At CAAUK last week there was some discussion of Adobe PDF files being used to archive and disseminate information, and the dangers of using what is still a proprietary format. It looks like that’s about to change. Whilst going through my RSS feeds this morning, a story on TechCrunch stood out. Adobe are going to [...]
Archive | January, 2007
Yahoo Tag Maps
Yahoo have just released a service called TagMaps, allowing you to display a tag cloud of the most interesting terms attached to geotagged Flickr photos on an interactive map. TagMaps are a new way to visualize text on geographic maps. TagMaps can be used to communicate key characteristics of location-based data in an easy-to-understand way. [...]
Archaeology Podcasting Statistics
Just 4 months after publishing the success of Wessex Archaeology‘s Archaeocast, which had just seen 20,000 downloads, a check of the server logs shows 35,414 complete downloads of the podcast to date. That’s not bad going considering how rarely I get a chance to record them. It demonstrates, even in what is still only a [...]
Download English Heritage audio guides
English Heritage have introduced a new section to their website called “Free Sites Unlocked“, which provides audio tours for mp3 download. The tours are for their free sites (hence the imaginative name), adding a new dimension to unstaffed sites where the only information is via traditional interpretation panels, which can only incorporate a limited amount [...]
Arun Visualisation image featured by E-On Software
One of the stills I produced as part of the Arun Visualisation has been used by E-On Software to showcase their excellent EcoSystems Generation II instancing feature. Vue was used extensively for the animation, as well as 3ds Max, AutoCAD, XFrog, and numerous GIS and imaging packages. It’s one of my favourite images, and I [...]
