GPS. (I just had a friend in Shanghai read me her coordinates over Skype and confirmed her position in Google Earth.) So why would Panasonic choose to hobble its GPS-enabled cameras so that the location data is withheld from users whenever that location is deemed by the firmware to be in China?

One mooted reason was a Chinese law prohibiting mapmaking and surveying without a license. Foreigners logging location coordinates via GPS while travelling near sensitive sites have been detained on these grounds. In 2010, Chinese authorities cracked down on user-generated mapping, aka neogeography, citing security risks. And in a continuing sign of this trend, just last week a prominent Chinese state TV anchor used his microblog to rail against “foreign spies who find a Chinese girl to shack up with while they make a living compiling intelligence reports, posing as tourists in order to do mapping surveys and improve GPS data for Japan, South Korea, the United States and Europe.”

A tweeted response from Panasonic PR confirmed a legal motivation for the technical restriction:

@gpstracklog @ogleearth GPS function maynot work in China or borders neighboring China government prohibits GPS use.Works in over 200cntrys

— Panasonic (@PanasonicDirect) February 1, 2012

Despite follow-up questions no more information was forthcoming, beyond the suggestion that we check the manual for details.

This left many questions unanswered. Why would a Japanese manufacturer selling a camera in the US and Europe be so eager to ensure that its customers obey a (dubious) Chinese law? What is a Lumix TS4 owner supposed to do if she receives permission to log GPS coordinates in China? What happens if the law changes so that permission is no longer required? How did Panasonic end up second-guessing what customers should or should not do in China?

One possibility is that Panasonic believes its customers would sue if they got arrested for inadvertently logging location data while travelling around China. But then why not allow a manual override for informed and/or authorized users?

Perhaps Panasonic fears a near-future dystopian scenario where GPS-enabled cameras are confiscated by Chinese border guards if they are at all able to log data inside China. But surely, with an average product life-cycle of one year, that’s not a big risk?

Maybe Panasonic decided it would be too expensive to release both a China-compliant model and an unmolested global model — and so decided to just release the China-compliant model globally, having taken note of the size and growth of the Chinese consumer camera market.

Or maybe the GPS chip in the camera is manufactured in China, and thus needs to meet some kind of Chinese security restriction before it gets an export license. Admittedly, my scenarios are getting somewhat farfetched.

In the absence of good answers, I let the story languish a few months, hoping to find someone in the camera or GNSS industry able to confirm both the why and the how of the Lumix TS4′s curious behavior when inside China.

Unable to get any more clarity on the matter, I recently decided to check the manuals of all 41 models across all 10 mainstream brands, to see if others besides Panasonic admit to interfering with the GPS function of their cameras for political reasons. It turns out that five of the 10 brands do.

Panasonic, Leica and FujiFilm prevent their cameras from displaying location information when in China. Nikon and Samsung appear to restrict location information in some other way. Sony, Canon, Pentax, Casio and Olympus do not interfere with the GPS function of their cameras when in China (or at the very least do not admit to it in their manuals).

Here’s the assembled evidence — relevant excerpts from all the manuals of all the GPS-enabled cameras sold since 2008. First, the culprits:

Panasonic:

Lumix DMC-ZS7 (Jan 2010)

Lumix DMC-ZS10 (Jan 2011)

Lumix DMC-TS3 (Jan 2011)

All these cameras’ manuals have an explanation like this:

Surprise: All three of Panasonic’s GPS-capable predecessors to the Lumix TS4 cripple GPS use inside China, ever since 2010. We only noticed in 2012 because the TS4 press release mentioned it (and no, I don’t have a habit of reading manuals of cameras I don’t own:-).

In addition, all three cameras have a ready-made error message for when the camera has decided to conceal its location: “GPS FEATURE IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS REGION.”

Lumix DMC-TS4 (Jan 2012)

The manual for the TS4 is not yet available on the web, but the official website makes clear about what happens to these cameras when in China:

Lumix DMC-ZS20 (Jan 2012)

Same goes for this camera:

Leica:

Because Leica’s V-Lux cameras are rebranded Panasonic Lumixes, we get an opportunity to see how two different marketing departments describe the same technical limitation. Leica, it turns out, is far more articulate about how and why their cameras are crippled:

V-Lux 20 (Apr 2010) (a rebranded Lumix ZS7)

This in addition to the same error messages as on the Lumix ZS7. (So much for Panasonic trying to be coy in its manuals.)

V-Lux 30 (May 2011) (a rebranded Lumix ZS10)

V-Lux 40 (May 2012) (a rebranded Lumix ZS20)

The V-Lux 40′s manual is identical to that of the older Lumix ZS7 and ZS10 when it comes to describing GPS limitations (see above).

FujiFilm:

FinePix F550 EXR (Jan 2011)

FinePix XP30 (Jan 2011)

FinePix F600 EXR (Aug 2011)

FinePix F770 EXR (Jan 2012)

FinePix XP150 (Jan 2012)

All FinePix cameras carry this disclaimer:

Nikon:

Nikon seems schizophrenic about its approach to GPS:

Coolpix P6000 (Aug 2008)

One of the very first compacts on the market to have built-in GPS, this camera’s manual makes no mention of GPS restrictions or China. This is how it should be. Nikon’s GP-1 GPS unit for its DSLRs also makes no mention of restrictions.

Coolpix AW100 (Aug 2011)

Coolpix S9300 (Feb 2012)

Coolpix P510 (Feb 2012)

By 2011, however, Nikon’s cameras warn that “GPS may not function properly” in and around China:

On a Nikon website, A user shares his experience using GPS with his Coolpix AW100 in China:

The GPS in my Lumix [TZ10] camera is disabled when in China. The camera gives an information message that it disables the GPS while in China. I was pleasantly surprised that Nikon [Coolpix AW100] does not disable the GPS in China but places some limitations on its use. The locations using the GPS in China seem to be off by about 500 ft to the west. In addition, the map function does not work in China and there are not location points for China in the database. I found it interesting that while I was in Southern China, several miles from Hong Kong, the camera would like the closest location point in Hong Kong (which turned out to be a KCR metro station about 10km away. I am very glad the GPS works in China even with these limitations.

Samsung:

Samsung’s manuals, alas, border on the unintelligible. They are obviously transcribed from some other language:

ST1000 (Aug 2009)

HZ35W (Jan 2010)

It is not clear at all where the GPS works, nor does it make any sense to only allow cameras purchased in China to receive GPS signals in China.

Discussing the GPS performance of the Samsung HZ35W may be academic, however — DPReview’s review says that the camera’s GPS function is “idiosyncratic at best, and at worst, non-functional”, with many users not being able to get it to work at all. (Maybe because it appears to work only in a minority of countries, as per the manual.) Meanwhile, Samsung has not come out with updates to its GPS cameras for over two years.

Next up, those manufacturers who do not second-guess their customers:

Sony:

Cyber-shot HX5 (Jan 2010)

SLT-A55 (Aug 2010)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V (Jan 2011)

Cyber-shot DSC-TX100V (Jan 2011)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V (Feb 2011)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V (Feb 2011)

SLT-A65 (Aug 2011)

SLT-A77 (Aug 2011)

Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V (Jan 2012)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V (Feb 2012)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V (Feb 2012)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V (Feb 2012)

Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V (Feb 2012)

None of these camera manuals reference China in any way. All manuals carry the exact same text:

Canon:

PowerShot SX230 HS (Feb 2011)

PowerShot S100 (Sep 2011)

PowerShot SX260 HS (Feb 2012)

PowerShot D20 (Feb 2012)

None of these camera manuals reference China in any way. All manuals carry a version of this text:

Additionally, Canon gets points for reminding users of potential privacy issues when geotagging photos.

Pentax:

Optio WG-1 GPS (Feb 2011)

Optio WG-2 GPS (Feb 2012)

The GPS utilities guide for these cameras carries an identical short reference:

Casio:

Exilim EX-H20G (Sep 2010)

The EX-H20G’s manual is perhaps the most straightforward of all:

Olympus:

Tough TG-810 (Mar 2011)

Tough TG-1 iHS (May 2012)

The manual is not up on the web yet, but the camera’s web page makes no mention of China or restrictions, and there is no reason to suspect a policy change since the TG-810.

Implications

Why does all this matter? Wherever local laws prohibit the sale or use of a personal electronics device able to perform a certain function, manufacturers have traditionally chosen not to sell the offending device in that particular jurisdiction, or — if the market is tempting enough — to sell a crippled model made especially for that jurisdiction.

