Tag Archives: mapping

General Election

  Context The Great British Economy Disaster by John Lanchester in the London Review of Books   Visualisation Election diagram: deficit cuts compared by party  Datablog Information is Beautiful   5 Great Mapping Apps to Help You Track the UK General Election Resourceshelf   Tools Vote Match is designed to help you with determining your voting [...]
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OpenStreetMap

Public transport layers on German open street map Also covers UK, scroll.   PDF maps from #OSM: make your own TownGuide   Discussion on local data and open database license as used by Mappa-Mercia   Open Layers: free maps for the web http://www.openlayers.org/ V 2.9   Mapitude Birmingham #OSM workshop. OpenStreetMap for web developers workshop day [...]
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OS VectorMap data available

Ordnance Survey just released VectorMap District, no announcement because of the election OS Open data download page
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Ordnance Survey open data

OS OpenData products available from 1 April 2010 as an on-line service at www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata inc 1.7m postcodes   Ordnance Survey data! On data.gov.uk!   Guardian: Ordnance Survey launches free downloadable maps   Ordnance Survey Open Data licence no restriction on derived works   Ordnance Survey OS opendata maps: what does it actually include? Datablog   [...]
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October #5

ArchiveBFI partners with Blinkbox to broadcast classic British films online New Media AgeJISC Report: Digitisation of special collections: Mapping, assessment, prioritisation How are we to know that digitisation is serving the needs of the Higher Education community and is sustainable in the long-term? Resource Shelf ConsultationsDigital Engagement is Everyone’s Job Dextrous webLet’s talk about Government [...]
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October #4

DefamationBirmingham Post Birmingham law firm to pursue online defamation Digital BritainDissecting ‘The Economic Case for Digital Inclusion’ Ian CuddyAn extended look at Lord Mandelson’s IP announcement at C&binet Paid Content Freedom of InformationAll FOI requests to this site now categorised Whatdotheyknow Google docsNow Exportable in Office and Open Office formats RWW LobbyingCivil servants fight off [...]
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October #1

ArchiveLegal delays have blown a hole in UK’s digital heritage GuardianJournalismYouTube Video: Clay Shirky on Internet Issues Facing Newspapers from Berkman Centre for Internet & SocietyArs Technica summarizes the Knight Commission report on serving the news needs of local communities local newsRoy Greenslade: Local news start-ups need professional input Guardian Freedom of InformationRight to inspect [...]
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September #1

Cloud ComputingCory Doctorow: ‘ the main attraction of the cloud to investors and entrepreneurs is the idea of making money from you, on a recurring, perpetual basis, for something you currently get for a flat rate or for free without having to give up the money or privacy that cloud companies hope to leverage into [...]
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August #2

Downloading Annual University of Hertfordshire survey on music consumption. Two views: Trade body UK Music, who fund the survey “Music consumption in 14-24 year olds is complex, latest survey reveals” UK Music Torrentfreak “14-24 year olds pirate 8,000 music tracks each” Torrentfreak   Digital Britain Programme for the delivery of actions in the DB White [...]
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