OK, so tested Google, Bing, Yahoo, ESRI, Openlayers and MapServer mashups on the iPad, and much like on the iPhone, the slippy drag-and-droll interface doesn’t work. Except for one mashup. Take a guess?
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TECH 101 – Mashups For Planning Mobile Webinar Related:  5 comments  Database, Education, GIS, GISBlog, Geography, IMS, LBS, Mashup, OSGeo, Planning, Programming, Service, Social, Technology, Virtual Globe, Web  add, api, cowley, create, data, demo, earth, edu, Education, esri, evans, geo, georeference, GIS, gisblog.org, google, harsh, howto, image, javascript, jennifer, kml, map, marker, mash-up, Mashup, microsoft, opensource, osu, placemark, Planning, prakash, program, Service, Social, spatial, spreadsheet, Technology, Web, web2, webinar, wms, yahoo Category 1: The award for the ‘Best Use of Technology to Improve a Plan or Planning Process’ goes to Marc Schlossberg‘s (University of Oregon) ‘Engaging Citizens in Active Transportation Planning with Mobile GIS‘ for its creative use of technology in improving planning processes. Category 2: The award for the ‘Best Use of Technology for Public Participation’ goes . . . → Read More: Technology Division of the American Planning Association (APA) Awards for 2010 Nearly 6 months after starting work on a Touch mapping project for kiosk deployment running Windows 7 RC on a HP TouchSmart, it sure is good to see touch taking-off. Slowly but surely: * Gateway One ZX6810-01 And yes, I used 3rd-party x64 drivers to turn it from single-touch to double-touch. So . . . → Read More: Follow Up [1]: A Touch of Play Interesting post @ Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” . . . → Read More: Follow Up [1]: Technology #Cartoon: Halloween . . . → Read More: Technology #Cartoon: Halloween Those investors who are rushing to their brokers for a piece of TeleNav’s IPO (TeleNav GPS Navigator needs extra cash to fight Google Map Navigation, or prep itself for a buyout), note that TeleNav (read LBS) has nothing to do with TeleAtlas of TomTom (read . . . → Read More: #TeleKinesis Wolfram|Alpha is an Answer Engine for the scientifically-minded, as opposed to a Search Engine: It takes your query, implied or otherwise, that critical step further by selecting from its list of matches, the one objective description, image etc, and lays them out in context. Not that Google never attempts definitive answers [chord], but when it does, . . . → Read More: Taking Wolfram|Alpha on an Alpha Run Oracle -> Sun -> MySQL Positioning Timeline * Oracle buys PeopleSoft (2004) * Oracle buys Siebel (2005) * Oracle . . . → Read More: Backdoor Buyer http://www.planning.org/divisions/tech/education/ http://techdivisionwebinars.eventbrite.com/ Related: First impressions after testing Microsoft’s Surface Table: It is a coffee-table sized hardware running Windows Vista and allowing collaborative interaction from up to 4-6 participants. The number of hand-gestures it can recognize is obviously higher than that of a standard touch-screen which can typically handle only a single tap and drag, and maybe multi-touch. On the other . . . → Read More: A Touch of Play Quotes from the recent Net Neutrality Hearings: David L. Cohen, Vice-President, Comcast- ‘…on a “very limited basis” Comcast was delaying traffic in limited areas when there is heavy traffic.’”Don’t let the rhetoric of some of the critics scare you- there is nothing wrong with network management. Every network is managed.” Tim Wu, Professor, Columbia Law School- “I have . . . → Read More: Follow Up [2]: Debating Net Neutrality: A Nutshell I started the year with this ‘Time Management‘ video by Randy Pausch. You may know him from ‘The Last Lecture‘. His introduction is by Gabe- my website mentor at UVA Computer Science Web Team. A must-watch if you haven’t already. – π Related: • Medium Maximization: “A medium, for example, points or money, is a token people receive as the immediate reward of their effort. It has no value in and of itself, but it can be traded for a desired outcome. Experiments demonstrate that, when people are faced with options entailing different outcomes, the presence of a medium . . . → Read More: Follow Up [1]: The Power of Ten 1,000 CONTACTS > 100 VISITORS > 10 SIGN-UPS > 1 ACTIVE USER – π Related: What if Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft? Related: Bush Official Goes Nuclear in Net Neut Row. The Register. 2007 Related: Top 3 Contributions Over $2,000 from the Big 3: –π Related: Here are four “events” from 2006 that I consider as evolutionary milestones of our burgeoning SIS industry: E2- ESRI finally catches up to GE. Almost As the Secretary/Treasurer of the Technology Division of APA, I recently had the opportunity to interview Ric Stephens, our Immediate Past Editor: π: So what got you into planning and publishing/editing? After . . . → Read More: Interview: Ric Stephens, Immediate Past Editor, Technology Division of the American Planning Association [APA] One of the pleasures of my current job is the annual opportunity to interact with professionals from around the world, thanks to the International Visitor Leadership Program. During these interactions, I share with the visiting delegations how regional government works in West Virginia. Mayoral Delegation from the Republic of Tajikistan, 2006 Public and Private Sector Delegation from the . . . → Read More: International Outreach According to TheStree.com, American Online recently bought Truveo. Note that this was predicted by Technology . . . → Read More: Follow Up [2]: Top 10 Technology Trends for 2006 ["comment"] More crystal ball gazing: A tough year ahead for Sony ["fate deserved, although XBox would probably hurt more"] 1. First there were WiFi hotspots, then hot zones ["even more so"] “Building a Better Boom … The Internet is exciting again, and once again folks are rushing in. In some categories – like search or social networking, for example – there are scores of start-ups vying for pretty much the same market, and it’s certain that, just like last time, most of them will fail. But regardless of all . . . → Read More: Follow Up [1]: Memorandum Excerpt, Alleged From: Bill Gates “… Ten years ago this December, I wrote a memo entitled The Internet Tidal Wave which described how the internet was going to forever change the landscape of computing… Five years ago we focused our strategy on .NET . . . → Read More: Memorandum Excerpt, Alleged: Internet Software Services On the eve of the launch of Virtual Earth, as Microsoft plays catch-up with Google‘s high-rate of innovation, here’s a transcript of some tete-a-tete: [Sometime before 2000] dodgeball: Mobile Social Software My pick of technology-related headlines from The New York Times Page One 1851-2002: Below is a simple inquiry into how natural check could kick-in from a market stand-point to curtail a growing population. Although, a more interesting inquiry would have been “when” would it kick-in? First, a sample population was divided into 3 basic groups- consumers, laborers and producers. Then the general effect of each on the other because of . . . → Read More: Population π NOAA: Tsunami Research Program As the year-end inches closer, let us look at one significant industry trend: Interesting blog on Life With Alacrity about Social Software. For the ignoramus, crudely put Social Software or Groupware or Collaborative Software is software that facilitates group interaction. Often, there is “no overt coordination with the group functioning as an aggregation of interested individuals” rather than as a cohesive unit. Two intriguing perspectives on the internet from the . . . → Read More: Social Software |
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