Navigating Washington

By James Fee | Published: January 14, 2009

Just the other day we were wondering over the RSP Architects coffee machine about if GeoCommons would ever have an API.  Rather than actually ask Sean if there was one in the works, it is of course easier to forget about the conversion and wait for Sean to blog about it himself.  What I assume is one of the first GeoCommons API (this example is running on Amazon’s EC2) applications out there, Navigating Washington which allows real time poll mapping in your browser or even a Blackberry or iPhone (no Windows Mobile device because no one uses those anymore).  I find the application very interesting and integration with mobile devices is a smart idea.  I’m anxious to see what Sean has planned with the API and how we can use it.

 

What cant maps do for you these days?

What can't maps do for you these days?

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12 Comments

  1. JW
    Posted January 14, 2009 at 2:44 pm | Permalink

    “Can Obama can get us out”….?

    I CAN HAS LAYERZ?

  2. Giasen
    Posted January 14, 2009 at 7:00 pm | Permalink

    Poll question creation fail.

  3. Sean Gorman
    Posted January 15, 2009 at 8:05 am | Permalink

    “Can Obama get us out of the National GIS?”

  4. the truth
    Posted January 15, 2009 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    no love for winmo?

    wait until February.

    seriously, no mobile os comes close to what a dev can do on winmo.

    • James Fee
      Posted January 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm | Permalink

      Does anyone really use windows mobile? I’ve never seen a Windows Mobile Smartphone in real life.

      • JW
        Posted January 19, 2009 at 7:36 am | Permalink

        live in caves much?

        I find it hard to believe you’ve never seen a Blackjack.

        • James Fee
          Posted January 19, 2009 at 8:22 am | Permalink

          Well what is a blackjack?

          No one at my company uses WM, no one in my family uses WM, not one of my friends uses WM, not one of my DoD clients uses WM, not one of my higher ed clients uses WM.

          • Brett
            Posted January 20, 2009 at 8:44 am | Permalink

            Half the treos are WM. An awful lot of local government entities here use WM exclusively for smart phones (since they can’t use blackberries).

      • Km
        Posted January 21, 2009 at 8:53 pm | Permalink

        Surely you’ve seen one of these? http://www.trimble.com/geoxh.shtml

        • James Fee
          Posted January 21, 2009 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

          Yes I have and that is a good use of Windows Mobile.

  5. Andrew B
    Posted January 16, 2009 at 5:24 am | Permalink

    I use a Motorola Q… Don’t cut me out of the loop, please.

  6. Brett
    Posted January 23, 2009 at 8:36 am | Permalink

    Okay, at least one person uses Windows Mobile. Here’s Obama’s new phone: http://www.gdc4s.com/content/detail.cfm?item=32640fd9-0213-4330-a742-55106fbaff32

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