Tag Archives: licensing


May 11

The Cloud May Be About To Get Stormy

If you read the technical media and the blogosphere, we’re all on an inexorable march towards The Cloud. No-one seems exactly sure what The Cloud is, but we’re going there. As I wrote in a previous post, I use a … Continue reading

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Oct 10

Talking GeoBabel In Three Cities (And Then Retiring It)

You’re invited to speak at a conference. Great. The organisers want a talk title and abstract and they want it pretty much immediately. Not so great; mind goes blank; what shall I talk about; help! With this in mind, my … Continue reading

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Dec 09

Geographic and Transport Data; a Tale of Capricousness, Whimsy and Downright Insanity

The industry I work in thrives on data; we consume loads of the stuff and in turn we generate petabytes of it. I’m talking about data in general, not the geographic, mapping or place data that I usually write about. … Continue reading

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Jul 09

Deliciousness: data, licensing, WordPress autosaves, cheese in space and lots of Nutella

More intriguing, interesting and just plain bonkers stuff from the information hose pipe we call the internet: Starting off with a serious note, Ed Parsons, my opposite number at Google, wrote a great blog post on the knots that data … Continue reading

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