‘QR Codes on Google Maps’

August 26, 2008

Keir Clarke over at Google Maps Mania has a write-up on generating QR Codes for Google Maps.  He suggests these three sites for creating your own QR Codes from geolocated data: Semapedia.org (which we already covered in an earlier post) connects Wikipedia articles with real world locations. QRMap allows you to generate a code simply […]

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QR Code for a Google Earth Semacode

August 26, 2008

I am truly fascinated by this 2D barcode business, especially how it relates to location based information.  I found the perfect storm of 2D barcode and Google Earth this weekend when I came across Hello, world!.  In May 2006 two Germans mowed a 160mx160m Semacode into a wheat field outside the town of Ilmenau in […]

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What can you do with a SPOT Messenger and a motorcycle? Ask Ryan over at 5Pears.org

August 25, 2008

Ryan, over at 5pears.org, spent a chunk of 2007 riding all over the US with a SPOT Messenger unit strapped to his motorcycle.  He documented his 22,500 mile adventure with 5,000 pictures and a Google Map where he has plotted all of his tracks. Ryan has now offered to assist you with creating your own […]

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Certifications in Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

August 25, 2008

For those of you interested in a career change head on over to the Fritz Institute and and try your luck at winning a Certification in Humanitarian Logistics (CHL) Scholarship.  Ten scholarships will be awarded this year to the lucky winners.  Apparently, the CHL course is for entry level folk while the Supply Chain Management […]

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MSF Blogs

August 22, 2008

I am not sure if many of you know that MSF has a whole section dedicated to staff blogs.  I was rooting through a few and came upon this moving entry from Michael W.’s blog 40 degrees in the Sudanese shade: 30/10: The Divergent Nature of That Sunday 08:00 Road trip to Yuai cancelled. 08:15 […]

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Earthscape’s iPhone Earth App now available

August 22, 2008

Frank Taylor over at Google Earth Blog has posted about a new Google Earth-esque iPhone App that is now available over at the App store for $9.99.  He has created a short review video: Frank has been writing about all things Google Earth for some time now as has Stefan Geens over at Ogle Earth. […]

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Suunto X10

August 21, 2008

I have been trying to avoid writing about this uber-watch until you could actually go out and buy one but the big, glossy photos over at Navigadget gave me blog envy so I have given up and have decided to post about this because today I simply want to run with the herd.  The Suunto […]

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‘Georgia: The militarization of humanitarian action’

August 21, 2008

A thought provoking write-up by Joel Charny of Relief International: The United States response to the displacement crisis in Georgia resulting from the conflict with Russia over the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is a blatant example of the increasing militarization of humanitarian action. Refugees International has been expressing deep concerns about this trend […]

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‘Low Bandwidth Networking to maximize informations per dollar.’

August 20, 2008

Renaud Gaudin of Geekcorps-Mali has an excellent summary of ways to optimize your network when you are stuck with an over-priced and often over-sold VSAT connection.  These low bandwidth/high latency networks are the bane of the humanitarian aid industry and suck up millions of dollars every year that would normally be used for purchasing medicine, […]

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Eye-Fi Explore – Wirelessly geotag your photos

August 20, 2008

Katherine Boehret over at All Things Digital has an interesting write-up on Eye-Fi‘s new Explore card.  Eye-Fi cards use your WiFi network to upload your photos directly from your camera to your computer.  While this may not interest some of you those with an established office that are doing a lot of in-house picture taking […]

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