Open Street Map v. Google Maps – Baghdad

October 31, 2008

Wow.  Check out the difference.  Which map would you use? Tweet

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‘Egypt’s GPS ban: How does it affect the local GIS industry, Nokia and Apple’s iPhone?’

October 31, 2008

Stefan Geens over at Ogle Earth has a great write-up on GPS being banned in Egypt.  Take notice as Egypt is not the only country with an “notoriously paranoid military”.  The opener is brilliant: Here’s an eye opener, courtesy of an article in the Daily Star Egypt: Today, only three countries in the world still […]

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Ubiquiti Network’s Bullet

October 29, 2008

Stuck in a project site with a VSAT at the office and nothing in the guest house which is only a couple of hundred yards away?  Never fear!  Just hook-up a Ubiquiti Networks Bullet and to any old antenna, jack the other end into an Ethernet port, and you are good to go.  Ubiquiti also […]

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Google Earth for the iPhone

October 29, 2008

As I am still in an anti-IT funk I held off posting on the recently released Google Earth iPhone App in order to show solidarity with my protest.  Frank and Stefan have already covered it six ways to Sunday so I’ll just link to all of their good stuff which is way the hell better […]

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Export iTrail data directly to Google Docs

October 29, 2008

I hadn’t noticed this before but you can actually export your iTrail tracks directly to Google Docs.  The folks (Justin Davis) that make the application have also created iTrail Desktop to make the management of your data that much easier.  You can pick up this gem for $2.99 at the iTunes store.  HERE is the […]

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Doctors Without Borders ‘A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City’

October 26, 2008

I recently attended the Doctors Without Borders ‘A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City’ exhibit at the Marina in San Francisco.  It was great to catch up with people I’ve known for almost a decade and tell the field stories that cause most ordinary folks to just stare blankly at you.  The tour […]

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Top five technologies

October 26, 2008

While I am bit early with the annual round-up I promised in my last post that I would write about what I thought we’re the most promising technologies that are out there today or currently in development.  Here they are: 1) Ubuntu – Which I believe will become the default operating system for most PC […]

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Apologies and Clarifications

October 26, 2008

First off, I apologize for the long delay of new posts but I just started with a green building firm in San Francisco and that work is taking a lot of my time.  I hope that once things stabilize I will be able to get back to my regular posting schedule. While the fault is […]

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Blood and Milk

October 20, 2008

Please take some time and head over to ‘Blood and Milk‘ which is authored by my former co-worker Alanna Shaikh.  It is a clear and concise round up of all things humanitarian from an educated perspective.  Alanna posts some great info and usually has a choice medley of links for you to click.  Plus, the […]

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‘Fast, Cheap and Sustainable: Ex-Pentagon Geek Plots Disaster Relief 2.0’

October 17, 2008

WIRED’s Danger Room has a post on the STAR-TIDES conference currently being held at the Pentagon.  The group is a collection of disaster relief technology providers that boast a whole assortment of possibly useful tools.  Typically, the costs for these sorts of things far outweigh the benefits but if you’ve got dollars to spend then […]

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