Sunday 23 July 2006 by Edward.

Whether you go backpacking, surfing, cycling or snorkelling, this wrist-strapped camera (waterproof to about 20m) may be a great companion. GoPro sells this Digital Hero” camera for US$79.95.

Specifications: 32 10-sec video; 260+ 640×480 photos; 1 AAA battery; self-timer; USB no driver needed; PC 98SE/ME/2000/XP; Mac 9.1/10.1/10.2; auto-exposure

Roger A. Brooks Rule 21 “The Rule of ‘wow’ photography” states that ‘Photos are worth a thousand nights.’ Nothing sells tourism like great photography. Always have a camera ready. When you use photos, make sure you pick the best.

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Sunday 23 July 2006 by Edward.

GeoWeb2006
GeoWeb2006 is a conference “where the web meets GIS (Geographic Information Systems)”. The 5-day conference is held in Vancouver, British Columbia, and will have 13 1/2-day workshops, about 70 technical papers, keynote speakers, and a presentation of products and services. The conference would be of interest to those involved in location-based tourist products and services.

Selected papers at Geoweb2006

From mouse click to Camera Click
Davide Carboni and Stefano Sanna, software engineers, CRS4
CRS4 presents an application that allows on-the-road users to use their camera phone with GPS connected via bluetooth to capture images in a spot and immediately share them on the Web with their physical location and timestamp.
The Emergence of Open Source Geospatial Software
Geoff Zeiss, director of technology, Autodesk, Inc.
The years of 2005 and 2006 are a watershed for the geospatial sector because of the widespread recognition that geospatial has joined the IT mainstream.
vScribbling With a Purpose
David Russell and Chris Wolfe, LPA Systems
Frequently, the most effective way to facilitate communication is to “scribble” information on an image or map. With modern geospatial systems and Web technologies, appropriate standards ensure that these annotations can be communicated to the right people as quickly as possible.
Cell Phone Tracking Within 3-D Situational Awareness Systems
David Colleen, CEO, Planet 9 Studios
Through our work with the U.S. Army, we have developed a robust approach to the tracking of GPS cell phones, displayed within 3-D situational awareness systems. We will discuss how XML and X3D are central to our Web-based Earth visualization systems and strategies.
GeoRSS Adding Location to RSS Feeds
Raj Singh, director of the Interoperability Program, Open Geospatial Consortium
This talk will explain the geographic RSS encoding, GeoRSS 2.0, and will cover some emerging applications of the format in the real world.
Delivering the Right Report to the Right Audience
Phil Lee, executive vice president, TerraGo Technologies
TerraGo Technologies presents and demonstrates how GeoPDFs, “Delivers the Right Report to the Right Audience,” be it the CEO or the field service technician.
Building Online Geocollaborative Systems Using Open Standards
Ian Turton Pennsylvania State University, Alan MacEachren, Scott Pezanowski, and Brian Tomaszewski
The system presented allows users to share a map environment and to annotate maps for each other.

Selected Workshops at Geoweb2006

GOOGLE EARTH and KML
Michael Ashbridge

GOOGLE MASHUPS
Doug Ricket

INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL EARTH
Steve Milroy

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