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Part two of videos from the geoweb stream at the AGI GeoCommunity Conference 2009 – Andy Allan talking about innovative uses of OpenStreetMap data.

Expect similar at tomorrow’s #GeoMob meetup, a few slots left here.

Andy Allan – Crystallising Anarchy (Innovative Uses of OpenStreetMap Data) from Christopher Osborne on Vimeo.

I’m talking about data.gov.uk and transport open data in today’s Daily Telegraph:

My mother will be pleased.

Update: having read the print version, my edited comments do seem overtly critical. The main thrust of my argument was – there are too many new digital channels for gov agencies to support, and opening up the data is the only way to get relevant information to travellers. The information wants to be free, and people want access to real-time personalised transport information.

What better to do on a wet and wild Saturday than play around with some KML and the Google Earth plugin?

I unearthed some old work I did and it struck me how ahead of the times it was, using 3D models to show a community what planning applications in their area looked like. It does make me wonder why it isn’t a requirement to publish all large planning applications like this so that communities can visualise and discuss the impact of planning applications.

This is the first time I’ve had a play with the GEarth plugin and I must say it was a doddle to throw together this simple viewer:

The large tower block was the planning application in question, does anybody know if it went ahead?