Comments for The Fiducial Mark http://www.fiducialmark.com Thoughts on location, product management, and social media technologies. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Web-based CAD With Project Butterfly by Drew http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/02/01/web-based-cad-with-project-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Drew Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:29:59 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=211#comment-153 Good question – I think it will push the envelope and potentially apply pressure for a lot of the heavy desktop geospatial applications. I see Project Butterfly as a proof of concept for what could be possible for a SaaS alternative to legacy desktop apps. While the focus of Project Butterfly is CAD, it is easy to imagine a similar web-based system in the context of GIS and Remote Sensing applications. <a href="#comment-125" rel="nofollow">@Emily </a> Good question – I think it will push the envelope and potentially apply pressure for a lot of the heavy desktop geospatial applications. I see Project Butterfly as a proof of concept for what could be possible for a SaaS alternative to legacy desktop apps. While the focus of Project Butterfly is CAD, it is easy to imagine a similar web-based system in the context of GIS and Remote Sensing applications.
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]]> Comment on Haiti Earthquake Mapping by Karina http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/01/14/haiti-earthquake-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Karina Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:24:52 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=147#comment-143 Hi , CatONG is using and working in the field with QGIS. It is true that integration is quite easy and the OSM integration is awesome. but we need good and reliable connection that is not always available in the field. the community is really important for generating baseline dataset, after humanitarians could work with there own data for planning purposes. For information CartONG is providing training and dataset (french and english) http://www.cartong.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=103〈=en the update of the booklet will be released soon end of January, integrating latest tools/ plugin from 'mimas' and 'enceladus' Hi , CatONG is using and working in the field with QGIS.

It is true that integration is quite easy and the OSM integration is awesome. but we need good and reliable connection that is not always available in the field.

the community is really important for generating baseline dataset, after humanitarians could work with there own data for planning purposes.

For information CartONG is providing training and dataset (french and english) http://www.cartong.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=103〈=en the update of the booklet will be released soon end of January, integrating latest tools/ plugin from ‘mimas’ and ‘enceladus’

]]> Comment on The Trouble With Location-Based Social Media… by Amy http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/01/19/the-trouble-with-location-based-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Amy Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:38:07 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=187#comment-127 Your comparison of location-based social media systems makes me think of classified ads. As far as the locked in environments go, I'm sure that is only a business rule to encourage a higher concentration of users and thus a better experience. For instance, a the classified ads for a local alternative/independent news paper encourages a more cultured and tight nit community than that of a city/state wide paper. The locked in environments would also allow for better crowd moderation, thus enhancing the clusters of population. For example, craigslist was very exclusive to San Fransisco back in 1995. Now it's a hit all over the shop. If the released a worldwide craigslist to begin with, it probably wouldn't be so popular today. That being said, there's nothing that stopped e-bay from exploding on to the scene, apart from good marketing and branding. The amount of people who are comfortable with location-based social media is a small fraction. Its my belief that it will continue to be a niche for a while, and will take time to absolve the problems you've written about. Good to see you blogging again! Your comparison of location-based social media systems makes me think of classified ads.

As far as the locked in environments go, I’m sure that is only a business rule to encourage a higher concentration of users and thus a better experience. For instance, a the classified ads for a local alternative/independent news paper encourages a more cultured and tight nit community than that of a city/state wide paper.

The locked in environments would also allow for better crowd moderation, thus enhancing the clusters of population. For example, craigslist was very exclusive to San Fransisco back in 1995. Now it’s a hit all over the shop. If the released a worldwide craigslist to begin with, it probably wouldn’t be so popular today. That being said, there’s nothing that stopped e-bay from exploding on to the scene, apart from good marketing and branding.

The amount of people who are comfortable with location-based social media is a small fraction. Its my belief that it will continue to be a niche for a while, and will take time to absolve the problems you’ve written about.

Good to see you blogging again!

]]> Comment on Web-based CAD With Project Butterfly by Emily http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/02/01/web-based-cad-with-project-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Emily Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=211#comment-125 What do you think it means for geospatial? What do you think it means for geospatial?

]]> Comment on The Trouble With Location-Based Social Media… by Amy http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/01/19/the-trouble-with-location-based-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Amy Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:05:28 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=187#comment-89 There are a number of other location sharing applications, as well. I call them the "first generation:" BrightKite, Loopt, Shizzow, among others. Google even has Latitude. It's exciting times, but indeed overwhelming. I'm getting three notifications on my iPhone now when some friends, who are on all the services, check in at each one. Ouch. There is a universal check-in system, called FireEagle, made by Yahoo. It pre-dates many of the location sharing applications, but few have implemented it. There are a number of other location sharing applications, as well. I call them the “first generation:” BrightKite, Loopt, Shizzow, among others. Google even has Latitude.

It’s exciting times, but indeed overwhelming. I’m getting three notifications on my iPhone now when some friends, who are on all the services, check in at each one. Ouch.

There is a universal check-in system, called FireEagle, made by Yahoo. It pre-dates many of the location sharing applications, but few have implemented it.

]]> Comment on Customer Tours and Product Management by Ryan Strynatka http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/02/15/customer-tours-and-product-management/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Ryan Strynatka Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:28:14 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=226#comment-38 Thanks for commenting, Uwe. And good to hear from you! Thanks for commenting, Uwe. And good to hear from you!

]]> Comment on Customer Tours and Product Management by Uwe Bacher http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/02/15/customer-tours-and-product-management/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Uwe Bacher Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:03:31 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=226#comment-37 Hi Ryan, I like your blog very much. In your current thoughts on customer feedback you perfectly summarized the value of visiting customers. That is the way a company should work - go out and listen what the customer does with your products! Uwe Hi Ryan,
I like your blog very much. In your current thoughts on customer feedback you perfectly summarized the value of visiting customers. That is the way a company should work – go out and listen what the customer does with your products!
Uwe

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]]> Comment on Haiti Earthquake Mapping by Ryan Strynatka http://www.fiducialmark.com/2010/01/14/haiti-earthquake-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Ryan Strynatka Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:28:02 +0000 http://www.fiducialmark.com/?p=147#comment-32 Hi Tom, Thanks for commenting. Yes, I did take a look at the JPL site. It seems like http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/ hosts the global dataset and the Seamless Server is just the USA. Because of the nature of FTP, it can be difficult to find data for any specific area (example: you need to look at index files like this: http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM1/Region_definition.jpg). Given the investment in the data acquisition and processing, it would be great if the dissemination tools were a bit more intuitive (which could also result in an uptick in usage). The folks at http://www.opentopography.org/ have done a good job at this. The data they host isn't global, but the interface for finding and downloading data is very fluid both both first-time and experienced users. Cheers, Ryan Hi Tom,

Thanks for commenting. Yes, I did take a look at the JPL site. It seems like http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/ hosts the global dataset and the Seamless Server is just the USA. Because of the nature of FTP, it can be difficult to find data for any specific area (example: you need to look at index files like this: http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM1/Region_definition.jpg). Given the investment in the data acquisition and processing, it would be great if the dissemination tools were a bit more intuitive (which could also result in an uptick in usage). The folks at http://www.opentopography.org/ have done a good job at this. The data they host isn’t global, but the interface for finding and downloading data is very fluid both both first-time and experienced users.

Cheers,

Ryan

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