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OpenSearch for GIS sites…

Posted by Jason Birch in General, Google Earth on February 23, 2007

Earlier today, Rob over at Spatial Miscellany posted an article on how to add an EDN (ESRI Developer Network) search to Internet Explorer 7.

I don’t have a real use for EDN search, but just for fun I’ve created a page where anyone can add this OpenSearch to their modern (Firefox 2.0 or IE 7) browser without having to copy and paste URLs.

Adding an EDN search to your browser

Anybody feel like creating a resource page that stores a bunch of GIS searches in this easily-accessible format? :)

I’d love to see the earth browsers and online maps support this sort of feature as well. For instance, it would be great if I could build some plugins to allow Google Earth users to easily search my municipality’s geospatial data without relying on the Google KML Search to know what they are interested in.

-J

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Geospatial Everywhere

Posted by Jason Birch in General on February 6, 2007

We all know the impact that G/Y/M have had on our space, but I sometimes forget how deeply ingrained these products are in public usage.

Today’s announcement by Kodak of their new line of printers with cheap ink is cool on its own, but what caught my attention is the first image on this page featuring a printout of a map with driving directions:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07020601kodakallinoneprinters.asp

The Kodak marketing department must have identified map printing as a ubiquitous function; something that is obvious when you think about it. Not much point in leaving your driving directions on the computer…

-J

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NeoGeography? What kind of mashup is that?

Posted by Jason Birch in General on October 18, 2006

Ack, this is my last post for a while, promise…

I’ve heard the term neogeography a couple times before, and most recently saw it on the High Earth Orbit blog (by way of Planet Geospatial) with a link to the new site called neogeography.net.

The thought that keeps popping into my mind when I hear this term is: Couldn’t they have mashed it up a bit more? Like, into “Neography”?

-J

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Welcome to my world :)

Posted by Jason Birch in General on February 18, 2006

Well…

Although I have only been actively following it for the last few months, geospatial blogging has really taken off in the last year or so. I figure better late than never; hope I’m welcome at the party.

I plan to use this space to talk about my geospatial interests. These are always changing, but they currently include:

More to come later…

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