There’s an interesting article in Wired listing the top utilities in the US in 2008 for solar power generation. It is really amazing how many of these are in California. Southern California Edison, which provides […]
The City of Vancouver has passed a motion endorsing open data, open standards, and leveling the playing field for open source software procurement. I had blogged about this earlier.
Google Wave was previewed at Google I/O. According to one source, it is a combination of social networking, Gmail and Google Docs. Google Wave was designed by the Rasmussen brothers (Lars and Jens) who founded […]
I wasn’t aware of this site maintained by Shaan Hurley listing every release of AutoCAD and DWG starting with V1 in 1982. Shaan has pictures related to many of the releases. This is a […]
There is a fascinating news item on NPR radio about stimulus money going to virtual shovel-ready projects which is really worth listening to. Gaming Technology One of the things I like to mention when I’m […]
One of the things that strikes many visitors from Europe is the concrete and asphalt wasteland of many North American cities, which were built primarily with commerce in mind. Robert Moses of the Triborough Bridge […]
At Where 2.0 Google annouced the Google Maps Data API which alows you to upload spatial data to Google. The Maps Data API means your application can view, store and update map data on Google […]
Data.gov is the Executive Branch data portal. It provides access to machine readable raw data sets and to applications including spatial. There are 47 raw datasets and 27 applications available now, but you’re encouraged to […]