On this episode of Spark: Social Translation, Mapmaking 2.0, Drunk Dialing, and Open Cities
- Ethan Zuckerman explains social translation and the multilingual web (full interview)
- Cyrus Farivar reports back from the Where 2.0 conference
- Nora mentions Bad Decision Blocker iPhone app, and Gmail’s Mail Goggles feature
- Andrea Reimer explains Vancouver’s plan to open up municipal data (full interview)
This episode features Creative Commons music and sound effects:
- “Power Version” by HiFi Hustlers
- “Wadidyusay?” by Zap Mama
- Public domain audiobooks from Librivox
- “Electron Map” and “Filament” by Chad Crouch
- Clip from “Caught Mapping” (1940)
- “Atari Teenage Quiet” by Windom Earle
- “Computer” by State Shirt
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Don't know if you listen/subscribe to of public interest. They just had a podcast on Open gov't. They may be worth contacting for any future Spark episodes.
Cheers!
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Thanks for the link. Will check out the podcast.
Hi Spark fans,
If you want to learn more about OpenStreetMap, as mentioned in Episode 80, there are mapping parties held around the world every week. Mapping parties are a great place to meet other folks interested in location based services, community building, accessibility and smart growth and even your neighbourhood.
The OpenStreetMap wiki has a calendar of events including mapping parties and OpenStreetMap talks at conferences.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page
There is a group holding a mapping party in Toronto this weekend (07 June 2009). It will be a lot of fun. Join us.
http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Toronto/
Great, Richard. Thanks!
I was just listening to the podcast of Episode 80, and got really excited when I heard Andrea Reimer say that at Google Transit you can select whether you want to "walk or cycle" to a given destination. I immediately went to the google.com/transit site to look for the cycle "button" hoping to find that the optimum bike route could be selected. Well, there's a car, public transit and a walk option on google transit, but nothing about cycling. Bummer! I can only assume she meant if you were cycling you'd take the "walk" route. Not! I don't ride on the main streets of Vancouver because it's tantamount to suicide, and if you want directions from the east side to UBC, the map uses all the main routes – no side streets where Vancouver has actual "bike routes."