Spatial Dynamics

Yesterday, Microsoft joined Amazon and Google and unveiled its cloud computing program called Windows Azure that runs and stores subscriber’s data and programs on its computer-server farms.
As cloud computing evolves, it will allow device and location independence; users will be able to access their personal data and application regardless of where they are or what [...]

Yesterday, Germany-based RapidEye AG released the first images from its 5-satellite constellation. Each of the dishwasher-sized satellites contain identical 5-meter resolution, 5-band multispectral sensors and travel on the same orbital plane, allowing for a unique combination of large area coverage, high spatial resolution and the possibility of daily revisit the capability of imaging any point [...]

Since geographic data is stuck in countless places throughout the web in both public and private organizations, there is an unique opportunity to allow for easier sharing of spatial datasets. There are countless possibilities for bridging the world of traditional GIS with the Web 2.0 world of wikis, blogs, mashups, and syndicated communication.
A great example [...]

“History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes.”
-  Mark Twain
The nascent competition between the iPhone and the Android OS is reminiscent of the (eventually) lopsided battle between Apple and Microsoft in the 1980’s to be the dominant software platform for PCs.
Presently, Apple and Google appear to have entirely different philosophies regarding their smartphones: Apple tends to practice [...]