Monthly Archives: May 2009

Virtual Tour Guide with Personality

Posted on May 18, 2009 by admin

Rob Pooley gave a talk at the BCS Edinburgh branch about producing a handheld virtual guide.  This has the ability to download tours, upload text and images, and to adapt the presentation to the user’s ratings of the information provided.  … Continue reading →

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First iPhone App

Posted on May 9, 2009 by admin

Hi guys this is a workshop i’m giving with Jen Southern at FutureSonic next week… http://www.socialtechsummit.org/jenSouthernAndChrisSpeed it uses a small iPhone App coded by Jochen from Informatics… http://www.comob.org.uk

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GPS and APRS

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

Stumbled across this interesting post as an alternative to using smart phones.  Using radio networks rather than phones to relay GPS information, it’s like a CB version of twitter.

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Victorian Town Plans Overlays

Posted on May 2, 2009 by admin

Ian found this at the National Library of Scotland Victorian town plans top satellite views Elgin satellite and town plan layers. List of town plans with overlays The latest feature in their online maps series makes it easy to contrast … Continue reading →

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