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My 7 Cool Things Of The Day - PointAbout, Blackberry JDE, MoneyLite, AndNav, Tweet O Day, and more!
Written by Glenn Letham
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Continuing on with the tradition, my new collection of 7 Cool things continues (thanks to the great feedback from the first piece!)… and so, enter my 7 Cool things for the day… enjoy!
iPhone App of the day - PointAbout, the 2009 Inauguration Guide - The application, introduced by Qorvis Communications, a strategic communications firm, and the law firm Patton Boggs, provides location-aware (GPS) information about all inaugural galas and events and delivers details in real time about where to eat, what Metro line to take, and how to find museums and other places in Washington, DC. See more http://blog.gisuser.com/?p=3356
Blackberry app of the day - New BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) and BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators -The developer tools include new versions of the BlackBerryr Javar Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) that enable the streamlined development of mobile applications, as well as desktop simulators for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones that accelerate mobile application testing. The new BlackBerry JDE versions and simulators are available as free downloads at www.blackberry.com/developers
S60 App of the day - MoneyLite -Symbian s60 ver.3 freeware application for personal expense tracking. With this app, users can always have up-to-date information on your financial situation, easily track your personal and business expenses, incomes and transfers and assign categories for the future finance activity analysis. See more http://www.lbszone.com/content/view/4094/2/
Google G1 (Android) App of the day - AndNav -The first mobile navigation system for the Google Android Platform. This project by Nicolas Gramlich uses maps from OpenStreetMap (OSM) and the range of OpenLS services provided by the OpenRouteService LBS platform (Routing, POI-Search, Geocoding/Reverse Geocoding, Accessibility analysis, AvoidAreas, etc) from Department of Geography, Chair of Cartography. University of Bonn (main developer Pascal Neis). See more at http://www.andnav.org/index.php/features
Tweet of the day - @2drinksbehind: whoever was on the left side exit row, god bless him, was johnny on the spot an.d instantly had the door open - people crowded out in a mass (RT @BreakingNewsOn Boeing 737 has crashed near DIA)
Twitter Add-on of the day - Brightkit - If you own or manage several Twitter profiles (for example, I have @gletham, @gisuser, @lbszone, and @symbianone) then Brightkit is for you as it does an amazing job to help consolidate all your Twitter accounts in one handy place. From the dashboard you can send a new tweet, browse replies sent to you etc.. all without having to login in and out of your various user profiles… handy! See http://brightkit.com/
Free GIS Data Pick of the day - 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles from US Census Bureau -The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracts containing selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGERr (Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database. See more details here
Special mention… something I heard that I simply can’t believe… from a recent industry research report by IDC “Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009, Says IDC”
2009 International ESRI User Conference - July 13–17, 2009, at the San Diego Convention Center in California - ESRI customers across the globe are invited to attend the world's largest gathering of GIS professionals. If you have ESRI UC related news, details of a presentation, special event, contest, SIG or ? be sure to send details to press at gisuser.com so we can help spread the word!
GISuser Spotlight... Twitter clients for the Google G1 and Android mobile smart phones - I’m currently using the G1 as my main/only mobile device - it’s a perfect time for such a challenge because I’m also traveling and away from the office so there are always hiccups and glitches that can occur under such circumstances - a perfect time for a test!
The 2009 NAVTEQ LBS Challenge a look at the semi finalists, the Winning apps, and the LBSzone picks! At the CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas, NAVTEQ held the award ceremonies for their 6th LBS Challenge, a competition designed to stimulate interest in location services and encourage developers to create innovative location-aware applications. We look at the state of LBS, the TOP apps, the winners, and our own top picks!
Economic Stimulus Project areas that may create GIS/Geo Tech Opportunities - Like many of you, we haven't really had time to go through the entire 1,071 page Detailed List of Spending - you can view and download the entire document at ProRepublica. We did take a little time, however, to go through this fine summary.
ESRI Business GIS Summit, July 12-15, 2009 · San Diego, CA - This combination provides an unprecedented opportunity to learn how GIS addresses today's business challenges. If you're interested in business GIS as a manager, executive, or user, there's no better event to attend.vealed.
ESRI International User Conference, July 13-17, 2009 · San Diego, CA - ESRI customers across the globe are invited to register to attend the world's largest gathering of GIS professionals.
Webinar: Google Earth For Your Government Agency - Join Google and DLT an informative webinar on Tuesday, June 30th from 2-3 ET to learn more about how the Google Earth Enterprise solution is helping government agencies to collaborate, and take faster, more informed action.
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