For example, Nokia chose not to sell the N95 phone in Egypt when the sale of GPS-enabled devices there was illegal before 2009, whereas Apple opted to make and sell a special GPS-less iPhone 3G for that market. Early models of the Chinese iPhone 3GS lacked wifi, while the Chinese iPhone 4/4S has firmware restrictions on its Google Maps app.

The risk to consumers in freer countries is that personal electronics brands might be tempted to simplify their manufacturing processes by building just one device for the global market, catering to the lowest common denominator of freedom — especially if the more restrictive legal jurisdictions contain some of the most attractive markets, such as mainland China.

Still, in the absence of more information from Panasonic, Leica, FujiFilm, Nikon and Samsung, I can’t decisively say whether this is the business logic behind their decision to cripple the GPS in their cameras. And yet uncrippled GPS cameras from Sony and others are freely available for sale in China, for example on Taobao, China’s eBay:

And Sony’s official mainland China site is more than happy to offer instructions in Chinese on how to use the GPS function.

Consumers in the market for a GPS-enabled camera should be informed that five of the mainstream brands engage in location-based censorship. Choose another brand, or get a dedicated handheld GPS device to sync tracklogs with your camera — I don’t suspect Garmin or Magellan will stop working in China anytime soon.

23 mai 2012
21:26
Climb Every Mountain with Google Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

The Guardian newspaper has published a visualisation by data scientist Robert Mundigi exploring the world's 50 highest peaks.

Climb Every Mountain features a clickable (non Google) map of the 50 summits that is synchronised with a Google Map to show the satellite images of each mountain. The visualisation also features data about each mountain's prominence and elevation.

All the different data panels in the visualisation are interlinked so that the Google Map always displays the mountain whose data is currently being explored.

21:12
Gavin Fleming: Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04
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I’ve been itching to try raster, topology and the rest of the new features in PostGIS 2.0. I suppose it was too much to hope for it to be packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 or UbuntuGIS so soon, so I fetched the source tarball from [postgis.refractions.net] and started following build instructions.

First attempts at compiling hit a few obstacles:

1. You need the latest GDAL, PROJ4 and GEOS. I already met GDAL and PROJ4 minimum requirements. So I fetched the GEOS 3.3.3 source tarball and built and installed that.

2. For raster in PostGIS 2, one of its dependencies is for ODBC support in GDAL. I have a custom GDAL setup since I had to manually configure GDAL for MrSID (that’s another story, but recently there have been conflicts among tiff and geotiff libs and other issues that result in the packaged MrSID configuration failing with UbuntuGIS GDAL). I hadn’t configured GDAL with ODBC support so had to rectify that:
```
./configure --with-threads --with-geotiff=internal --with-mrsid=/usr/local/Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167 --with-python --with-odbc
```
3. My last gotcha was having PostgreSQL 8.4 AND 9.1 installed. Not a problem (they run on ports 5432 and 5433 respectively), but to ensure the PostGIS 2.0 compiles against PostgreSQL 9 instead of 8.4 I had to remove 8.4 headers and install 9.1 headers:
```
sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.1
```
Then PostGIS 2.0 built and installed successfully with this config:
```
./configure --with-gui --with-geosconfig=/usr/local/bin/geos-config --with-gdalconfig=/usr/bin/local/gdal-config
```
If you have PostgresSQL >= 9.0 you can install PostGIS as a newfangled PostgreSQL ‘extension’. First there is a small compile step in the PostGIS source ‘extensions’ folder. In the root of your source tree:
```
cd extensions; make; sudo make install
```
Then installing PostGIS 2 into any PostgreSQL database (>=9.0) is as easy as connecting to your database and running these SQL commands:
```
CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
```
You can still install it the ‘old’ way too.

If you do this in a template database, then all subsequent databases you create from this template will include the PostGIS extensions.

So far so good. With the new loader and dumper I got some weird errors but since an update and reboot they’ve disappeared.

Happy PostGISing!

Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 is a post from: AfriSpatial

21:12
Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04AfriSpatial
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com
I’ve been itching to try raster, topology and the rest of the new features in PostGIS 2.0. I suppose it was too much to hope for it to be packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 or UbuntuGIS so soon, so I fetched the source tarball from [postgis.refractions.net] and started following build instructions.

First attempts at compiling hit a few obstacles:

1. You need the latest GDAL, PROJ4 and GEOS. I already met GDAL and PROJ4 minimum requirements. So I fetched the GEOS 3.3.3 source tarball and built and installed that.

2. For raster in PostGIS 2, one of its dependencies is for ODBC support in GDAL. I have a custom GDAL setup since I had to manually configure GDAL for MrSID (that’s another story, but recently there have been conflicts among tiff and geotiff libs and other issues that result in the packaged MrSID configuration failing with UbuntuGIS GDAL). I hadn’t configured GDAL with ODBC support so had to rectify that:
```
./configure --with-threads --with-geotiff=internal --with-mrsid=/usr/local/Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167 --with-python --with-odbc
```
3. My last gotcha was having PostgreSQL 8.4 AND 9.1 installed. Not a problem (they run on ports 5432 and 5433 respectively), but to ensure the PostGIS 2.0 compiles against PostgreSQL 9 instead of 8.4 I had to remove 8.4 headers and install 9.1 headers:
```
sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.1
```
Then PostGIS 2.0 built and installed successfully with this config:
```
./configure --with-gui --with-geosconfig=/usr/local/bin/geos-config --with-gdalconfig=/usr/bin/local/gdal-config
```
If you have PostgresSQL >= 9.0 you can install PostGIS as a newfangled PostgreSQL ‘extension’. First there is a small compile step in the PostGIS source ‘extensions’ folder. In the root of your source tree:
```
cd extensions; make; sudo make install
```
Then installing PostGIS 2 into any PostgreSQL database (>=9.0) is as easy as connecting to your database and running these SQL commands:
```
CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
```
You can still install it the ‘old’ way too.

If you do this in a template database, then all subsequent databases you create from this template will include the PostGIS extensions.

So far so good. With the new loader and dumper I got some weird errors but since an update and reboot they’ve disappeared.

Happy PostGISing!

Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 is a post from: AfriSpatial
20:47
Why Create An Interesting PR Announcement Then Tell Nobody About it?AnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
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I’m constantly amazed at how some marketing, PR, and comms people operate in our industry. I recently noticed a very interesting PR announcement on a popular GeoTech news website – it was a pure fluke that I even noticed it actually. I found it interesting enough that I dug a little deeper and wondered to [...]

20:43
Slashgeo (FOSS articles): Glob3 Mobile: Open Source Multi-Platform Virtual Globe Engine
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At last week's 3D GeoInfo conference, I learned about the open source Glob3 3D GIS and Glob3 Mobile 3D virtual globe.

There isn't much on the sourceforge website: "glob3 is an open source 3D GIS multiplatform framework written in java with a very non restrictive license and advanced features."

But you'll get more on this page for Glob3 Mobile: "Glob3 Mobile is an open source 3D multiplattform virtual globe engine, running in mobile devices (Android and Apple) and in HTML5 web browsers. In this first version, it allows to connect to any OGC WMS public layer, and show it on the globe. Glob3 Mobile is also a framework for virtual globe development. It allows to write plugins directly in Javascript, and these plugins can run in the three plattforms (Android / Apple / web browsers). The project is currently in development, but first plugin examples can be tested in this site."

The apps for iOS and Android are free.
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20:43
Glob3 Mobile: Open Source Multi-Platform Virtual Globe EngineSlashgeo.org
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At last week's 3D GeoInfo conference, I learned about the open source Glob3 3D GIS and Glob3 Mobile 3D virtual globe.

There isn't much on the sourceforge website: "glob3 is an open source 3D GIS multiplatform framework written in java with a very non restrictive license and advanced features."

But you'll get more on this page for Glob3 Mobile: "Glob3 Mobile is an open source 3D multiplattform virtual globe engine, running in mobile devices (Android and Apple) and in HTML5 web browsers. In this first version, it allows to connect to any OGC WMS public layer, and show it on the globe. Glob3 Mobile is also a framework for virtual globe development. It allows to write plugins directly in Javascript, and these plugins can run in the three plattforms (Android / Apple / web browsers). The project is currently in development, but first plugin examples can be tested in this site."

