Flickr, KML, and a stroll down memory lane.

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

Jones, aka “Seer” …Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:12:03 +0100From: Rev Dan Catt <revdancatt@gmail.com>To: seer@xxxxxxxx.xxxSubject: Google Maps and Keyhole AuthenticationHi Seer,Hope you can help and point me to the right person or forum to askthis in. I noticed in the latest Google Maps update that there seemsto be a keyhole authentication key.Do you know who/where is the right person/place is to ask about this?I run geobloggers and want to see if I can use the latest updateswhile not breaking too many rules :)What I’m really looking for is a closely alligned to Google discussiongroup, that talks about the maps side of the site, so I can keep an eyeout for where and when to ask such questions. But I have no idea whereto start (apart from here) as I see no obvious discussion place.I understand that you may not be able to help at all, but I thoughtI’d give it a go.Thanks in advanceDan.While the emails bounced went back and forth I hacked around with Keyhole for a bit.

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Am, At, Google Developer Day 2007

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

Goodness knows why ;-) but I’ll be following the “Developing with Geo” stream.Anybody know the best way to the San Jose Convention Center by 9am without a car and then how to get back from the Google Campus at 9pm?Oh, or just meet up for a chat, drop me a line.See you there.

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Eyes on the World, California USA: pole field

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

Taken in Palo Alto, California by Jef Poskanzer

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The State of the Map, OSM Conference

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

Maps and data you can download, use, all without rate limits or money.Ed Parsons is speaking, yes the Ed Parsons from Google, yes, that Google…. Even if he doesn’t link back from his images on his blog to Flickr.Others I can totally recommend going there just so you can corner them and ask them lots of questions are; Mikel Maron, Tim Waters, William Cartwright and Andrew Turner.

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Garmin Publishes API, developer site and other non-Mac based stuff.

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

However I find this interesting because I’m a bit of a Garmin fan and heck I’m a bit of a API fan too.Garmin® Publishes API Library and Opens Communication Between Third Party Websites and Garmin GPS Devices, which is the usual blah blah stuff.Yet, we have the Device Communications bit, which, once the user has downloaded the Garmin Plugin allows websites to pull and push data to a connected GPS unit, see ‘ere…. The theory goes that the Garmin Plugin could pick up the geotagging from the GeoPressMT Plugin and allow the user to download the location of the blogpost to a GPS unit.The part I’m not so impressed about is the “cross-platform” part of this…”Allow visitors, who have the free cross-platform/browser Garmin Communicator plugin installed on their computer to transfer waypoint, route, track log, fitness and map data between their Garmin device and your website.”…which is cross-platform if you exclude the Mac (and linux etc.).

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Pssst, wanna subscribe to San Francisco or London?

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/US/CA/San+Francisco?format=rss_200http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/GB/England/London?format=rss_200Now you’re on your own.

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Eyes on the World, Gemeinde Marl: HBBK-Treppe

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

Taken in Gemeinde Marl by threedots

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Eyes on the World: USA

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

Taken in Austin, Texas by pusgums

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Where I is and where I isn’t…

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

I is…At the Maker Faire this Sunday on the Flickr bit of the Yahoo!… 2pm to 4pm is my shift, although I’ll be there someplace with Mrs Catt and the Kittens taking in the sites beforehand.

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Yahoo maps gets another facelift.

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Reverend Dan Catt

The new tiles set has been working for us in our dev environment for a while now so I’m used to seeing them…. I don’t think anywhere that didn’t have mapping data before has it now, i.e. Tokyo is still incredibly sparse, just that the maps have been improved somewhat.

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