Home with Google Street View

Home 1982-1987

Home 1973-1982

Home 1969-1973

Google Street View brings images of my three childhood homes. As well, it is now offering:

According to this UNESCO announcement, 19 historical sites will be included, and I’ve listed them below. The video above offers more details.

“Spain: Santiago de Compostela (Old Town); Old Town of Cáceres; Historic Walled Town of Cuenca; Old City of Salamanca; Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches; Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct; Historic City of Toledo France: Palace and Park of Versailles; Paris, Banks of the Seine Italy: Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata; Historic Centre of Siena; Historic Centre of Urbino; Historic Centre of San Gimignano Netherlands: Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout Czech Republic: Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc; Historic Centre of Český Krumlov; Historic Centre of Prague United Kingdom: Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew”

Via Open Culture and my Mum and Dad

Live Webcast: Trends and Technologies in Where 2.0

For Europeans: Tuesday 23 September 2008 19:00
Europe Daylight Time (GMT +02:00, Paris)

Tuesday 23 September 2008 13:00
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York)

Duration: 1 hour

Description: In this live webcast, geospatial web expert Andrew Turner will discuss the current evolution of Where 2.0 and how it is affecting the entire landscape of Web 2.0 and next generation applications. Open standards such as GeoRSS, KML, and Microformats provide a huge wealth of information for mashups and applications, and libraries such as Mapstraction can be used for cartographic visualization. To illustrate the power of these tools, Andrew will talk about some interesting applications and hacks that have pushed the boundaries of the GeoWeb.

We'll also take a look at the future of location-enabled applications and services that developers can use today to provide users with better contextualized and localized information. Mobile sensors, augmented and immersive reality, and geo-games are just a few of the next generation Where 2.0 domain.

Andrew will also give a short demo of the just-launched GeoCommons Maker.

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What a great Idea....

Platial enables anyone to find, create and use meaningful maps of Places that matter to them. We hope it can connect people, neighborhoods, cities and countries through a citizen-driven common context that goes beyond geopolitical boundaries. We are building it, because we adore Places.

Platial allows uses to build online maps of anything. Wired reports:

Platial, a social mapping a site that collects the "personal atlases" of its users. They launched in December, and they've now mapped 200,000 places, and Platial users have generated over 5,000 custom maps.

Platial users can add photos, comments, and tags to their personal maps. Users can also tag places with "been there" and leave a comment, providing a way for people to find others with common interests.

The most popular uses for Platial members are autobiogeography maps (map your life story), travel maps and common interest maps. There's even a map for the "Lost" TV series that maps all of the locations shown on the program. One user created a "Where I Was on 9/11" map that many have contributed to, adding their own personal stories.

Google Censoring Sydney Images (Again)

The fine line between censorship and security lies between the forecourt and the botanical gardens in Sydney, Australia. This image was taken this morning with Google Earth and shows the border between the forecourt of the Opera House and the walkway to the Botanical gardens. There have been suggestions that Google has cesored sattelite images of Sydney around the Opera House due to the upcomming APEC summit to be held there (21 world leaders including George W. Bush). Google replied to the allagations with:

"This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with APEC," said Google Australia spokesman Rob Shilkin.

"We're re-sourcing our imagery for parts of Sydney as a result of a commercial issue with one of our suppliers, so some of the highest-res images have been temporarily replaced."

Looking at the above image it seems like a thick fog has descended over the Opera House, not so much a resolution downgrade.

Flickrvision

Flickrvision. Is this what the world is watching? Its interesting that the screen rarely dips down into the southern hemisphere. Ohh I just got a post from Australia, but I think you get the picture. Nonetheless, an interesting visualization tool; space and image in time.