The apps for iOS and Android are free.
Google Plus One
20:18
Google Geonews: Indoor Directions for Android, Spreadsheet Mapper 3, Google Earth Builder Renamed Google Maps Engine, and much moreSlashgeo.org
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Catching up geonews, here's the recent Google-related geonews.

From official sources:
- The latest Google Maps 6.7 for Android introduces Google Offers and Indoor walking directions
- We mentioned Speadsheet Mapper in 2008, and now Spreadsheet Mapper 3 is available, in short, "Spreadsheet Mapper is a tool that enables anyone to easily create a well-designed KML file to show off their data in Google Earth and Maps"
- The Baltic nations of Estonia and Latvia are now in Street View
- Here's the 2012 'Model your Town' winner, Getaria, Spain
- In Google Maps, 'work' and 'home' made their way to My Places
- Regarding Google Earth Builder that was renamed Google Maps Engine, nonprofits can have it for free
- Here's the latest improvements of the Google Places API searches
- And of course there was an imagery update on May 14th, and on May 4th too
From other sources:
- Slashdot mentioned Google Gets Driverless License For Nevada Roads
- At the beginning of the month, the GEB showed the One World Trade Center building model in Google Earth, and later, Saint Basil's Cathedral
- Using Google's Fusion Table on mobile devices? Look at My Fusion Tables
- Slashdot discussed a story named Google Releases Key Part of Street View Pipeline
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20:16
Technical University of Berlin wins Oracle Spatial Excellence Award for CityGMLBetween the Poles
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Last week I blogged about an extension to the OGC CityGML standard for utilities. Today at the Oracle Spatial User Conference the Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformationstechnik - Technische Universität Berlin, where Thomas Kolbe and his team are responsible for the CityGML specificiation, won an Oracle Spatial Excellence Award for Education and Research.

Berlin 3D City Model

I blogged about the 3D city model of Berlin before. The 3D City Database is a free 3D geo database to store, represent, and manage virtual 3D city models on top of a standard spatial relational database. The schema of the 3D City Database is based on the City Geography Markup Language (CityGML), an OGC standard for representing 3D city models. The 3D City Database was developed for the Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Frauen and the Berlin Partner GmbH. The 3D City Database has been implemented as an Oracle Spatial relational database schema. It is shipped as a collection of SQL scripts which allow for creating and dropping instances of the 3D City Database on top of an Oracle Spatial DBMS. The 3D City Database is open source and released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPL).
20:01
Kimley-Horn Innovates with MapDotNet and MapQuest Open APIsMapDotNet Blog
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The development team at Kimley-Horn recently shared with us an app they've built with MapDotNet UX. One of the really cool things that I like about this solution is that it leverages the MapQuest Open Directions and Guidance APIs with O

19:36
Tim Sutton: Interview – Anna Mason from MapAction
sur Planet OSGeo

Enclosure: [download]

Today I had a chance to do a quick interview with Anna Mason from MapAction. The interview is an mp3 audio file recorded on my phone. My apologies if the sound quality isn’t the best. Click on the link below to download the mp3 file. Anna Mason MapAction Interview 23 May 2012 ... Read more »

19:36
Interview – Anna Mason from MapActionLinfiniti Geo Blog
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Enclosure: [download]

Today I had a chance to do a quick interview with Anna Mason from MapAction. The interview is an mp3 audio file recorded on my phone. My apologies if the sound quality isn’t the best. Click on the link below to download the mp3 file. Anna Mason MapAction Interview 23 May 2012 ... Read more »
18:39
Low Cost Motion Controller Accurate to 0.01 mmLiDAR News
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Leap Motion has designed a motion controller technology that has 2oox the accuracy of anything else on the market and is going to sell for $70. Continue reading →

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18:30
Géographie de l'enseignement supérieur
sur Les Cafés géographiques

Débat « Géographie de l'enseignement supérieur », animé par Alain ALCOUFFE (Economiste, ancien directeur du Pôle Universitaire Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées), le mercredi 23 mai.
Tout d'abord, l'enseignement supérieur ne se résume pas aux universités - non pas tant à cause de la dualité grandes écoles universités, mais surtout, parce que l'enseignement au-delà du baccalauréat pour une bonne part se passe dans le prolongement de l'enseignement secondaire (STS, CPEG, etc.), le nombre des établissements parties prenantes de l'ES (...)

17:00
Snacks for Bing Maps and SQL Server Spatial DataBing Maps Blog
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We are delighted to share the release of two Learning Snacks for Bing Maps and SQL Server Spatial Data.

These Snacks are great if you are new to mapping and want to understand how these two technologies can create a stellar solution. We hope you’re hungry!

Bing Maps and SQL Server Spatial Data

Bing Maps

- The Bing Maps Team
16:32
The Top 10 Worst U.S. Traffic CitiesAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
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According to the latest traffic report scorecard from INRIX, overall, traffic congestion has dropped about 30% in the US although that isn’t much help for those of you who live and work in the 10 worst cities for traffic and waste an estimated 40 hours a week per year simply idling in traffic! From INRIX, [...]

16:31
Pouponnière d’étoiles vue par Herschel
sur Le blog de l'image satellite - CNES
À 4500 années-lumière de la Terre, dans la constellation du Cygne, le satellite européen Herschel révèle avec une précision inédite les détails de cette vaste pouponnière céleste.

Dans cette région de quelques centaines d’années-lumière de large cohabitent jeunes soleils et denses réseaux de filaments de poussière et de gaz, là où se forme lentement la prochaine génération d’étoiles.

C’est justement cette coexistence qui intéresse les chercheurs. Elle leur offre une occasion unique de voir comment les vents et les radiations intenses des étoiles massives influencent les générations suivantes.

Si ces étoiles massives sont trop brillantes pour être observées directement par Herschel, la façon dont elles chauffent leur environnement saute aux yeux dans l’infrarouge lointain, la longueur d’onde dans laquelle opère Herschel. Sur cette image, cela se manifeste par les nombreux points brillants visibles en bas de l’image, au centre.

Le CNES contribue au financement de la mission Herschel via l’ESA et à la réalisation du spectromètre Hifi et des instruments Pacs et Spire. C’est grâce aux données de ces 2 derniers instruments que cette image a pu être obtenue.

Pour en savoir plus

16:24
The Trust or Public Lands Launches ParkScoreSpatial Sustain
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Today, the Trust for Public Lands has launched a rigorous ranking of the top city park systems among the 40 largest U.S. cities. The park rating system uses GIS to create digital maps that evaluate accessibility beyond simply a measurement of distance, as well as park size, services and investment. For these measurements, the ranking [...]
16:21
USGIF Trajectorymag Coming in June from the USGIFAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
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Info about this tidbit from the USGIF came to me via Twitter this morning as I noticed that the USGIF is planning a new magazine… it appears that it will be an online publication, however, I suppose it could also be in print… I guess we’ll wait and see. Until then check out [trajectorymagazine.com] where [...]

16:13
Indifférente curiosité : 3D et infographie
sur Serial Mapper

Raphaël Enthoven dans une récente chronique sur France Culture remet la 3D cinématographique à sa place.

D'emblée il évoque la 3D comme "une solution à un problème qui n'existe pas". Les trops envahissantes lunettes "séparent le spectateur de son spectacle".
De plus la 3D est hors sujet : c'est comme "ajouter de la profondeur au plan, de l'espace au temps" . Bref la 3D représente "la victoire de la technique sur l'intelligence".
Excessif ? Songez à la différence entre la 3D où "la profondeur vient à nous (par rapport) à l'invention de la perspective". "on reçoit les informations avec la 3D alors que l'on doit les reconstruire avec la perspective"
D'un point de vue cinématographique Raphaël Enthoven explique en s'appuyant sur la Rose Pourpre du Caire que "la 3D ne fait que gonfler l'écran alors que le cinéma épouse la réalité quand l'acteur du film de Woody Allen rejoint la spectatrice dans la salle".
L'injonction "la 3D c'est le réel " n'est donc qu'une illusion : "la 3D c'est un trompe l'oeil qui ne trompe personne , une indifférente curiosité"

