The story of James Kim’s death rattles everyone, it seems. A young man with a young family should have had many years ahead of them. Instead, they got lost and then stranded. He then tried to find help, walking miles, apparently with a map, but only a state map. We’ll never know if he knew [...]
The Geo Factor offers a post-Thanksgiving appreciation to at least three major media outlets and one industry trade that tackled the subject of online maps yesterday and today. First, the Chicago Tribune addressed privacy concerns of consumers using GPS-enabled wireless devices such as cell phones. The article, It’s getting really hard to get lost discusses [...]
Reality check – people do not usually move residences when they change jobs locally. I live in the Washington D.C. area, and traffic is amongst the worst in the nation. And by 2030 the traffic volume here is supposed to double. A big reason for the mess is that people do not live near their [...]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this morning at 7:46 AM (EDT), the U.S. reached a milestone, hitting the 300 million mark in total population. By now, most everyone has heard the news as everyone from the Census Bureau to the Wall Street Journal to 60 Minutes’ Andy Rooney has publicized the number. Should businesses [...]
So Google buys YouTube for $1.65B. YouTube is the popular video site where one can post and view videos of pretty much anything. The site began way back in February 2005 and exploded to become one of the most popular destinations on the Internet. Most of the videos on the site are five minutes or [...]
