Nordic Geospatial Blog –

Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer (MCIT) Behind the Scenes

http://ict.usc.edu/projects/mobile_counter_ied_interactive_trainer_mcit/

Where 2.0 2010 in San Jose… Proceedings and Video
http://en.oreilly.com/where2010/public/schedule/proceedings

Sometimes CSPAN can be a sobering thing : ) I am sure the GIS modeling folks at the PDC or East West Center in Honolulu could enlighten our Congressman.

FCC National Broadband Plan – March 2010 -
http://download.broadband.gov/plan/national-broadband-plan.pdf

SAID, CISCO, and Olviedo Report for context -
http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/newsandevents/Documents/BQS%202009%20final.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/web/MT/news/09/news_021009a.html

Test your speed -
http://news.nsgic.org/2010/03/test-your-broadband-speed-be-part-of.html

http://www.broadband.gov/

http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/

The Economist responds -
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15732610

Fascinating … http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html

UPDATE 20100411
The Triumph of the Ordinary Cellphone by ANAND GIRIDHARADAS

http://anand.ly/articles/the-triumph-of-the-ordinary-cellphone & http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/us/10iht-currents.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31unboxed.html?scp=1&sq=sensors%20cens&st=cse

http://research.cens.ucla.edu/

But phones as sensors can also distract from reality – a societal paradigm shift
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35516835/ns/technology_and_science-washington_post/

UPDATE 20101216
The Atlantic and Peter Bergen plus excellent 3D AfPak Waziristan map-summary of strikes -
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/the-drone-wars/8304/

UPDATE 20100620
US Border drone flights suspended after comms breakdown
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/border-drone-breaks-comms-with-pilot-flights-suspended/

UPDATE 20100607
UN Drone Report & NYTimes article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/world/03drones.html

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/14session/A.HRC.14.24.Add6.pdf

UPDATE 20100413
Robert Wright in NYTimes – The Price of Assassination
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/title-2/

UPDATE 20100405
A stepped up campaign after Khost
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/world/asia/05drones.html

UPDATE 20100303
Interactive maps and stats of the drone campaign in AfPak
http://counterterrorism.newamerica.net/drones

Point…
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7ZC99B?OpenDocument

“Of the 44 predator strikes carried out by US drones in the tribal areas of Pakistan over the past 12 months, only five were able to hit their actual targets, killing five key Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, but at the cost of over 700 innocent civilians.”

Wired Magazine’s Danger Room exposes unencripted UAV signals being used by Insurgents… sobering
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/drone-feds-gave-insurgents-early-warning-report/

NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100131283

& Counterpoint…

RAND Corp’s Seth G. Jones – Take the War to Pakistan
http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/12/04/NYT.html

http://diydrones.com/

Excellent report from the UN per the ongoing work of the CrisisMapping cohort, UCLA CENS ( http://research.cens.ucla.edu/ ), etc.

http://www.unfoundation.org/press-center/publications/new-technologies-emergencies-conflicts.html

For accurate disaster satellite products, UNOSAT is the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme, implemented in co-operation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/

Ushahidi is an excellent example of open source, mobile, situational awareness for disasters response – http://www.ushahidi.com/

What is Ushahidi? from Ushahidi on Vimeo.

The digital geographers
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299568

The road ahead – Satellite Navigation
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299710

Mobile augmented reality
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299602

Military technology – attack of the drones
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299496

3D: It’s nearly there
http://media.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14299526

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/us/19terror.html?_r=2&hpw

Note that the analyst is using the JRIC’s enterprise GIS data and advanced predictive analytics to help separate the ‘signals from the noise’… bravo to the JRIC’s FBI, DHS, LA County/City PD/Sheriff, Fire, Public Health, CalEMA, and many other talented staffers.