Cette chronique se termine par une citation de Deleuze qui me parlait pas de 3D mais qui est très pertinente y compris pour l'objet de ce blog :
"quand la grandeur n'est plus celle de composition, mais un pur et simple gonflement du représenté, il n'y a plus d 'excitation cérébrale et de naissance de la pensée "
Maintenant je vous propose d'appliquer cette citation aux infographies que l'on voit se répandre partout sur le web : appréciez la pertinence du jugement et jouissez d'enfin pouvoir comprendre Deleuze !
Que dire en effet de ces dispositifs qui se vautrent dans le gonflement de pseudo faits (souvent non sourcés) et dont la composition se limite à une juxtaposition hétéroclite de représentation graphico / statistiques. Fort logiquement ils ne suscitent d'ailleurs qu'"une indifférente curiosité".
Vous pensez que j'y vais trop fort ? Comment expliquez vous allors la persistance de ce format dazibao tout en étroitesse et en longueur très difficile à déchiffrer sur écran même à grand coup de zoom (et quasiment impossible à imprimer) ?
De fait nos modernes infographies ne sont -elles pas un trompe l'oeil qui ne trompe personne ?
N'ont-elles pas de fait renoncer à l ambition de provoquer une excitation cérébrale voire une véritable naissance de la pensée au delà d'une anecdotique mise en chiffre loin de la réalité ?
Oui on a trop souvent le seniment que la visualisation n'est là que pour assurer le gonflement du représenté par le biais de juxtaposition hétéroclite au détriment d'une nécessaire reconstruction de l'information par le lecteur. On est loin de la nécesaire mise en scéne .
Bref les infographies sont-elles une solution à un probléme qui n'existe pas ?

A vos commentaires il me semble que ce post appelle débat ...

PS 1 : Ce billet s'applique aux infographies strcio sensu. Je m'interroge sur le data journalisme par rapport à cette problématique et je n'ai pas encore de réponse.

PS 2: Encore merci à France Culture pour nous proposer des chroniques si inetlligente dès potron minet (7 H 20 quand même). Indigeste pour vous de si bon matin ou pas disponible ? il y a maintenant toutes les émissions en podcast

15:55
Hexagon’s Acquisition of myVR Provides Mobile 3D Model ViewingSpatial Sustain
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This content first appeared in Informed Infrastructure. Hexagon AB today announced the acquisition of myVR, provider of software for photorealistic 2D, 3D, and 360-degree visualization of interactive maps over low-bandwidth connections. The Norwegian company compresses large 3D models for viewing on many platforms, including mobile phones and tablets. The 3D city model viewing and 3D [...]

15:43
Songs from Strangely Isolated Places
sur Google Maps Mania

The Places Series is a Google Map of songs inspired by isolated locations. Using the map you can select a marker and listen to the song inspired by that location.

The information windows are particularly attractive on this map and allow the user to listen to the mapped music tracks directly from the map. It is also possible to filter the tracks displayed on the map by genre and by artist.

15:20
‘Map of Life’ Shows Location of All Living Organismsgot geoint?
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Through the ages, human beings have shared the planet with other living organisms. From black bears that inhabit the eastern mountain ranges in the U.S. to lions in tigers in the desert plains of Africa, we live in a very diverse world with many creatures of all shapes and sizes. Now you can track them on Google Maps, thanks to a new program that aims to plot the location of every single living thing on Earth.

Called Map of Life, this unique and ambitious project uses a Google Maps platform to map the known distribution of 30,000 species of terrestrial vertebrates. While many more are still being added, the eventual goal is to curate hundreds of thousands of plants, birds, fish, reptiles and pretty everything else on our planet.

The Map of Life project is supported by NASA, several international research institutions and the Encyclopedia of Life project, all working together to catalog all there is to know about every species on the planet, which is a monumental and amazing undertaking.
15:16
Some great updates from MeographGoogle Earth Blog
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Earlier this month we told you about Meograph, the "four-dimensional storytelling" engine, and they've been hard at work improving the system.

The new features include:

• Playback Control: Pause, rewind, and forward your way through a meograph.

• Google Maps: You now have the ability to view the meograph on Google Maps for those who don't want to or can't install the GE plug-in.

• No Excel: Previously, you needed to upload an Excel spreadsheet to create your meograph. That is no more, as things are beginning to smooth out.

• More context button: Allows you to quickly dig into more detail at any moment during the playback.

There is still more work to do, but it seems to be coming along quite nicely. Check it out for yourself at meograph.com.
15:16
Project Report for GISCorps: Geocoding Locations of NGOs in Sierra LeoneGEODATA POLICY
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Summary:Non-government organization NGO activity in developing countries is difficult to track due to limited infrastructure. URISA’s GISCorps, which coordinates short-term, volunteer-based GIS services to underprivileged communities, was asked to assist the Craig Bellamy Foundation in creating an interactive map showing the locations of international and national NGO offices and their programs in Sierra Leon, a [...]

15:14
Slashgeo (FOSS articles): DB4GeO: Open Source Geospatial Database for 3D Data
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I was at the 3D GeoInfo 2012 conference last week and I learned about the DB4GeO / DB3D open source geospatial database, which is a Java object-oriented database focusing on 3D data. It supports CityGML, has a RESTful API and has its own WebGL visualization tool.

Since I failed to find much about it on the web other than the GitHub page (it seems the code wasn't synchronized for a while), let me serve you the abstract [pdf] of last week's presentation: "The analysis of complex 3D data is a central task for many problems in the geo- and engineering sciences. Examples are the analysis of natural events such as mass movements and volcano eruptions as well as 3D city planning and the computation of 3D models from point cloud data generated by terrestrial laser scanning for 3D data analysis in various domains. The volume of these data is growing from year to year. However, there is no geo-database management system on the market yet that efficiently supports complex 3D mass data, although prototypical 3D geo-database management systems are ready to support such challenging 3D applications. In this contribution we describe how we reply to these requirements advancing DB4GeO, our 3D/4D geo-database architecture. The system architecture and support for geometric, topological and temporal data are presented in detail. Besides the new spatio-temporal object model, we introduce new ideas and implementations of DB4GeO such as the support of GML data and the new WebGL 3D interface. The latter enables the direct visualization of 3D database query results by a standard web browser without installing additional software. Examples for 3D database queries and their visualizations with the new WebGL interface are demonstrated. Finally, we give an outlook on our future work. Further extensions of DB4GeO and the support for the data management for collaborative subway track planning are discussed."

I'd like to see the differences between PostGIS vs DB4GeO features in regards to 3D geodata. Is DB4GeO more and a playground for researchers?
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15:14
DB4GeO: Open Source Geospatial Database for 3D DataSlashgeo.org
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I was at the 3D GeoInfo 2012 conference last week and I learned about the DB4GeO / DB3D open source geospatial database, which is a Java object-oriented database focusing on 3D data. It supports CityGML, has a RESTful API and has its own WebGL visualization tool.

Since I failed to find much about it on the web other than the GitHub page (it seems the code wasn't synchronized for a while), let me serve you the abstract [pdf] of last week's presentation: "The analysis of complex 3D data is a central task for many problems in the geo- and engineering sciences. Examples are the analysis of natural events such as mass movements and volcano eruptions as well as 3D city planning and the computation of 3D models from point cloud data generated by terrestrial laser scanning for 3D data analysis in various domains. The volume of these data is growing from year to year. However, there is no geo-database management system on the market yet that efficiently supports complex 3D mass data, although prototypical 3D geo-database management systems are ready to support such challenging 3D applications. In this contribution we describe how we reply to these requirements advancing DB4GeO, our 3D/4D geo-database architecture. The system architecture and support for geometric, topological and temporal data are presented in detail. Besides the new spatio-temporal object model, we introduce new ideas and implementations of DB4GeO such as the support of GML data and the new WebGL 3D interface. The latter enables the direct visualization of 3D database query results by a standard web browser without installing additional software. Examples for 3D database queries and their visualizations with the new WebGL interface are demonstrated. Finally, we give an outlook on our future work. Further extensions of DB4GeO and the support for the data management for collaborative subway track planning are discussed."

I'd like to see the differences between PostGIS vs DB4GeO features in regards to 3D geodata. Is DB4GeO more and a playground for researchers?
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14:06
gvSIG Team: About 1st gvSIG Russian meeting
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Hi! this is a translation from the Russian blog.
Bye,
Viqui-.

The 1st Russian gvSIG Meeting started its work in the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University, Russia, on Monday 14th May. The first activity of the Meeting was the gvSIG workshop which was attended by 14 specialists from six cities of the Russian Federation. Participants represented 10 different organizations, including a number of universities from Lipetsk, Smolensk, Orel, Moscow, Institute of Geography, Department of the Administration of the Lipetsk region, as well as business enterprises from the Lipetsk and Tambov regions.

