News that Google has successfully constructed and published maps of North Korea is stirring the imagination of social media aficionados around the world, but may also stir international political tensions…
Locals in Mamberamo, Papua, support conservation, but also want services and development projects; now they’re getting involved in land use planning.
Mokhamad Edliadi (CIFOR)
When people ask us about our research, we answer: we are working on land-use planning. We rarely receive another question. Most of the time, after seconds of embarrassed silence, people move swiftly to…
Replacing Google Maps with Apple Maps has not been without its hiccups.
Bert Kaufmann
Mapping and navigation is at the heart of how we use smartphones today. By extension, the Apple Maps app is at the heart of iOS 6. And so Apple’s decision to swap Google Maps for Apple Maps in its new…
Stuck between sock stores and sanger stalls? This tech could really help.
avlxyz
Christmas is fast approaching and there’s a (very big) chance you’ve got some last-minute shopping to do. You won’t be the only one, and with shopping centres packed to capacity, it’s easy to get lost…
