Joseph Kerski, part of Esri's education team had some interesting blog posts last week comparing the accuracy of GPS units to his smartphone and implications that might have for using the SmartPhone for academic purposes Recently I wrote about techniques to use photographs taken on a SmartPhone as hyperlinks to locations where you have collected field data using ArcGIS Online … [Read more...]
Your iPhone is Tracking You
O'Reilly Media published a story yesterday (on the penultimate day of its Where2.0 conference no less...) describing Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden's discovery of a hidden file on your iPhone and 3G iPad that keeps a running record of your device's whereabouts. The file, part of the iOS4 release, records both latitude/longitude and timestamps - making it possible to create a … [Read more...]
Penn State releases episode 3 of “Geospatial Revolution” series
A new episode of Penn State's "Geospatial Revolution" project was released today. With the tagline "the location of anything is becoming everything" the Geospatial Revolution series is produced by Penn State's public broadcasting group and described as an "an integrated public service media and outreach initiative about the world of digital mapping and how it is changing the … [Read more...]