The venue of the workshop was given by the Center for Free Software of the LSPU (the Head – Vladimir Kalitvin, Ph.D., Associate Professor). The workshop was opened by Lyubov Belyaeva, the Head of the Department of Geography. A brief story about the gvSIG project was made by the coordinator of the Russian gvSIG Community Serguei Mikhailov.

The workshop was led by the lecturer and coordinator of the Russian gvSIG Community Alexander Karandeev from the Department of Geography of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University.

Workshop participants received a set of teaching materials, including textbook, “Geographic Information Systems. Basic Course. Workshop “, prepared by Alexander Karandeev and Serguei Mikhailov. The exercises were focused on gvSIG Desktop 1.11 and other open source software products.

The workshop organizers are grateful to the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “Fifth Semenov’s Reading: Legacy of the P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky and modern science” dedicated to 185th anniversary of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, also to the Center for Free Software of the LSPU, Alkis LLC [1] and of NPO “GISIT” [2] for their help in organizing and conducting the gvSIG workshop.

[1] [www.maplip.ru]
[2] [npogisit.ru]

The reports of participants of the Fifth Semenov’s Readings and the 1st Russian gvSIG Meeting were presented on the 15th May. The plenary session was opened by the President of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University Pavel Bugakov.

After greetings from the representatives of the Public Administration of the Lipetsk Region and the territorial authority of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Lipetsk Region, the conference continued with a report on the role of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky in the reform of 1861 that was made by the chairman of the “Semenov’s Charity Society (the society of descendants of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Saint-Petersburg)” Alexander Semenov-Tyan-Shansky.

As part of the 1st gvSIG Users Meeting in Russia, there was the report about The gvSIG Project (Authors: V. Agazzi, G. Carrion, M. Madrid from the gvSIG Association) at the plenary session. On behalf of the authors the presentation was performed by the coordinator of the Russian gvSIG Community Serguei Mikhailov.

In the afternoon there were session meetings, being one of them the session devoted to the 1st Russian gvSIG Meeting. One report about Cartographic Information ALKIS web-service based on the OpenSource products was made by Vladimir Egorov, General Director of Alkis LLC, Lipetsk.
Another report was based on the usage of gvSIG for the protection of cultural heritage of the Lipetsk Region told by Serguei Mikhailov (NPO “GISIT”, Lipetsk).

Polemical, but funny, was the report by Maxim Dubinin (@gislab), General Director of NextGIS LLC, Moscow. His presentation can be found at [1]. The final slide of the presentation was accompanied by the applause of the audience.
The day ended with an evening stroll along the Lipetsk streets and discussing the various issues of development and use of GIS open source software.

The final day of the Fifth Semenov’s Readings was on May 16th, where participants visited the family estate of Semenov-Tyan-Shansky in the village Ryazanka, Chaplyginsky district of the Lipetsk Region. Participants also visited the Museum of Local History of Chaplygin Town.

Once the conference passed, we would like to thank everyone who was involved in its organization and support, especially the staff of the Department of Geography of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University under the direction of the Head of Department Lyubov Belyaeva.

[1] [gis-lab.info]

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13:26
Toyota are Filling in the Street View Blanks
sur Google Maps Mania

Toyoto has come up with one of the best Google Maps based promotional campaigns yet. To help promote the car the company are driving an IQ around with a 360 degree panoramic camera rig strapped to the roof. They are then capturing Street View images and filling in all the blanks on Google Maps.

The campaign, currently running in Belgium, allows anyone to report a street that doesn't have Street View on the Toyota IQ - Street View Google Map. The Toyota IQ then travels to the street, captures the Street View images and adds them to the map.

The purple map markers with white dots indicate the streets that the Toyota IQ has visited. If you click on a marker you can then visit the street using the Toyota custom Street Views.

12:40
Didacticiel MDX
sur Michael TRANCHANT

MDX (pour MultiDimensional eXpressions) est le langage de requête dédié aux bases de données multidimensionnelles (au sens large) . Pour faire une analogie, il est aux BDM ce que SQL est aux BDR. Il a son propre vocabulaire, lui permettant de manipuler dimensions, hiérarchies, niveaux et membres. Très riche, il est vite complexe à mettre en place. Ce didacticiel est [...]

11:11
The Sumatran Rainforest on Google Maps
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The island of Sumatra in Indonesia has lost almost 50% of its tropical rainforest in the last 35 years. The World Wildlife Fund, Eyes on the Forest and Google Earth Outreach have joined forces to create a Google Map of land cover, land use, and land users in Sumatra.

Eyes on the Forest: Sumatra allows users to explore data about the island's conservation values, forest diversity and wildlife. The aim of the map is to increase transparency about the threats to the Sumatran environment and identify the drivers of deforestation and habitat destruction.

It is possible to view a number of data layers on the map, including the dwindling rainforest cover over the last 35 years, wildlife ranges, protected areas and natural carbon stores.

10:05
Exploiter des données Lidar dans ArcGIS 10.1
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Dans quelques semaines, la version 10.1 d'ArcGIS sera disponible (en version anglaise). Cette nouvelle version introduit de nombreuses évolutions notamment dans le domaine de la gestion et de l'analyse de données Lidar. Jeudi 24 mai à 18h. (et à 20h.), Esri propose un séminaire en ligne gratuit présentant comment travailler des données Lidar dans ArcGIS 10.1.

Pour plus de détails et pour vous inscrire, rendez-vous sur la page suivante.

10:00
Dr. Oz Likes GIS and other Health GIS News
sur All Points Blog

Dr. Oz and his crew were in Philadelphia giving 15 minute physicals and compiling the data from them for the mayor. Medigadget did an interview with Oz's medical unit clinical event director, Mike Hoaglin and caught this gem about GIS. Medgadget: Are there any trends in medical... Continue reading
10:00
URISA’s Best Web GIS and other Open Source GIS News
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A City of Cornwall employee has been recognized for his efforts in creating a unique on-line mapping site for the City. GIS Applications Specialist Denis Lalonde of the City of Cornwall (Ontario, CA) received the gold medal prize in the Best Web GIS category of the Best Geographic... Continue reading

10:00
Législatives 2012 : les candidats
sur Blog Géoclip O3, générateur d'observatoires

Le 10 juin prochain, 6 611 candidats vont se présenter au premier tour des élections législatives. Dans chacune des 577 circonscriptions, le nombre de candidats va de 7 à 23.

Des fichiers publiés par le service des élections du ministère de l'Intérieur fournissent la liste complète des candidats et de leurs suppléants, repartis en 17 nuances. D'autres informations sont fournies : genre, âge, profession... De quoi alimenter un nouveau thème dans l'Observatoire des Votes en France.

Cet atlas électoral interactif permet de représenter, sur un fond cartographique des circonscriptions électorales, les données sur les candidats, ainsi que les données démographiques publiées par l'Insee, en attendant les résultats des deux tours.

Sont Seront également prochainement disponibles dans l'OVF, des tableaux de bord permettant de dresser, en quelques pages de synthèse, un portrait politique et socio-économique des circonscriptions électorales...

10:00
Dr. Oz Likes GIS and other Health GIS NewsAll Points Blog
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Dr. Oz and his crew were in Philadelphia giving 15 minute physicals and compiling the data from them for the mayor. Medigadget did an interview with Oz's medical unit clinical event director, Mike Hoaglin and caught this gem about GIS. Medgadget: Are there any trends in medical... Continue reading
10:00
URISA’s Best Web GIS and other Open Source GIS NewsAll Points Blog
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A City of Cornwall employee has been recognized for his efforts in creating a unique on-line mapping site for the City. GIS Applications Specialist Denis Lalonde of the City of Cornwall (Ontario, CA) received the gold medal prize in the Best Web GIS category of the Best Geographic... Continue reading
10:00
Google Renames Google Earth Engine, Offers Free License to Non-ProfitsAll Points Blog
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We learned of the name change to Google Maps Engine at the Location Intelligence Conference, but I guess it was not the right venue to announce free licenses for non-profits. We didn’t think “Earth Builder” reflected the true capabilities of the product or vision that we have for... Continue reading

10:00
Google Renames Google Earth Engine, Offers Free License to Non-Profits
sur All Points Blog

We learned of the name change to Google Maps Engine at the Location Intelligence Conference, but I guess it was not the right venue to announce free licenses for non-profits. We didn’t think “Earth Builder” reflected the true capabilities of the product or vision that we have for... Continue reading

9:50
Can Geofeedia Provide Location-based Citizen Input to Journalists?Directions Magazine - Top Stories
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You are journalist. There’s breaking news across town. How do you tap in to citizen journalists already on the ground in the area? Geofeedia. The feed offers location-based content from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr and Picasa based on an address or a polygon drawn on a Bing map. The for-fee service was launched last week after quite a bit of testing.

