Archive for January, 2008

  • 31 Jan

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    Google as Currency Converter

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    I want to know how many Euros 100 USD are? I knew that Google is porviding a currency converter on its web search, but I couldn’t remember how this works. Therefore I tried:

    My first attemp was: 100usd = ?eur

    Surprise, Surprise what was the result? This is the result:

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    Works straight forward, Well done. A little bit of semanic in there. I hope other this will also work so smoothly like that. For example a keyword like “locate” can switch from google search to google map search or so.

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  • 31 Jan

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    From the iPhone to the Nuviphone

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    Garmin Wednesday night surprised the cellphone industry by taking its own leap into smartphones. The Nuviphone aims both to compete with the iPhone as well as to bring Garmin’s experience with GPS navigation to the forefront. Almost entirely controlled by a 3.5-inch touchscreen interface, the device centers around its native GPS unit: in addition to straightforward navigation, a host of Google apps allow it to search for local businesses, check traffic, and view nearby weather. Any photos or videos taken with the built-in camera are automatically geotagged for positioning in location-based services.

    The GPS maker also seeks to improve on areas underserved by its current rival at Apple. In addition to Wi-Fi, the Nuviphone connects to the Internet through a 3G HSDPA connection with AT&T or other worldwide networks. This helps with multi-network instant messaging (including Google) and easy access to GMail, according to the company. It also supports MMS media messaging in addition to SMS texting.

    [electronista]

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  • 30 Jan

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    GeoNames – A Free GeoWebservice

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    GeoNames is a geographical data base freely available and accessible through various Web services, under a Creative Commons attribution license.

    The GeoNames database contains over 8,000,000 geographical names corresponding to over 6,500,000 unique features. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes. Beyond names of places in various languages, data stored include latitude, longitude, elevation, population, administrative subdivision and postal codes. All coordinates use the WGS84 system (World Geodetic System 1984). Those data are accessible free of charge through a number of Web services and a daily database export. The Web services include direct and reverse geocoding, finding places through postal codes, finding places next to a given place, and finding Wikipedia articles about neighbouring places.

    Each GeoNames feature is represented as a Web resource identified by a stable URI. This URI provides access, through content negotiation, either to the HTML wiki page, or to a RDF description of the feature, using elements of the GeoNames ontology. This ontology describes the GeoNames features properties using the Web Ontology Language, the feature classes and codes being described in the SKOS language. Through Wikipedia articles URL linked in the RDF descriptions, GeoNames data are linked to DBpedia data and other RDF Linked Data.

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    Desnsity Feature map. Bright areas indicates a high feature density for GeoNames. Dense regions are Bosnia Herzegowina (1.008 features per km²) , Germany (0.447), North Korea (0.318), Pakistan (0.154) and the east coast of the US.

    [www.geonames.org]

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  • 30 Jan

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    Macbook AirCraft

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    A lot of people have critizised the Macbook Air because of its lack of connectivity. For all those people there appeared a  new design study of Apple :-)

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    Here is everything onboard:

    • Superdrive
    • Floppydrive
    • 3x USB 2.0
    • 3x Firewire 400, 2x Firewire 800
    • iPod Shuffle
    • Ethernet
    • DVI Output

    [Mighty-Fighter]

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  • 29 Jan

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    ArcGIS and Webbrowsers

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    I could not believe my eyes, when I read this message in the official support center of ESRI, and ESRI schould be the largest software company for Desktop GIS Systems. Thats poor…

    The Message can also be seen here: http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techarticles.articleShow&d=34262

    Problem: ArcMap crashes periodically every half hour

    Article ID:
    34262
    Bug Id:
    N/A
    Software:
     ArcGIS – ArcEditor 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS – ArcInfo 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 ArcGIS – ArcView 8.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
    Platforms:
     Windows XP
    Description
    When Opera Web browser is installed on a system with ArcGIS this program often interferes with ArcGIS and causes it to systematically crash.
    Cause
    Opera Web browser is not supported by ArcGIS.
    Solution or Workaround
    Opera Web browser must be removed by the system.

     

     WARNING: The instructions below include making changes to your operating system. It is recommended that you backup your operating system and files, including the registry, before proceeding. Consult with a qualified computer systems professional, if necessary.
    ESRI cannot guarantee results from incorrect modifications while following these instructions. Therefore, use caution and proceed at your own risk.
    1. Close all programs running.
    2. Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
    3. Choose Opera Web browser > Remove.
    4. Restart machine and start ArcMAP. It should no longer crash.
    Created: 1/3/2008
    Last Modified: 1/28/2008

    [support.esri.com]

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  • 28 Jan

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    When Streetview goes to far…

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  • 23 Jan

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    ESRI Founder Jack Dangermond Predicts the Future of GIS

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    Any discussion about the present and future of the GIS industry is incomplete without perspective from the man some call the “Father of GIS,” Jack Dangermond. He and his wife, Laura, founded industry heavyweight ESRI in 1969.

    As interest in GIS grows and its applications are more frequently marketed to the general public, ESRI and its professional GIS tools may be approaching a crossroad. Below there is a small interview about the Future of GIS:

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    » Read the rest of the entry..

  • 16 Jan

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    That was Steve’s Keynote

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    On this video you can see the most important highlights of the MacWorld 2008 Keynote.

    This keynote didn’t contain any real big hits. The highlight was the Macbook Air, which was not really new. Eyeryone expected this thin subnotebook from apple. A little bit disappointing was that there was no traditionally “There is one more thing”. Also the stock market prize of Apple Inc. went down  about 10% right after the Keynote.

  • 14 Jan

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    There’s something in the air

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    This you can read on Apples Banners.

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    There are a lot of speculations about the new products presented on the World MacExpo 2008. According to the motto “There are something in the air”, many websites predict a new subnotebook called Macbook Air. But I think we will see all details tomorrow 6 p.m european time, when Mr. Jobs starts his keynode. I hope it will be on YouTube soon, but I think it will be also possible to see it live on apple.com

  • 13 Jan

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    NY Times Tech Videos by David Pogue

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    Tech and Humor is a combination that is seen to less. David Pouge manage this in a great way. Check out some of this best videos here.

    or this one,

    I also find this one funny

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