October 16, 2009

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    All Things Location Friday | October 16, 2009

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Top Stories

Developers Already Using Google Parcel Data

Brian Flood has already built a Mapplet that takes advantage of Google's parcel data, if only as a graphic layer. He explains how he did it in the comments. This could be a look into the crystal ball.


Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy

This report, commissioned by Land Information New Zealand, the New Zealand Department of Conservation, and the Ministry of Economic Development New Zealand, was released in April 2009. It shows that in 2008, the use and re-use of spatial information is estimated to have added $1.2 billion in productivity-related benefits to the New Zealand economy. The executive summary is reprinted here, with a link to the full 153 page report.


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off the beaten path

Earlier this month we featured a Tweet-tracking site, Trendsmap. Here is yet another. Trend Tracker (a Web-based application from Palm Pre) charts tweets on the trend activity chart and maps them as well. Click for larger image.

Trend Tracker



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