KML in Research Competition | Bring your data to life

Google Earth has launched a competition for KML in research, check it out Google is constantly looking for new ways to spur innovation and creativity in science and engineering. We are looking for the best examples of showing your work in Google Earth using KML. And we'll reward the brightest scientists, researchers, and students from all over the world. In addition to prizes, winning entries will be showcased on the Google Earth website and at our booth at the 2008 American Geophysical Union convention

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New York Times Data Visualization Lab

So I have to admit, the last two days I've spent about 8hrs playing with the 20+  visualizations on NYT online. I also just saw they launched their own website  NYT Data Visualization Lab And users can access this to create their own visualizations. The potential for this Flash style graphics with GIS is endless, it would be great to see a Flash+GIS product out there.  The New York Times is clearly leading this march, it will be interesting to watch it develop. Cheers, Josh

check the app store: Google Earth is ready for iPhones

 I've been discussing with my brother about building app for Android that would allow you to map real time with the G1's GPS onto Google Earth, along with real time photo capture/geo-tag, and upload to your picasaweb, mymaps, earth, something that is close to reality with the G1 phone open development

Congress cancels novel satellite program

Interesting, I didn't know the Government had a mandate to buy as much commercial imagery as possible on the grounds of national security. Hopefully this won't impact NASA and the Continuation programs. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27286093/

Garmin puts Nuvifone on hold till W09

Bummer, I was thinking about getting the G3 iPhone, but I wanted to try the Garmin's Nuvifone first...looks like I'll have to wait.  Either way I hope society is ready to deal with the "spatial" revolution. Cheers, Josh

Radar vs GPS: GPS Wins!!!

 A 16 year kid got a speeding ticket for 62 in a 45, but the GPS tracking device in his parents put in the car showed his more accurate speed, first the court ruled against him, but when the "expert" realized the GPS was accurate to 1mph of the speed, they overturned it. http://hothardware.com/News/Speeding_Radar_Gun_vs_GPS/

Google Map Maker!

Finally! http://www.google.com/mapmaker

Manifold GIS

These guys seem to think they got the best GIS, maybe the GIIF should try a license out? http://www.manifold.net/index.shtml Cheers, Josh

Bio Geomancer

This site has some interesting software approaches for geo-coding public observations in nature. The BioGeomancer Project is a worldwide collaboration of natural history and geospatial data experts. The primary goal of the project is to maximize the quality and quantity of biodiversity data that can be mapped in support of scientific research, planning, conservation, and management. The project promotes discussion, manages geospatial data and data standards, and develops software tools in support of this mission.

Dynamic KML

Thought some Kelly bloggers might enjoy this video, I believe Brian shows up to Geolunches once and a while.

"Googler Mano Marks demonstrates techniques for using view based refresh (VBR), and other dynamic querying techniques in KML. He show how it works in Google Earth and Google Maps, and talks about server-side coding techniques for generating the KML. And geo developer Brian Hamlin demonstrates a specific application of Dynamic KML, using PostGIS with Google Earth.

This talk is very useful for developers who want to use servers to store data, and show subsets to their users based on what is displayed in their viewport or browser."