Although I covered it rather thoroughly last week, it’s worth bringing up the topic of Apple Maps again, as Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has since issued an apology.
Slashgeo has a great round-up post that also contains info on the apology.
Slashgeo has a great round-up post that also contains info on the apology.
Google’s StreetView has now moved underwater, with the service now covering the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the Philippines and Hawaii. Some highlights captured, such as sea turtles or manta rays, are listed and linked on the Google Maps blog.
The Guardian recently published an attractive visualisation showing 1 million locations of the UK’s Royal Navy’s ships before, during, and after WWI, with key events described as they happen.
Google Maps Mania points us to a fascinating visualisation of two years’ worth of world-wide cloud data, compiled from hourly snapshots of the cloud layer on Google Maps.
LiDAR News has a post on a ‘wearable LiDAR’, created by MIT engineers. The SLAM uses a MicroStrain inertial sensor, LiDAR, a Microsoft Kinect, and a barometer (to account for multi-storey buildings). The end goal is to turn it into a handheld device for emergency responders.
Speaking of indoor positioning, the All Points Blog talks of a smartphone app that uses a variety of sensors and dead reckoning (with constant recalibration) to construct indoor maps.
The Map Room talks of a map that shows what the world would eventually look like if it were to stop spinning.
“If the earth stood still, the oceans would gradually migrate toward the poles and cause land in the equatorial region to emerge. This would eventually result in a huge equatorial megacontinent and two large polar oceans.”
“If the earth stood still, the oceans would gradually migrate toward the poles and cause land in the equatorial region to emerge. This would eventually result in a huge equatorial megacontinent and two large polar oceans.”
