Archive for May, 2006

Round-tripping geocodes from Flickr to Google Maps

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

I love Flickr. I love Google Maps. Like a lot of people, I’d like to combine my love for these two tools by accurately geocoding my photos and then being able to see where geocoded photos were actually taken. I was frustrated that all the tools to do this either required GPS equipped devices, or […]

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Mapping Australia - spoilt for choice?

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Just a few months ago, Australians had no ‘new generation’ web street maps, now we’ve got three!

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Get on your bikely!

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Thanks to treadly for the heads-up. This is a really neat little tool. Bikely allows you to map your bicycle route as a google map overlay. It’s so easy, admittedly, I have a very short commute (5.5km.), but it only took me a few mintues to map it on bikely.
It would be nice if you […]

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franco cozzo’s big incentive

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

From the ‘Moreland Leader’ newspaper, May 22, 2006. Franco Cozzo is threatening to give each socceroo a limited edition ‘Venziano’ bed if Australia wins the world cup. How can they lose?
I’m sure, his heart is in the right place, though if you’re familiar with him spruiking his furniture on tv, you’d realise he’s always got […]

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Google Maps street maps for Australia and New Zealand!

Friday, May 19th, 2006

From Google Maps Mania, I was alerted to the (as usual) unheralded release of new content in Google Maps. This time, it’s maps for us and the kiwis.
The maps are excellent in coverage and detail though the hybrid view shows up a little bit of inaccuracy in my suburb at least, though this is not […]

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tatty going in circles

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Kittens are cute. This one goes around and around in circles.

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the enlightenment?

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

How long is this Vatican Astronomer going to keep his job? He is quoted by Scotsman.com, dismissing Creationism as ‘a kind of paganism’ and Papal infallability as a “PR Disaster”. In fact, he makes a lot of sense, as opposed to the Creationists, who tend to make very little sense. Found via Boing Boing

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