Monday, September 22, 2008

Which is the odd one out:



Stumped?

Well, the answer is ... KeepMoving.

Yes, there are the facile answers like, "It's a website, the other people are people" or, "I know the celebrities, the other thing I'm entirely ignorant of".

Well, the correct answer is KeepMoving. According to yesterday's Sunday Express's Trendometer, The Mighty Boosh, Kate Moss and Billie Piper are on their way out, KeepMoving is on its way in.

Expensive licensing issues prevent us from showing you the clipping, so if you're one of those fortunate enough not to read the Express you'll have to trust us.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

KeepMobile

We've got a few queries on the KeepMoving discussion board about whether there're mobile pages.

Well, yes. Yes there are. keepmoving.co.uk/mobile.

You get the traffic info, our always-exciting CCTV

We just need to do some browser-sniffing so your phone takes you there automatically when you go to the regular KeepMoving site.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Britain From Above

Starting today, the BBC's Andrew Marr presents a major new series, "Britain From Above", and data from KeepMoving has been used to drive some of the impressive animations.

The series is an epic journey revealing the secrets, patterns and hidden rhythms of our lives from a striking new perspective. Andrew Marr reveals how each and every one of us is interconnecting, making Britain what it is today.

Britain looks very different from the skies; from a bird's eye view of the nation, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples are revealed and re-discovered in new and extraordinary ways.

KeepMoving provided data to 422 South, the visual effects company working with Lion TV, who produced the series of programmes for the BBC.

At the request of the programme makers, KeepMoving provided samples of GPS Floating Vehicle Data (GFVD), anonymously and passively collected from freight vehicles traversing the UK road network. GFVD is just one of the types of data collected, analysed and published by ITIS' TrafficScience software platform.



If you're in the UK, you can see the traces of freight vehicles in the animation during this clip.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Interesting Times

Anybody reading the Times this week may have noticed KeepMoving was the 'Site of the Week'. This is a true accolade. Look! Even Viggo Mortensen (best known as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings) is saluting our achievement.



So, on this slow balmy Summer's day, we've been toying with the idea of expanding the scale of our operation to include all of Middle Earth. Here's the development mock-up:

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Dearest Petrol

This morning we've rolled out the eagerly-anticipated changes to our site. Now you can find the cheapest petrol on any road, or journey you chose to make. It's awfully handy, and we talk a little about it here.

These are only the first things we're going to do with all our petrol price information. We'll be doing a number of subsequent releases integrating the content further with our traffic information, making it even handier.

On of the first things we'll try and address with the current features is the "cheapest/dearest" terminology. Y'see, we've had a few debates around the office as to what the antonym (opposite) of 'cheapest' is. Priciest? Uncheapest? Expensiviest? We've settled on 'dearest', though we're a little worried it makes us sound a bit affected.



Anyway, any suggestions, let us know. Whether it's for new features or our lexical wranglings.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Went Ape!

It's not all gruelling development work here at KeepMoving. Sometimes we emerge into the sunshine and have team away days.

We had one such day at Go Ape! in Delamere Forest Park, climbing trees and swinging down ziplines. It was rather fun, and for no other reason than we think we're very photogenic people (well, for geeks), here's some photos.



Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Petrol Prices

You're driving to London. Should you fill up before you leave to avoid the service stations' high prices? Maybe the petrol will be cheaper in London? With the rocketing price of petrol, you'll want to fill up your tank for as little as possible.

We're collecting data from almost 10,000 petrol stations across the UK. We're currently integrating it into KeepMoving so you can see where's best to buy it.



We're launching it in just under two weeks. It's going to be rather useful, and we're quite excited in our own little traffic geek way.