More about: citizen journalism, journalism, social media
7:49
Not Your Father�s Trade Area ... Beyond Block Group and Census TractDirections Magazine - Top Stories
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Unlike your father’s vintage Chevrolet, the half century old polygon based trade area does not appreciate with age. Sure, there is something that can be said about a “time-tested” model, but retail above all other industries should value an organization’s ability to adopt new technologies and embrace change. Authors David Doering, Shaofei Chen and Jay Ward of Tango Management Consulting take us "beyond block groups and census tracts."

More about: block group, census tracts, demographic data, geocoding, geographic data, huff model, real estate, retail, site selection, trade area analysis
5:30
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 357VerySpatial
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Enclosure: [download]

A VerySpatial Podcast

Shownotes – Episode 357

May 22, 2012

Main Topic: Our conversation on practical challenges in Internet mapping
Click to directly download MP3
Click to directly download AAC

Click for the detailed shownotes

Music

This week’s podsafe music: “Traveling Song” by Ryan Meyers Band

News

New York state Esri license agreement gives all K-12 students access to ArcGIS
The Associated Press debuts its own custom zoomable world map
Daniel Raven-Ellison and Patrick Meier (Ushahidi) named as National Geographic Emerging Explorers for 2012
National Geographic Bee finals this week

Web Corner

Wind Map – hint.fm site

Main Topic

This week we discuss some of the practical challenges that GIS professionals face in implementing new approaches, such as developing internet mapping solutions.

Tip of the Week

ORBIS – Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World

Events Corner

CGAMES USA 2012: 30 July – 1 August, Louisville, KY
1st Serious Gaming & Social Connect 2012 Conference -Trends and Applications of Serious Gaming: 4-6 October, Singapore
Meaningful Play 2012: 18-20 October, East Lansing, MI
VS-Games ’12 – 4th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications: 29-31 October, Genoa, Italy

This week, A VerySpatial Podcast is sponsored by Esri

The Esri Business Summit will be held July 22-24 in San Diego, California. Attend the summit to learn how GIS can help increase profits and improve operations in today’s competitive economy. For more information and to register to attend, visit esri.com/bizsummit.

2:19

Boeing’s Indoor Mobile Laser Scanning PlatformLiDAR News

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1:45
Location Intelligence 2012 - Photo Montage
sur All Points Blog

Here's a photo montage of the day's events taken at Directions Magazine's Location Intelligence Conference, May 22, 2012. ... Continue reading

1:45
Location Intelligence 2012 - Photo MontageAll Points Blog
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Here's a photo montage of the day's events taken at Directions Magazine's Location Intelligence Conference, May 22, 2012. ... Continue reading
1:38
Assessing a School’s Economic Background Using GISGIS Lounge
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I do pro bono GIS work from time to time, and a recent contribution was towards a local school that was undergoing a capital campaign to build science and computer labs to enhance the quality of education at that elementary school. A non-profit, this school needed to raise funds that exceeded the ability of the [...]

22 mai 2012
23:28
Suivre les étapes de la flamme olympique avec ArcGIS Online
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J'évoquais ce week-end deux cartes ArcGIS Online relatives au parcours de la flamme des Jeux Olympiques 2012 de Londres. Cette série a été complétée hier par une troisième carte web intégrant la dimension temporelle et permettant ainsi de faire apparaître jour après jour le tracé de la flamme. L'article suivant du blog ArcGIS Online détaille le contenu de cette carte. On notera que le service de carte ArcGIS utilisé pour cette carte web a été publié par un ArcGIS Server déployé sur la plateforme de Cloud Amazon EC2.

20:41
Google Maps Eating Raspberry Pi
sur Google Maps Mania

UK school student Ryan Walmsley had a little time to kill whilst he was waiting for the delivery of his Raspberry Pi so he decided to create a Google Map of Raspberry Pi owners.

The Raspberry Pi Map shows the rough location of Raspberry Pi owners who have already added themselves to the map. The map is only a day old and already shows over 400 Pi owners. 20,000 Raspberry Pis have been delivered so far so there are a lot of other Pi owners out there who can add themselves to the map.

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard and costs just $25.

20:21
Upcoming Webinar: Exploring Community Engagement with OpenTreeMapAzavea Atlas
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Thank you to all who joined us for our first OpenTreeMap webinar – “Exploring Collaborative Tree Inventory with OpenTreeMap.” We appreciated your great questions and feedback regarding OpenTreeMap and its use for collaborative tree inventories.

We hope that you will be able to join us for the next OpenTreeMap webinar – “Exploring Community Engagement with OpenTreeMap” – on June 12 from 1-2pm ET. We’ll be looking at ways that online inventory tools and other technologies can be used to build community around the urban forest. Kelaine Vargas from Urban Ecos and Phil Silva and Liz Barry from TreeKIT will join us to discuss their experiences with community engagement initiatives in New York and San Francisco and how those projects could be adapted for use in other locations.

During this webinar, we will focus on:
- Suggestions for encouraging public involvement in tree inventory activities
- How community members can use OpenTreeMap to contribute tree data
- The accuracy of citizen generated data
- Options for tracking tree stewardship activities via OpenTreeMap
You can register for the June 12 webinar at [https:]] .

If you can’t make the webinar, please contact me at dboyer@azavea.com or visit the OpenTreeMap website for more info. We hope you will be able to join us!

19:24

Fast Directory / Folder Copying in .NETbillthorp.wordpress.com

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When charged with copying files, my first thought is XCopy or Robocopy. If the idea of copying files with .NET code seems silly to you, you’re not alone. File.Copy() lacks cancellation and progress status. Simply calling Process.Start(“robocopy…”) would have similar challenges. To make a long story short, I put together some simple code that could easily support progress and cancellation and usually outperforms Robocopy.


static void CopyAll(string sourcePath, string destinationPath)
{
	//Now Create all of the directories
	foreach (string sourceDirectory in Directory.GetDirectories(sourcePath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
		Directory.CreateDirectory(sourceDirectory.Replace(sourcePath, destinationPath));

	//Copy all the files
	foreach (string sourceFile in Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
		CopyFile(sourceFile, sourceFile.Replace(sourcePath, destinationPath));
}

const int CopyBufferSize = 64 * 1024;
static void CopyFile(string src, string dest)
{
	using (var outputFile = File.OpenWrite(dest))
	{
		using (var inputFile = File.OpenRead(src))
		{
			outputFile.SetLength(inputFile.Length);
			byte[] buffer = new byte[CopyBufferSize];
			int bytesRead;
			while ((bytesRead = inputFile.Read(buffer, 0, CopyBufferSize)) != 0)
			{
				outputFile.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
			}
		}
	}
}

17:50
Android Tablet Gets Rugged With the RAMPAGE 6 From Juniper Systems and SDGAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
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Great news for you Android fans out there (and I know there’s a few of you) as now you can take your Android to the field, drop it, submerge it in water, toss it around, kick it or ?? Utah-based Juniper Systems has announce a partnership with Pennsylvania-based SDG Systems in order to bring to [...]

17:42
Presentations Can Make Great Sessions, But so Can Good Questions! #LI12
sur All Points Blog

I've been moderating sessions today at the Location Intelligence Conference. I'm very pleased all my speakers have stayed within their time; it makes my life so much easier. It also means we have time for a good number of questions. The session on Embedded Geospatial Capabilities in... Continue reading

17:42
Presentations Can Make Great Sessions, But so Can Good Questions! #LI12All Points Blog
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I've been moderating sessions today at the Location Intelligence Conference. I'm very pleased all my speakers have stayed within their time; it makes my life so much easier. It also means we have time for a good number of questions. The session on Embedded Geospatial Capabilities in... Continue reading

17:32
GeoServer Team: GeoServer 2.2-beta2 Released
sur Planet OSGeo
The GeoServer team is happy to announce the second beta release of GeoServer 2.2, now available for download.

