TomTom & Google join forces to form GooGoo .

Some of the topics on the radar for the next Where 2.0 : http://en.oreilly.com/where2008/public/cfp/5 (to be held May 12-14, 2008 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott in Burlingame, California).

Triangulation of Hierarchical Hexagon Meshes (by using "triangle fans" as a basic feature of the triangle mesh) : Hexagons have emerged as a new discrete global grid (DGG) cell. Hexagon grids have advantages over rectangle and triangle grids: hexagon neighbors share an edge, and not a degenerate point; hexagon centers are equidistant, and don't vary with direction or latitude. There are many schemes to cover the globe with a hierarchical grid of hexagons.

Google Earth Lifespan Short?

The beauty of cartography : http://regainingparadise.wordpress.com/2007/04/16/the-beauty-of-cartography/

Quantum GIS : http://qgis.org/ is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows).

(Interview with Game Mapper) "Every city map I do from now on will have a little bit of Ptolus in it...."

(SEO/SEM Beginner's Guide) How To Name Your Blog Site And Domain URL

Artist Residency at the Royal Geographical Society : http://www.simeon-nelson.com/cryptosphere.html (London 2007) Via

Global Artists for Peace - 2008 Calendar & postcards

"The professional investor has no choice but to sit by quietly while the mob has its day, until the enthusiasm or panic of the speculators and non-professionals has been spent. He is not impatient, nor is he even in a very great hurry, for he is an investor, not a gambler or a speculator." - J. Paul Getty
"You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things." - Ken Kesey
"A map is the dead body of where you've been. A map is the unborn baby of where you're going." - Russell Hoban, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (London, Picador, 1974 p.121)
"I ain't often right, but I've never been wrong." - Jerry Garcia
"All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it." - Mark Twain