Category Archives: Computing

Archaeogeomancy

Geomantic Housechart

Geomantic Housechart

As I now tend to write about all sorts of random stuff on here, I’ve set up a new blog called Archaeogeomancy which focuses solely on my research and work interests. The name is a bit of fun, a play on words if you will, based on archaeological geomatics ;-) After all, archaeological geomatics and geomancy can be seen to be closely related in a number of ways, the modern day GIS practitioner and the geomancer both interpret the spatial arrangement of patterns on the earth…

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New directions in GIS

The world of the geoweb is advancing apace with cloud based data storage, mobile platforms and web based applications/geoprocessing coming to the fore. Esri have boosted their presence with the release of ArcGIS 10, its updated desktop, web and mobile components and associated resources. Continue reading

The law is an ass…

Put the needle to the record

Put the needle to the record by tricky

Not quite law yet,  but with cross-party support from the three main parties, it looks like the Digital Economy Bill soon will be. Unfortunately, being driven by the small-minded folks in the record and film industries shouting loudly about lost profits (not the Welsh band though), the bill is far from being what creative industries and the public need, rather it looks like being a massive missed opportunity and another example of the law being dragged into disrepute. To quote Mr Bumble, the (proposed) law is an ass. Continue reading