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Yahoo's Fire Eagle Out of Beta

Posted: September 8th, 2008, 10:12pm CEST by Satri

Tags: Yahoo

This is a 1-month old news item (still catching up this summer's valuable geonews to share). Introduced late last year, Yahoo's service for geolocation named Fire Eagle is not out of beta. The best coverage I found is on the GEB and APB. Read their entries to learn more. From the APB entry: "I personally think most people don't understand that Fire Eagle alone does nothing. To use it, you need to hook up apps that determine your location (like those on your phone/laptop/etc. - and pay attention to how they use your location data) and then to apps that you want to use your location data (like for finding local restaurants, etc. - and pay attention to how they use your location data). Yahoo sits in between and brokers the information. I think it's a great way to manage location information and privacy as you can turn off or fuzz up data from the collection side before its passed on the use the data side." See also the Yahoo! Internet Location Platform announced last May.
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GeoEye-1 Successfully Launched and Spot Image

Posted: September 8th, 2008, 9:16pm CEST by Satri

Tags: satellites_sensors

An update on the GeoEye-1 high-resolution satellite, it has been successfully launched. From the press release: "Matthew O'Connell, GeoEye chief executive officer, said, "Later this fall, we will start providing high-resolution color imagery of the Earth from our newest satellite to customers around the globe. The imagery from GeoEye-1 adds to the quantity and quality of that currently provided by our IKONOS satellite, and together this magnificent constellation will enable us to meet world-wide customer demand."" Not directly related but interesting, the GEB informs us that Spot Image have become a Google Earth Enterprise Partner, this is not surprising.
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Bibliography on Participatory GIS and Community Mapping

Posted: September 8th, 2008, 4:51pm CEST by Satri

Tags: article_reviews

Dr. Michael K. McCall wrote to share his just released bibliography on participatory GIS and community mapping filled with precious up-to-date references. The first document is 30-pages long and named "PGIS, PPGIS and P-Mapping in the Urban Context: References", while the second one is 131-pages long and named "Applying Participatory-GIS and Participatory Mapping to Participatory Spatial Planning (in particular to Local–level Land & Resources Management) utilising Local & Indigenous Spatial Knowledge: A Bibliography". The two pdf files can be temporarily found here, once removed, please refer to the websites below or contact Dr. McCall directly. Here's the summary he provided by email: "The bibliography on Participatory GIS / Community Mapping - "pgis-psp-lsk" - focusses on applying local spatial knowledge to participatory / community mapping and PGIS, mainly in the natural resource management / community development field (incuding topics such as local spatial knowledge, resource & land tenure, conflict analysis and disaster risk management) and with an emphasis on South countries. It covers about 2000 items from published and grey literature, reports, websites, etc. The shorter 'Urban PGIS' bibliography likewise focusses on South cities and settlements'. They are Word files but can be searched by keywords. I would always appreciate any contributions to them. They are works continually-in-progress. New versions will get uploaded irregularly on to the IAPAD website and will be found here. We are working on finding a home for them where they can be more frequently updated. I would also invite those interested to sign up to the extensive discussion group on PGIS at [www.ppgis.net] We mentioned PPGIS in the past (but not recently), see related stories below.
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