+lordelph Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Gary "Inunshuk" Rogers appealled for help with his original "geograph" idea on these hallowed forums 17 months ago, and with the help of Barry "barryhunter" Hunter and myself we built Geograph British Isles, and along with over 2000 other volunteer contributors we've amassed over 160,000 geolocated photos of the British Isles, all available for re-use under a Creative Commons licence. Today we're proud to announce we've agreed a two year sponsorship deal with the OS to improve the site and its infrastructure to enable use in schools as well as wider public use, which will also allow us to use OS mapping in the site too. This is fantastic news, and will secure the future of what is becoming a useful photograph archive! The site was born out of geocaching, and we thank all our fellow cachers who've taken part, whether you've submitted one picture or thousands. Many thanks for helping it get to where it is today! Quote
+wizard1974uk Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Congratulations, sounds interesting, I've bookmarked the site to read later Quote
+adambro Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Its a great project, well done. I've got a few of mine on there and am very pleased that its going well. Quote
+stora Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Gary "Inunshuk" Rogers appealled for help with his original "geograph" idea on these hallowed forums 17 months ago, and with the help of Barry "barryhunter" Hunter and myself we built Geograph British Isles, and along with over 2000 other volunteer contributors we've amassed over 160,000 geolocated photos of the British Isles, all available for re-use under a Creative Commons licence. Today we're proud to announce we've agreed a two year sponsorship deal with the OS to improve the site and its infrastructure to enable use in schools as well as wider public use, which will also allow us to use OS mapping in the site too. This is fantastic news, and will secure the future of what is becoming a useful photograph archive! The site was born out of geocaching, and we thank all our fellow cachers who've taken part, whether you've submitted one picture or thousands. Many thanks for helping it get to where it is today! Sorry, search is temporarily unavailable During busy periods we limit the availability of search to ensure the site remains responsive - please try again shortly. I guess I picked the wrong time Quote
+lordelph Posted May 12, 2006 Author Posted May 12, 2006 Sorry, search is temporarily unavailable During busy periods we limit the availability of search to ensure the site remains responsive - please try again shortly. I guess I picked the wrong time Site gets very busy at weekends. We've been dying to get new equipment for months, the OS deal means that instead of running a single teeny Celeron server, the site will be powered by 9 Xeon processors with a sum total of 20GB RAM. It'll be a monster Quote
+wizard1974uk Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Sorry, search is temporarily unavailable During busy periods we limit the availability of search to ensure the site remains responsive - please try again shortly. I guess I picked the wrong time Site gets very busy at weekends. We've been dying to get new equipment for months, the OS deal means that instead of running a single teeny Celeron server, the site will be powered by 9 Xeon processors with a sum total of 20GB RAM. It'll be a monster Crikey you'd be able to run a whole geocaching service with that setup Quote
+perth pathfinders Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Well Done Guys! Glad to have helped with my few photos. It is a great idea and wish you every future success! Quote
+The Other Stu Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 Sorry, search is temporarily unavailable During busy periods we limit the availability of search to ensure the site remains responsive - please try again shortly. I guess I picked the wrong time Site gets very busy at weekends. We've been dying to get new equipment for months, the OS deal means that instead of running a single teeny Celeron server, the site will be powered by 9 Xeon processors with a sum total of 20GB RAM. It'll be a monster Crikey you'd be able to run a whole geocaching service with that setup [/techy] providing you run it on Oracle and not SQL [/techy] on a positive note, this is exactly what we need - my 8 year old son has been harping on about co-ordinates that he's been learning at school - coupled with this kind of idea, it's very positive for both kids and adults. Quote
+kbootb Posted May 12, 2006 Posted May 12, 2006 That is such good news. I've always loved this project. When the cry for help first went up I was just learning ASP and PHP and tried to see how I would implement it to see if I could be of help. Quickly realised I was out of my depth and that there were so many more experienced people out there. Looks like the funding will completely transform what you can do. Best of luck guys. Quote
+John Stead Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 Well done, this is a great reward for Gary and Barry and LD for the effort they have put in. Now where is my camera? Quote
+Inukshuk and Arwen Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 I'd like to say a special thanks to Rutson: who posted a brilliant critical yet constructive note on this forum which made me realise that my first, feeble attempt to get the project off the ground via the mag site wasn't viable. That's what led me to make my plea for help. And of course to Paul and Barry who offereed to help and have put countless hours of hard work into the project. Just another example of what an amazing group of people cachers are - their generosity in offering help and support and their astonishing technical abilities thanks and best wishes Gary Quote
+The Other Stu Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Doesn't Oracle have to use SQL anyway? heh, wizzy you know what I mean - MS SQL Quote
+wizard1974uk Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Doesn't Oracle have to use SQL anyway? heh, wizzy you know what I mean - MS SQL Aaah now I see, yes anything better than mssql or access even Quote
+Paul & Ros Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Great news. I was one of the original submitters to this site and had a look back a few weeks ago. I was amazed how much it has changed since this time last year with all the new features and how many photos there are on it now. Keep up the good work and I hope things go from strength to strength. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Congratulations to Paul and the other guys, that's brilliant news. I was pleased to be able to contribute a few shots to the site and hopefully now it'll be able to handle more traffic you'll (and OS?) will be happy to promote it more aggressively. Quote
+The Hokesters Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Congrats to all involved, particularly Paul and of course Gary - I hope this is a welcome back to Geocaching mate Simon Quote
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