The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) is an awesome library for all kinds of map and geospatial based transformations and calculations. I’m currently using it to add a custom overlay on the map in an iPhone app I’m making. When making a custom overlay you use the GDAL’s gdal_translate function to create an image file [...]
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NHS Apps, Clinical Governance and Mobile Phone Service Providers
The app I’ve been working on for work is finally at a point where we’re happy for it to go to launch. It’s that time where rigorous testing and everyone tries to flat out break the app to make me look a bit silly. So far it’s holding up well but there was one issue that although [...]
NHS App branding: a thought

Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work with iPhone and Android apps for work, one aspect that I overlooked was the branding of apps. The NHS brand brings with it a lot of authority and credibility that will help your app rise up the rankings but how does one apply the branding when the [...]
iPhone SDK, NSXMLParser and multiple child nodes into an array – Getting rid of whitespace
I’m currently making my first iPhone app for work, it’s designed to be an enhanced version of the leaflet given out to patients when they first arrive at the hospital. My idea was to take the information within and make it into something more iPhone friendly. On my journey through the magical world of iPhone [...]