Lidar News links us to an MIT article talking about a new smartphone app that allows quick creation of 3d models, just by snapping a few pics on your phone’s camera.
GIS Lounge has an interesting piece on using thermal imagery to view relative heat loss of buildings at night, in order to gain insight on fuel poverty, reduce carbon emissions, and improve energy efficiency.
SlashGeo points us to an article in the New York Times that shows just how much location information mobile phone providers can log: a German politician investigated and found that his telco logged his latitude and longitude more than 35,000 times in a six month period.
All Things Spatial has a link to a map outlining the results of the recent NSW State Government elections. They also question why there was only one such map produced by the media.
Spatial Sustain has a piece on the Indian Prime Minister’s recent comments regarding the importance of remote sensing and monitoring in sustainable development.
The Map Room points us to a profile of Strange Maps blogger, Frank Jacobs, recently run by the Financial Times. Bloggers really are the new press, it seems.
