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• GORequest for iPhone the Government outreach mobil app
  GORequest for iPhone the Government outreach mobile app enables citizens to communicate with local governments and report items of concern… Nice
• Which Social location Checkin Services Locate You Accurately
  With so many different ways to check-in and share your location with colleagues and friends it's no wonder that selecting an app can be a challenge. This experiment test 11 apps including foursquare, yelp, gowalla, loopt and more

Does foursquare know where you are? Can GoWalla identify what shop you are near? Can Yelp really position you inside or near your favorite bar? With so many different ways to check-in and share your...

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A great video on the Ignite presentation format and how to tell a story… great advice not only on how to present but how to write a blog post or other online story - great stuff!

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New This Spring … GEOINT Community Week May 17-21 What was once Tech Days has grown over the past several years to include myriad events for the geospatial intelligence community. Previously...

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A message from ESRI about this month’s Dev Summit… David invites Java developers to attend the technical sessions and demo theaters on ArcGIS Java platform at the upcoming ESRI Devloper...

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GORequest for iPhone the Government outreach mobile app enables citizens to communicate with local governments and report items of concern… Nice!  About the app… See a pothole that needs...

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A little bit of fun showing off just a few of the cool, location-aware social things you can do with the iPhone 3GS or other smartphone (Android mobile or Symbian etc…) enjoy and turn up your...

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Naturally, us Geo geeks have known for a long time that location is key to any app… well, now the rest of the World seems to agree… great to see this kind of validation! Enjoy this vid...

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Another fine demo of an Augmented Reality enabled iPhone app being used by the progressive team at BART. Unlike other 2D apps, this application displays all lines of San Francisco Transit in 3D...

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Ever been to a PodCamp or similar un-conference? If not and you’re into community, sharing, learning, technology, social media, or just having a good time with some great people, think about...

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There’s no question that kids love Google Earth… heck, who wouldn’t? So, it follows that using Google Earth in the classroom is a fantastic learning tool. Here’s a resource...

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• Geo Social Location Checkin to Twitter from iPhone apps
  With the cool SXSW event taking place this week in Austin, TX, everyone who's anyone in social and social location seems to have rolled out updates this week including yelp, foursquare, gowalla, Tweetsii and more

Here’s the deal… Soon, you will be able to embed our Twitter Maps functionality into your own web site. This means you can be cool by having a Bing Map on your web site, blog, favorite...

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• ESRI Flex Map Viewer Shows Haiti Earthquake Locations
  This awesome ESRI Flex Map Viewer Shows Haiti Earthquake Locations served up via RSS feeds - interesting web service and very useful information - a fine app