Hard to Believe 400 Years Ago This Happened
Clearly I’ve been blogging for a long time, hard to believe this happened just over 400 years ago.
Google best clean this stuff up. I’ve gone ahead and “reported” the problem so hopefully it will be removed here soon, but how can one build routing and other online apps on an API that has data which is so inconsistent? I guess it is up to the community to fix Google’s maps for them.
400 years is a long time and I’m glad Google was able to get this cleaned up. I can only hope it doesn’t take Apple that long so my son can enjoy a working maps application on his iPhone before he dies.
Truman Rain
It’s been a rough couple weeks for Apple
Hard to Believe 400 Years Ago This Happened
Clearly I’ve been blogging for a long time, hard to believe this happened just over 400 years ago.
Google best clean this stuff up. I’ve gone ahead and “reported” the problem so hopefully it will be removed here soon, but how can one build routing and other online apps on an API that has data which is so inconsistent? I guess it is up to the community to fix Google’s maps for them.
400 years is a long time and I’m glad Google was able to get this cleaned up. I can only hope it doesn’t take Apple that long so my son can enjoy a working maps application on his iPhone before he dies.
Truman Rain
It’s been a rough couple weeks for Apple
The One Where Paul Ramsey Says Spatial Is Special
Paul, Madeline and I talk about the origins of PostGIS, why databases have spatial extensions, PostSQL and Paul saying Spatial is Special!
UPDATE: Sadly this video has gone missing. Google deleted it and it’s been lost to the world. Bad Google!
IRC Log is on the WeoGeo Video page.
The One Where Paul Ramsey Says Spatial Is Special
Paul, Madeline and I talk about the origins of PostGIS, why databases have spatial extensions, PostSQL and Paul saying Spatial is Special!
UPDATE: Sadly this video has gone missing. Google deleted it and it’s been lost to the world. Bad Google!
IRC Log is on the WeoGeo Video page.
Merging Data From Multiple Sources Is Hard
Remember this from a couple weeks ago? I exposed it as hogwash, but one of the statements rings true, but not in the way Google intended during that interview. Says Brian McClendon;
“Merging data from multiple sources of truth is hard,” he said, “and mapping is the best example of that.”
Now he was digging at OpenStreetMap and the millions of “multiple sources” that that community has. But take that quote out of context and apply it to Apple. Rings a bit true, doesn’t it?
Pulp-Point
Merging Data From Multiple Sources Is Hard
Remember this from a couple weeks ago? I exposed it as hogwash, but one of the statements rings true, but not in the way Google intended during that interview. Says Brian McClendon;
“Merging data from multiple sources of truth is hard,” he said, “and mapping is the best example of that.”
Now he was digging at OpenStreetMap and the millions of “multiple sources” that that community has. But take that quote out of context and apply it to Apple. Rings a bit true, doesn’t it?
Pulp-Point