The 2.2-beta2 release includes a number of great improvements and bug fixes. Some of the highlights include:
- Support for 8-bit PNG output with transparency resulting in a nice tradeoff of performance and appealing visualization. Special thanks to Andrea for this new feature.
- Continued work for supporting high accuracy datum transformations that now allows for user defined transformations supplied via WKT. Thanks to the Catalan Cartographic Institute for funding the work and to Oscar Fonts and Andrea for doing the development.
- A new lenient capabilities mode that allows the GeoServer capabilities documents to remain functioning despite the presence of misconfigured layers. Thanks to David Winslow for this work.
And much more. See the complete changelog of this release for the entire list.

Download and try out 2.2-beta2 today. You can help us get closer to the official 2.2 release by reporting issues in the bug tracker and on the mailing list.

Thanks for supporting GeoServer!

17:32
GeoServer 2.2-beta2 ReleasedGeoServer Blog
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The GeoServer team is happy to announce the second beta release of GeoServer 2.2, now available for download.

The 2.2-beta2 release includes a number of great improvements and bug fixes. Some of the highlights include:
- Support for 8-bit PNG output with transparency resulting in a nice tradeoff of performance and appealing visualization. Special thanks to Andrea for this new feature.
- Continued work for supporting high accuracy datum transformations that now allows for user defined transformations supplied via WKT. Thanks to the Catalan Cartographic Institute for funding the work and to Oscar Fonts and Andrea for doing the development.
- A new lenient capabilities mode that allows the GeoServer capabilities documents to remain functioning despite the presence of misconfigured layers. Thanks to David Winslow for this work.
And much more. See the complete changelog of this release for the entire list.

Download and try out 2.2-beta2 today. You can help us get closer to the official 2.2 release by reporting issues in the bug tracker and on the mailing list.

Thanks for supporting GeoServer!
16:55
KMZ/KML Placemarks of 2012 London Olympics for PDF Maps and GoogleAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
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Looking for 2012 Olympic POIs? Avenza systems, developers of PDF Maps (think mobile maps for iOS) has created and served up some downloadable placemark datasets, ideal for users of the free PDF Maps mobile mapping application. FYI, the PDF Maps app uses the convenient KML/KMZ file format to import/export and exchange placemark data between and [...]

16:40
OpenGeo Blog: GeoExt 2 Code Sprint
sur Planet OSGeo

Back in January we discussed how eager we were to sponsor the GeoExt 2 code sprint and hoped that others would join the cause. Thanks to the generous support of Camptocamp, Mapgears, Terrestris and OpenGeo, we had a productive week at Terrestris’ office in Bonn, Germany. Twelve developers from the sponsoring organizations were joined locally by developers from OccamLabs and remotely by representatives from m-click.

Together they tackled a well-known problem: GeoExt 1.1 is based on Ext JS 3 and thus not compatible with Ext JS 4. The aim was to port as much functionality from GeoExt 1 to GeoExt 2 and make it compatible with Ext JS 4. The result? GeoExt 2 code that’s ready for an alpha release.

OpenGeo is proud to have contributed to GeoExt 2 and encourage you to try it out. As the sprinters work to tie up loose ends and create the official alpha release, we need help testing and reporting bugs. Code contributions and bug fix pull requests on github are always welcome.

For more details on the GeoExt 2 sprint check out the GeoExt blog. Thanks again to all the sponsors of the code sprint!

16:40
GeoExt 2 Code SprintOpenGeo
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Back in January we discussed how eager we were to sponsor the GeoExt 2 code sprint and hoped that others would join the cause. Thanks to the generous support of Camptocamp, Mapgears, Terrestris and OpenGeo, we had a productive week at Terrestris’ office in Bonn, Germany. Twelve developers from the sponsoring organizations were joined locally by developers from OccamLabs and remotely by representatives from m-click.

Together they tackled a well-known problem: GeoExt 1.1 is based on Ext JS 3 and thus not compatible with Ext JS 4. The aim was to port as much functionality from GeoExt 1 to GeoExt 2 and make it compatible with Ext JS 4. The result? GeoExt 2 code that’s ready for an alpha release.

OpenGeo is proud to have contributed to GeoExt 2 and encourage you to try it out. As the sprinters work to tie up loose ends and create the official alpha release, we need help testing and reporting bugs. Code contributions and bug fix pull requests on github are always welcome.

For more details on the GeoExt 2 sprint check out the GeoExt blog. Thanks again to all the sponsors of the code sprint!
15:57
NGA Director Letitia A. Long Confirms Keynote for GEOINT Community Weekgot geoint?
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With GEOINT Community Week soon upon us, we are excited to announce that NGA Director Letitia A. Long has been confirmed to be the keynote speaker for the “The Future of Commercial Remote Sensing” USGIF Workshop, taking place on June 4 at the Hyatt Regency Reston. Be sure to check out more about GEOINT Community Week in this post.

Taking place across the Northern Virginia area, GEOINT Community Week brings together the Defense, Intelligence and Homeland Security communities for a week of classified briefings, learning workshops, technology exhibits and networking opportunities.

June 4: USGIF Workshop Series

Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, VA

USGIF Members: $249 // Government/Military $99 // Regular Registration $349

Ongoing budget discussions and investigating studies of the future of commercial remote sensing have injected a great deal of uncertainty into the market. As the United States contemplates scaling back its investment in commercial imagery assets, a handful of other nations are accelerating their capabilities. Join us for this installment of the USGIF Workshop Series to hear from and ask questions of industry and government as we discuss “The Future of U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing.”

June 5: GEOINTeraction Tuesday

Walker’s Grille, Alexandria, VA

FREE

USGIF is holding a special edition of GEOINTeraction Tuesday during the week featuring David Bottom, NGA Director of IT Services. GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions.

June 5-6: NGA Tech Showcase East (TS//SI/TK)

NGA Campus East, Springfield, VA

FREE

This free, classified event gives attendees the opportunity to see how NGA’s products and services are uniting the intelligence, defense and homeland security communities. The theme for this year’s NGA Tech Showcase East is EnVISION the Possibilities. Based of this theme, NGA will have several demos highlighting some of the new apps and on-demand tools the Agency is developing. Attendees who register in advance will be provided with a Visitor Parking Permint.

June 5-7: Ground Warfighter Geospatial Intelligence Conference (SECRET// REL FVEY)

TASC Heritage Conference Center, Chantilly, VA

FREE

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), the HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) G-2, and Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE) are proud to co-sponsor this year’s Ground Warfighter Geospatial Intelligence Conference (GGC). Formerly called AGIC, the GGC name better reflects the focus of widespread use of geospatial intelligence by Soldiers, Marines, and International Ground Forces. This year’s theme is “GEOINT Support to the Ground Warfighter.” Separate online registration for GGC can be found here.

June 7: USGIF Technology Day & GCW Reception

Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, VA

FREE

USGIF Technology Day is a free, unclassified event showcasing the latest innovations from more than 50 USGIF Members, including industry, government and academia. The morning begins with presentations on emerging technologies from government, and the afternoon includes Ignite-type, 5-minute presentations on industry S&T developments in Big Data. In addition to this agenda and a day filled with exhibitor demos, USGIF Technology Day concludes with a Community-wide networking reception.

June 8: USGIF Invitational

1757 Golf Club, Dulles, VA

USGIF Members $175 // Government/Military $75 // Non-Members: $175

Proceeds from the Invitational benefit the USGIF Scholarship Fund, which plans to award $100,000 to exceptional students studying the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. This all-day networking event offers golfers the opportunity to enter a raffle and other contests to potentially win a variety of prizes.
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Between the Poles: Towards a global licensing framework for geospatial dataGEODATA POLICY
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by Geoff Zeiss, Between the Poles, May 17, 2012 …Earlier this week [Goeff Zeiss] attended a workshop at the GSDI 13 conference in Quebec City given by the GSDI Legal and Economic Working group, Bastiaan van Loenen and Katleen Janssen (and Graham Vowles who was not able to make the trip to Quebec), specifically aimed [...]

