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Jun 11

The Opposite Of Geolocation Is … Relocation?

Posted on 4th June 2011 by Gary

First a disclaimer; there’s one elsewhere on this blog but this post merits another. I used to work for Yahoo! as part of the Geo Technologies group. I now work for Nokia as part of their Location group. The opinions … Continue reading →

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Dec 10

The Delicious Debacle And My Dependence On The Cloud

Posted on 21st December 2010 by Gary

About 6 months ago, when I announced that after 4 years I was leaving Yahoo! to join Nokia I wrote … So whilst I’m going to Nokia, I’ll continue to use my core set of Yahoo! products, tools and APIs … Continue reading →

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Jun 10

When Maps and Data Collide They Produce … Art?

Posted on 1st June 2010 by Gary

Last month I wrote that a map says as much about the fears, hopes, dreams and prejudices of its target audience as it does about the relationship of places on the surface of the Earth. With the benefit of hindsight … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Phi, Lambda and (Slightly Embarassing) Temporality

Posted on 17th March 2010 by Gary

Longitude and latitude have been formally used as a geographic coordinate system offset from the Greenwich Meridian since the International Meridian Conference of 1884 in Washington D.C. As a spatial coordinate system, longitude (abbreviated as φ, or phi) and latitude ( λ, … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Creative Commons in Action

Posted on 16th March 2010 by Gary

I take a lot of photos, most of which end up on my Flickr photo stream. While some of them are taken with a proper camera  (though some would say that my Lumix FX12 isn’t a proper camera), most of … Continue reading →

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