Slashgeo

Here's several geospatial-related stories which may interest you. I generally try to avoid such disparate mashup of stories but that's my way of catching up interesting August stories which haven't been discussed on Slashgeo. Let's start with this nice SRTM relief mashup with Google Maps from this list from the FGT blog. Then there's testing of no-GPS navigation systems roadsigns in the U.K., along with a fake trap street on a published map to unleash plagiarists. Then there's the license disagreement between the Ordnance Survey and Google regarding London 3D data integration into Google Earth. There's an entry about Google paying independent contractors to update local business info. In this press release, you'll learn about an emergency messenger and personal tracker which allows users to summon help from virtually anywhere on the planet. Then there's a new NASA UAV which will map forest fires and pipe the results to Google Earth, Slashdot also runs a story on UAV (unmanned aerial vehicules) and national security. Here's the first official Vietnam webmapping tool. Here's an interesting analysis on the human sensor web and the crowdsourcing phenomena. A long post on map mashups and webmapping, after the last Mashup Camp meeting. And finally, a short post on Russia's GLONASS GPS system gaining momentum and India's involvement.