Open Data – Ever wondered where all the applications are?
I’m quiet a big fan of all the nice open data initiatives that are ongoing throughout our country and i’m really impressed with the much larger effort in the uk. When the Fingal Open Data Hub appeared on the map i thought sweet, i can go do something with their data but I really wasn’t sure at...
Park(ing) Day Dublin
Dublin’s first Park(ing) Day is happening this Friday 16th September from 10am to 4pm at various locations around the city. Park(ing) Day transforms on-street car parking spaces into public open spaces for one day. Car parking spaces around the city – from Arbour Hill to Portobello and right through the city centre – will be converted...
Census 2011 by the county and Fusion Tables, mapping the data.
Well the preliminary Census 2011 data has been out over a week not and thankfully i have finally figured out how to make a map using googles new fusion tables service. My inspiration came from the Guardians Data Blog. All the materials required a freely available. The CSO provide some shapefiles of the areas which...
Bag’o Links “Independence Day”, Chinese ghost estates and more…
Well folks since it will be independence day by the time I publish this post Happy America day folks and for those in Canada belated Canada Day! That crap aside down to business, been some great links this week! Chinese ghost estates (cough) CITIES! Interesting piece by those plucky Aussies on dateline down under – Watch Chinas...
Bag’o Links 23/06/11
Right so first post in quite a while! So to ease myself back into the grand scheme of things I shall just be dropping a few links. To kick it off the Strong Towns Blog have been running a series of posts on suburbanization in the US: The Growth Ponzi Scheme Day 1: The Mechanisms of Growth –...
Meeting House Square and the hole
Happy St. Patricks day to one and all! Finally I have been given the time to do this post. I was in the Gallery of Photography behind the IFI a few weeks back checking out the Steve McCurry exhibition, the NatGeo. photographer who took the afghan girl portraits. At the time Meeting House Square was all...
Spatial Planning, Transport Planning, the Rational Planning Model. What are they….?
I came across this website today Qwiki on the visit Stockholm Facebook page and decided to give it a whirl with some terms from the planning world. I was really impressed by it! It managed to pick up many of the keywords that form many definitions and strands of thought in planning such as rational...
![[Picture] Ireland and UK snow covered](http://dt106ers.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Ireland_UK_Snow-290x290.jpg "[Picture] Ireland and UK snow covered")
[Picture] Ireland and UK snow covered
I was using @MarkLittle’s new news website Storyful.com, which i highly recommend you all take a look at it’s great! I came across this image recieved by Dundee University’s Satellite tracking station. It is very pretty. But look the sunny south east not covered in snow! Image: University of Dundee
SEI – Use of wind electricity up by 28%
The use of wind generated electricity in the Republic grew by 28 per cent on average, each year between 2005 and 2009, according to a new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. According to the report Energy in Ireland overall renewable energy, which includes biomass such as wood chip boilers and biofuels for transport,...
Detailed Geo-Spatial Mapping of Ireland, it’s here! The AIRO launching planning database
I advise you to go and look at the AIRO website, it is well worth a look and you can see various maps such as the one the left. Just the sort of thing I will be needing for my dissertation. Now to find out if they will give data to students for free or...
Must Read: Athlone to be developed by the Chinese
A friend of mine put me onto this earlier on today. The Chinese are seriously looking at Athlone for a exhibition ground for all the Chinese wares in a bid to break into the European market so investors and buyers do not have to travel across the world to China. It is well worth a...
Videos for the week: The GeoSpatial Revolution
The GeoSpatial Revolution is amazing! I cannot reccommend these videos more highly, 15 minutes of pur excitement of the possiblities of higher integration of GIS systesms into public service delivery and empowerment of citzens. I am very fond of the second episode where it showcases the work of The Food Trust an organisation fightting to...
