Saturday, September 25, 2010

International Balloon Race Live on Google Maps

Gordon Bennett 2010 International Gas Balloon Race


The 54th Coupe AĆ©ronautique Gordon Bennett International Gas Balloon Race is due to start this evening from Bristol, UK. All the competitors in the race have been fitted with tracking devices and you will be able to follow the race in real-time on a live Google Map.

Once the race has been started the balloons will be shown on the live tracking map with balloon map markers. If you click on any of the markers you will be able to view its current position, the distance it has travelled and its current speed.

Hat-tip: Mapperz

Penn State Geospatial Revolution Project

The Geospatial Revolution Project




The Geospatial Revolution Project is a public service broadcasting series from Penn State exploring the potential future of location-based technologies. 

Episode one of the season has now been released. The first episode covers the evolution of geospatial technologies and the use of open source mapping in the Haitian earthquake relief efforts. Future episodes in the season are due in November, February and March.