Blog Detail
Geospatial Semantic Web Blog
http://www.geospatialsemanticweb.com
On the cross-fertilization of geospatial and semantic web technology
- Added on: Dec 14th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Technology Internet Computers
- Tags: events applications research web services semantic web maps and mashups
Recent Posts
Google’s new Digg-like search page
Google is experimenting a new search interface that is very similar to which of Digg. Users can vote and comment on search results — watch this video. I like the idea that users can customize and influence how results are displayed, but also I&...
Eye-Fi: the ultimate SD memory card
I dreamed of designing a new digital camera that knows my location when I take pictures. Since then, few products have showed up in the market. But, none of them is as sexy as this new product called Eye-Fi. It’s an SD memory card with built-in...
Search engine paradigm shift
Search engines are essential to the success of the Web. Without search engines, our Internet experience would be crippled. Recently Ian Hendry wrote a blog post that speculates the usefulness of the search engines in the near future. He thinks that s...
Geohash for spatial index and search
Geohash is a new algorithm for encoding latitude and longitude coordinates. Given a pair of lat/long coordinates (e.g., 42.6 -5.6) as the input, the algorithm produces a string output that is the Geohash encoding of the coordinates (e.g., ezs42). Why...
Using Wii Fit to cruise around Google Earth
Mattieu Deru and Simon Bergweiler at DFKI demonstrate the use of Wii Balance Board as an input device to Google Earth. The application they developed is written in C#. It’s pretty amazing what one can do with Wii controllers....
Structured data representation of financial data
The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission recently proposed a timetable requiring 500 of the largest public companies to begin filling their financial data using XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). Why XBRL? Instead of publishing financial...
