Andrew Turner
About: I'm a Neogeographer, Automator, Writer, Photographer, Scuba Diver, Curler - these are just a few of my favorite things... (cue chorus)
Interested in promoting easy to use geospatial standards such as GeoRSS, GeoJSON, OpenSearch-Geo, and Microformats. Develop tools such as GeoPress, Mapstraction, and Mapufacture.
Enabling serendipitous events and local knowledge. Ambient information for when you're transient.
Talks Andrew Is Giving
Blog Posts
State of Transit Routing
--Jim Stogdill and I had a conversation a week ago about the new iPhone 2.2 firmware that includes walking directions as well as similar projects in ...
Where2.0 Proposals ending on Monday
--It’s been mentioned elsewhere - but wanted to remind you to work on your Where2.0 proposals over the US Thanksgiving Holiday. They are due on...
Flat Maps are not Hyper
--A week ago the New York Times ran an interesting opinion article on the new NYC interactive map. I’m sure it’s been discussed elsewhere...
Does the OpenDatabase License need CC style Modules?
--In the OpenStreetMap community there is a known problem with the applicability of Creative Commons licensing to geographic data. The CC licenses ar...
FortiusOne is hiring - help build GeoCommons
--Excited about the GeoWeb? Want to help build the next generation social mapping tools and work on some really awesome technology? The GeoCommons te...
Apps for Democracy ending - need a quick mashup?
--The Apps for Democracy innovation content that I talked about previously is ending this week. There have been 15 submissions so far, with probably ...
Bookmarks:
QBrew - open-source homebrewing software
Homebrewer's recipe calculator. I needed one so I wrote one. Use this to formulate recipes for ales, lagers and stouts. It also includes a brewing primer for those just starting out in the homebrewing hobby. QBrew builds and runs under Linux, Unix (BSD, Solaris, etc), Mac OSX and Windows.
iPeng - the iPhone Plugin for SqueezeCenter | Penguin Loves Music
The Shape of Song
What does music look like? The Shape of Song is an attempt to answer this seemingly paradoxical question. The custom software in this work draws musical patterns in the form of translucent arches, allowing viewers to see--literally--the shape of any composition available on the Web. The resulting images reflect the full range of musical forms, from the deep structure of Bach to the crystalline beauty of Philip Glass.
SharpMap - Geospatial Application Framework for the CLR - Home
SharpMap is an easy-to-use mapping library for use in web and desktop applications. It provides access to many types of GIS data, enables spatial querying of that data, and renders beautiful maps. The engine is written in C# and based on the .Net 2.0 framework. SharpMap is released under GNU Lesser General Public License.
Glossary — MapServer 5.2.1 documentation
Good glossary of Geospatial formats terminology
Sinatra: 29 Links and Resources For A Quicker, Easier Way to Build Webapps
Andrew's Network
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Sara Winge (mutual) friend |
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Brady Forrest (mutual) friend |
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Mark J. Levitt (mutual) friend |
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Tony Stubblebine friend |
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Mikel Maron (mutual) friend |
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Lane Becker (mutual) friend |