Much discussion online today about a new, high resolution update for much of Google Maps but I can't help noticing - there are still almost no cities or anything else beyond national boundries for much of Africa. That's embarrassing when you're trying to set up an international map and you realize you've chosen a tool that represents Africa as a largely undifferentiated mass.
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GeoSpatial Semantic Web Blog
This looks fascinating!
500 Friendfeed Rooms
A list of 500 "rooms" in FriendFeed.com, some of them very active sharing spaces regarding particular topics.
Etsy :: The Storque :: Search: getting started in v
Bre is doing a great series for Etsy on how to get started in producing video for the web. Looks very useful and interesting.
Voices.com Launches An API for Voice Talent
Fascinating niche case for an API - read write access to voice over talent database, which btw is stored on S3. An API on an API!
OAuth Support at SmugMug
Score one more win for oAuth! The list of supporting sites is small - but this is a good one to ad to it!
NICAR
National Institute of Computer Assisted Reporting - hot damn! I can't wait to dig into this organization!
Boy Genius Report
A good blog about mobile, new to me but Corvida from SheGeeks.net recommends it.
Open Symbian: good news for content providers - news - www.mobile-ent.biz
Less fragmentation going forward, but it'll take two years for the 'Open Symbian' to mature. Content providers have reacted positively to news that No...
Linux kernel developers: Say no to closed-source modules | InfoWorld | News | 2008-06-23 | By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service
More than 135 Linux kernel developers are protesting vendors that create closed-source code modules for the kernel
Submit Your Entry Now for Extend Firefox 3!
Great chance to get some distribution in the Firefox plug-in community.
News from Burmese blogger "Niknayman"
November 2nd, 2006 at
AFRICA - What about Mexico - Google maps has nothing there either and that is their southern border.