Monthly Archives: January 2007

LocationExchange and Locamundo News

Posted on January 16, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

I have joined LocationExchange.

Locamundo has been acquired by LocationExchange.

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    Aardvark Map

    Posted on January 16, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    Aardvark Map is a free solution to provide Google Maps-based maps possible to contain multiple annotated markers. this could be a useful tool for a location scout or location manager that needs to provide information to production as to where locations exist, possibly particularly with regard to proximation to one another with logistics in mind.

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    News: R. Richard Hobbs Joins LocationExchange, LocationExchange Acquires Locamundo

    Posted on January 16, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    News: January: As announced on the LocationExchange website, I am now a LocationExchange Associate and shareholder.

    Per the LocationExchange mission statement:

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    Wayfaring.com

    Posted on January 15, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    Wayfaring.com is a maps mashup that allows you to create maps with routes and waypoints. This could be useful for a location scout to coordinate logistics for a project involving several locations during the course of a day.

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    GoodWidgets

    Posted on January 15, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    GoodWidgets is a site where you can build a number of photo album widgets using photos from popular photo services. A location scout might find this useful to present an album of location photos like this – my photo set of the Brooklyn Bridge at Flickr:

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    Location Scouting Workshop Deux

    Posted on January 9, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    News: Beginning January 16th, 2007, Mark McKennon and I will be teaming up to teach a location scouting and location management class at The Learning Annex New York.

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    Cartagena, Colombia

    Posted on January 7, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    Associated Press | Miami Herald | COLOMBIA | Cartagena regaining its former cinematic luster | This historic port city, which once claimed to be the filmmaking center of the Caribbean, looks to rebuild its cinema and tourism industries. | BY JOSHUA GOODMAN / Associated Press | Posted on Sun, Jan. 07, 2007 | (article offline)

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    Location Scouting Class at Learning Annex NYC

    Posted on January 5, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    Mark McKennon and I will be teaching a Location Scouting and Location Management Class at Learning Annex starting in January 2007. I taught this class with Mark once before in 2004.

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    News: Location Scouting for Chicago Mercantile Exchange

    Posted on January 3, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    News: Location scouting in New York City for Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) 2006 Annual Report photography by Charles Simokaitis Photography (Chicago).

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    News: Location Scouting for Credit Suisse

    Posted on January 3, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    News: New York City area location scouting for Credit Suisse for 2006 Annual Business Review photography, photographed by Thomas Eugster (Switzerland) and produced in-house by Credit Suisse.

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    News: Location Scouting For W Magazine

    Posted on January 3, 2007 by R. Richard Hobbs

    News: Location scouting for a W Magazine fashion photo story photographed by Steven Klein (NYC) and produced by Jessica Brown Productions (NYC)

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