Andrew Turner
CTO, GeoIQ

Author of “Introduction to Neogeography” http://highearthorbit.com

Sessions

8:30am Monday, 05/12/2008

Tutorial
Location: Salon E

Steve Coast (OpenStreetMap), Mikel Maron (OpenStreetMap), Andrew Turner (GeoIQ)

Learn to use Mapstraction—the abstraction API for mapping services—from the core developers. Worried that Google might put adverts on their maps? Noticed that Microsoft Virtual Earth has better aerial imagery? Don't get locked in! Use Mapstraction to float above proprietary APIs and switch on the fly to nine different providers including OpenStreetMap. Read more.

Building Personalized Slices of the GeoWeb

Andrew Turner (GeoIQ)

User-generated geospatial content has become plentiful as the tools of the GeoStack have become nearly ubiquitous. We're becoming awash in masses of geospatial data and the next question will be how to manage it. This presentation will discuss solutions that have been developed to enable users to find personalized interesting localized content from the GeoWeb.