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Husband, Father, coffee addict, Scifi and Electronica fan, UNIX and Mac user and in my day job I'm Director of the Places Registry for Nokia.-
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- Steve Krause on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: Love the Plugin Gary! Using it at my site –...
- Gary on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: A quick question on plugins for author images vs. avatars. I think...
- Gary on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: Hi Rory, Looks like you’re using the TwentyEleven theme; this...
- Rory on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: hi Gary, one further question … how can i get rid of the...
- Gary on WP Biographia – A WordPress Plugin: Hi Rory, The contact details need to be added to your user profile;...
Recent Trackbackage
- John’s Weblog on The Non Golden Rules of Geo: Gary Gale has reproduced the original blog entry here. Categories: Semantic...
- edparsons.com on A smartphone without location is just not smart !: Gary at www.vicchi.org and Peter at geothought.blogspot.com offer a more nuanced...
- Gary's Bloggage -- Topsy.com on Tweets that mention Adding Windows Phone 7 Support To WordPress...: This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gary Gale, buybestultd,...
- Gary's Bloggage -- Topsy.com on Tweets that mention Putting The Tube On The Grid; A Geeked Out...: This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gary Gale, Karen Leech. Karen...
- de.straba.us on WhereCamp EU 2011 – The Geo Unconference For Europe: Gale, con il post “Ich Bin Geograph” – WhereCamp EU Is Coming To...
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This is my personal blog not a corporate one; see the whole disclaimer here.Taggage
agi bacon berlin cartography conference customerservice data deliciousness facebook fail flickr foursquare geo geotagged google gps heathrow home identity iphone latitude lhr location london mac map maps mobile nokia online openstreetmap place posterous privacy sfo snowleopard social teddington tube twitter uk underground window wordpress yahooTweetage
- I'm not being a wimp but it's -7 and feels like -11. OK, I am being a wimp but even Reykjavik didn't feel this cold at this time of year. about 19 hours ago from web
- It. Is. Cold. (@ Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL) w/ @bunterberg) http://t.co/R8WCWtrY 08:50:53 AM February 07, 2012 from foursquare
- WP Biographia (http://t.co/kCYCjgx7) is getting i18n; Spanish and Turkish are already in the works. Get in touch if you'd like to help. 03:09:42 AM February 07, 2012 from web
- @SalPavone Check out FAQ # 5 on http://t.co/BojfSpBe; the bio information goes in your user profile settings (Dashboard/Users/Your Profile) 03:04:57 AM February 07, 2012 from web in reply to SalPavone
- Heading to Berlin this morning and then to Düsseldorf; packing my thermals after looking at the weather forecast. Brrrr. 03:01:27 AM February 07, 2012 from TweetDeck
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Tag Archives: cartography
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Apr 11
Apr 11
The Missing Manual For OpenStreetMap?
The first computer I used at work was powerful for its day (though pitifully underpowered compared to the phone that’s sitting in my pocket at the moment) but was somewhat unfriendly by today’s standards. You sat down at a terminal … Continue reading
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Tagged berlin, book, cartography, geotagged, maps, openstreetmap, osm, review
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Mar 11
Mar 11
After Neogeography, Here Comes Neocartography
First there was neogeography, a convenient label for the practice of geography outside of the formally accepted geographical disciplines. A convenient label, but one which caused some controversy and mud slinging with the aforementioned formally accepted disciplines being labelled paleogeography … Continue reading
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Feb 11
Feb 11
Putting The Tube On The Grid; A Geeked Out Cartographical Recipe
Here’s a simple, cut-out-and-keep recipe for making a very geeked out update on a cartographical classic. First, take a classic and iconic map which appeals to both the map geek in you as well as the Tube geek in you. … Continue reading
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Jan 11
Jan 11
Just Because You Can Put Something On A Map …
A quick review through last year’s posts shows a fairly consistent theme of mine; that despite the absence of the map in many of today’s location services sometimes the map is the best way of simply presenting information in a … Continue reading
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Nov 10
Nov 10
Remapping The World By Population Size
From the department of cartographical curiosities comes this wonder; a map of the world but with the countries changed so that their population size corresponds to the size of each country. It’s a map of the world; but not as … Continue reading
