Tag Archives: Real time

Track the Space Shuttle in Google Earth

Posted on May 16, 2011 by James

Endeavour is fuelled and scheduled for lift-off at 8:56 am EDT (1256 GMT) today, May 16, for what will be the penultimate space shuttle flight. To coincide with this NASA has rolled out a new, real-time tracker for Google Earth. … Continue reading →

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Live train locations in the Netherlands

Posted on April 2, 2011 by James

A great example of the power of public services opening up data for independent developers to build applications with. NS, Netherlands Railways opens up its live and planned schedules. Just one day later someone creates a map showing live locations … Continue reading →

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