Measured wave data now in public domain

This came in the form of a data tip from a CDN listserv... The measured data sets obtained in the scope of the NATO TU-WAVES Project (1994-2002) from Directional Waverider Buoys deployed at five locations along the Turkish coast (Mediterranean: Alanya & Dalaman; Aegean: Bozcaada,; Black Sea: Sinop & Hopa, and at Gelendzhik (Black Sea coast of Russian Federation) are made public at the MEDCOAST’s web page (www.medcoast.org.tr). The wave data presented as time series graphs of significant wave height, mean wave period and mean wave direction can be downloaded and used free of charge. The only request is to acknowledge Prof. Dr. Erdal Ozhan of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, who was the Director of the NATO TU-WAVES Project, for providing the data, and the NATO Science for Stability Program for supporting the NATO TU-WAVES Project, whenever the data is utilized.

Voip in the enterprise - a tip

Lately I've been checking into the merits of Voip, in particular services offered by vonage, skype and the like. I recently came across an interesting white paper that covers off the advantage of Voip services for the enterprise...  This paper details how to protect your valuable assets and securely implement VoIP. Details on the whitepaper can be found at http://symbiandevzone.tradepub.com/free/w_lu12/

Gogole Earth for Mac OS

Some thought it was out, however, it appears it was too good to be true! This blogger got a tip and grabbed the download (see http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/12/4764/), however, since then the file has been pulled from the Google download site (http://earth.google.com/downloads.html) ... Apparently it requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later and speculation has it that this was simply a leak and we'll be waiting a few weeks for it to officially come.

Google Mashup serves up Washington State Topography Maps / NED

I recently came accross an interesting mashup Called the Google Maps Topography Viewer. This hack uses the USGS NED dataset and provides direct jumps to popular places in Washington State like Mt Rainier, Seattle, etc... Optionally, users can view their own data by going to http://www.simplespatial.com/gmaps/ and specifying an image (TIF, JPG etc... ). Pretty cool and loads of possibilities here. See See http://www.simplespatial.com/ned/

Google Ramps up operations Down under

According to news from AustralianIT, Google is looking for 15 graduates to work in the Sydney headquarters of Google Maps, in addition to the 12 software engineers already working there.   Google acquired four-man Sydney company Where2 LLC last year and has used the Australian-developed technology as the base for its popular Google Maps offering. Details at http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17565944%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

GPS-Geocaching GLOSSARY

From Boise, Idaho, a  GPS-Geocaching GLOSSARY. This is a decent primer to some terms that any would-be geocacher will need to be familiar with. See http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A156502

2002 New Jersey high resolution orthophotography in MrSID

USGS has announced that The 2002 high resolution orthophotography in MrSID compressed format can be downloaded at: http://njgin.nj.gov/OIT_IW/index.jsp  - you can purchase these data at the "datadepot" for about $800 or download for free here... sounds like a no-brainer!

Hefner's Playboy mansion seen on Local Live

Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion spotted in MS Virtual Earth / Local Live. This impressive image gives you a small idea of the extents of the massive complex that Hugh calls home.. cool image! See http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.075767~-118.431351&style=o&lvl=2&scene=3586624&sp=aN.34.075805_-118.431198_Playboy%20Mansion_

 

Bird's Eye Tutorial

If you plan on using MS Virtual Earth to seek high-res imagery of your area consider this tutorial.. it may save you some time. See http://spaces.msn.com/members/virtualEarth/Blog/cns!1p1jUqsfPsDJ0sEPuZ997-OA!389.entry for details on the rotation feature which some people feel is a bit troubling to figure out