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#LI12 Plenary Recap: The State of the Art
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The OnStar Story Jeff Joyner from OnStar General Motors started the day looking at one of the earliest location-based services, OnStar. It all started back in 1995 with a project then called Beacon. It morphed from a $2000 add-on for Cadallic owners in 1996, that supported some nine... Continue reading

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#LI12 Plenary Recap: The State of the ArtAll Points Blog
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The OnStar Story Jeff Joyner from OnStar General Motors started the day looking at one of the earliest location-based services, OnStar. It all started back in 1995 with a project then called Beacon. It morphed from a $2000 add-on for Cadallic owners in 1996, that supported some nine... Continue reading

14:45
Tag Your Love with Google Maps Street View
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If you can't afford to whisk the love of your life off for a romantic weekend in Paris you could try sending her a romantically tagged Street View image from the city instead. You never know it just might work.

Tag Your Love in the Streets is a nice Street View based promotional campaign by Moët & Chandon. Using the application you can select a Street View image from anywhere in the world and then add your own message. You can add text to the image and decorate the scene with a number of romantically themes images, such as flowers, hearts or a bottle of champagne.

When you have completed your message you can share it on Facebook, Twitter or directly e-mail a link to your romantic scene.

Also See

Tiffany & Co - Love is Everywhere - share your favourite romantic locations with this app from Tiffany & Co

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Cops' Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Now Better Than GPSSlashgeo.org
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I was away last week, I have a lot of geonews to catch up... I'll try to share them in the coming days.

This story was discussed over Slashdot during the last weekend, Cops' Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Now Better Than GPS.

Their summary: "On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to discuss a proposed bill to limit location tracking of electronic devices without a warrant — what it's calling the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act, or the GPS Act. Ahead of that hearing, University of Pennsylvania computer science professor Matt Blaze submitted written testimony (PDF) telling Congress that phone carriers, as well as the law enforcement agencies with which they share data, can now use phones' proximity to cell towers and other sources of cellular data to track their location as precisely or even more precisely than they can with global positioning satellites. Thanks to the growing density of cell towers and the proliferation of devices like picocells and femtocells that transmit cell signals indoors, even GPS-less phones can be tracked with a high degree of precision and can offer data that GPS can't, like the location of someone inside a building or what floor they're on. With the GPS Act, Congress is considering expanding the ban on warrantless tracking of cars with GPS devices that the Supreme Court decided on in January. Blaze's testimony suggests they need to include non-GPS tracking of cell phones in that ban, a measure law enforcement agencies are strongly resisting."
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[INSPIRE by clouds] Métadonnées : appel à commentaires sur le guide Administrateur
sur GeoRezo.net - Géoblogs

Nous avons le plaisir de vous proposer de participer à la relecture du projet de Guide administrateur (qu'on pourrait appeler "guide de recommandation aux administrateurs de catalogue INSPIRE") dans le cadre d'un appel public à commentaires. Le titre lui-même du guide est soumis à commentaire!

Ce guide était évoqué dès le mois d'octobre 2011, mais certains concepts ont été rebelles au consensus. Néanmoins, nous les avons presque tous maîtrisés!

Les commentaires seront portés au moyen du formulaire joint, qui me sera retourné au plus tard le 29 juin 2012. Merci de me contacter via GeoRezo pour me demander l'adresse électronique de collecte. Ils seront ensuite examinés par le Groupe Métadonnées du CNIG.

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Métadonnées : appel à commentaires sur le guide Administrateur
sur INSPIRE by clouds

Nous avons le plaisir de vous proposer de participer à la relecture du projet de Guide administrateur (qu’on pourrait appeler « guide de recommandation aux administrateurs de catalogue INSPIRE ») dans le cadre d’un appel public à commentaires. Le titre lui-même du guide est soumis à commentaire! Ce guide était évoqué dès le mois d’octobre 2011, mais [...]

14:03
Find the best SketchUp projects in the new SketchUp ShowcaseGoogle Earth Blog
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I've long said that 3D models are one of my favorite aspects of Google Earth. From cities to universities to cathedrals to even my own house, I love exploring the 3D world of Google Earth.

The tool behind these great models, of course, is Google SketchUp. SketchUp is an amazing (free!) software tool to allow you create 3D models, and you can view thousands of those models in the Google 3D Warehouse. Now they have a new tool to make it even easier to find excellent 3D models -- the new SketchUp Showcase.

The Showcase highlights excellent Sketchup projects from around the world, and included in this site is a brand new online 3D model viewer. It allows you to orbit, zoom and pan 3D models, so you can view them from any angle without leaving your browser. Look for the little red flag icon, or click here to see the models that have this feature. It's quite slick.

If you have a project that you feel is worthy of inclusion in the SketchUp Showcase, you can submit it for consideration here.
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Chrome browser exceeds IE for the first timeBetween the Poles
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

According to StatCounter, Google's Chrome share of the market rose to 32.8% in the week ending May 20, while Internet Explorer's share of the market dropped to 31.9%. This is the first week that Chrome has exceeded Internet Explorer.
13:53
Help Humanitarian Open Street Map Team Map Refugee Camps in AfricaGEODATA POLICY
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REPOST OF ARTICLE “Imagery To the Crowd” by Joshua S. Cambell, Disruptive Geo Blog, May 21, 2012 Over the past year, the Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU) at the U.S. State Department has been working with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to publish current high-resolution commercial satellite imagery during humanitarian emergencies. The imagery is used to [...]
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A code of conduct for appsGEODATA POLICY
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by Tony Romm, Politico.com, May 20, 2012 As smartphone-crazed consumers fiddle with Angry Birds and challenge each other on Words With Friends, policymakers are playing a different game: bringing order to mobile apps. To Washington, the daily deals tools, social networks and other programs that consumers download onto their smartphones present new challenges to consumer [...]

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22/05/2012 : ORTEC organise quatre webconférences consacrées à l'optimisation du Transport et de la Logistique
sur SIG la lettre : divers

22/05/2012 : ORTEC organise quatre webconférences consacrées à l'optimisation du Transport et de la Logistique
- Communiqués de presse
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22/05/2012 : Le Service National de l'Adresse homologue Spectrum UAM, le logiciel de correction d'adresses de Pitney Bowes Software
sur SIG la lettre : divers

22/05/2012 : Le Service National de l'Adresse homologue Spectrum UAM, le logiciel de correction d'adresses de Pitney Bowes Software
- Communiqués de presse

11:50
American Legislation on Google Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

Where a Bill Becomes Law is a fun and educational application for exploring the status of U.S. legislation.

Users of the map can search for legislation using the Google Maps themed search box. Bills that match the search term are then listed in the map sidebar. Selecting an individual bill will bring up its data, including sponsor information, a list of titles, the official summary, and the series of steps that constitute the bill's legislative history.

Clicking on a step in the the bill's legislative history will show the corresponding path on the map. The developers of Where a Bill Becomes Law say that the map location is provided to help demonstrate that legislative decisions are made in real buildings in the real world.

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Podcast: Kickstarter and GeographyDirections Magazine - Top Stories
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Two weeks ago the world learned about Zombie-based Learning, a geography teaching tool envisioned by a middle school teacher from Seattle. He used the crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, to ask the world to support his project. He had $5000 pledged in just four days. What other geography-related projects, educational and otherwise, are appearing on Kickstarter? What is getting funded? What isn't?

More about: crowdfunding, education, kickstarter, open source
10:15
New maps: For the Eurovision fanseSpatial Blog
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Click the map above for a larger image
22 May 2012

The Eurovision Song Contest begins tonight!

Whether you love or loathe it, you can’t deny that it’s a unique form of entertainment.

Established as a way of bringing countries in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) together after WWII, it was also a unique experiment in live television when it first launched in 1956.

Our first map (above) illustrates the reach of the EBU. You’ll notice that eligibility does not depend on being located in Europe – instead, it extends to active members of the EBU who are located in states that fall within the European Broadcasting Area, or are member states of the Council of Europe.

Click the image above for a larger map
Last year, Azerbaijan won – which means they’re hosting this year’s contest.

Our second map (right) shows how often different countries have won the competition since its inception.

We’re proud to note that Ireland has won a grand total of 7 times – and we hope to make it 8 this year!

Who do you hope will win?

^{Source: [en.wikipedia.org]}

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Update: Patent Watch: Tracking People Via Cell without Compromising Privacy
sur All Points Blog

Jeremy Wood introduced readers to his method "for tracking cellphones to generate useful demographically-keyed data on the movement of people, without compromising anyone's privacy" back in 2009. Today his patent was granted; it's number 8185131. Will applications that use this... Continue reading

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