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Our readers are familiar with the details on the better-quality imagery that Google Earth and Google Maps will soon benefit from. The 50 cm ground resolution images will turn the two Google applications into more than just fun tools, as they will offer an extensive view on various regions on the globe. This will all ... |
8 September 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Google's two popular projects, Google Earth and Google Maps, will benefit from images of a much better quality than that of those currently employed. The company has signed a contract with GeoEye, a satellite imagery provider, which will offer, according to Reuters as cited by the Washington Post, the most ... |
29 August 2008
10:57 GMT |
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The first screenshots of Nike's upcoming application for iPhone have emerged on the web. It was already common knowledge that Apple and Nike were planning to introduce yet another version of the Nike equipment, this time for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The leaked UI screens are here to confirm their pro... |
20 August 2008
09:49 GMT |
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To come to the assistance of travelers, but not exclusively to them, Google has developed a tool that allows users to get directions from Google Maps, every time they want to have a sidewalk view of a city. After asking for walking directions, people will be guided to the shortest path to their destinations. "Startin... |
23 July 2008
09:21 GMT |
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The children of Google employees spent this past week in the "Geo Camp," a place where they could get in touch with Google Earth, Maps and Docs. These applications are probably the most appealing for kids between 9 and 12 years old, whose passion for all things science, nature and gadgets is vivid. After a week of ha... |
22 July 2008
05:47 GMT |
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The Google Mobile Team has just released its first downloadable iPhone application. Simply dubbed "Google Mobile App," the free software lets you search for anything (including contacts), providing you with search suggestions that the application remembers once you start using them more often. Best of all, if you sea... |
11 July 2008
06:13 GMT |
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Tele Atlas, a Belgian company that develops digital maps, announced that it stroke a deal with Google in order to enhance the Mountain View company's navigation and mapping applications. The new deal was signed for no less than five years and will positively affect Google Maps for Mobile, Google Maps for Desktop... |
30 June 2008
12:15 GMT |
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Google Earth, Google's mapping solution, is turning into a database of user generated content. At the Where 2.0 conference that took place last week, Google held a tutorial entitled "Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines". The tutorial was presided by Lior Ron, Google Maps Product Manage... |
21 May 2008
03:03 GMT |
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Since it was first rumored that Google may want to expand its Street View technology into Europe, the EU officials came out and explained that in case the Mountain View company really considered such an expansion, it had to comply with the local laws that may or may not allow it to display photos showing residents�... |
15 May 2008
09:37 GMT |
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In case you haven't visited Google Maps recently, you're probably not aware of its latest updates. This last Tuesday, users visiting Google maps have been faced with a new functionality. Between the Traffic and Map buttons, a new "More..." button has surfaced. The new button has been set to provide users wi... |
15 May 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Since Google rolled out Street View, there has been a lot of controversy around it as people appearing in those high-resolution photos captured by Google pointed to their privacy rights and requested the removal of the pictures. The Mountain View-based company has always been opened to talks and accepted to delete th... |
13 May 2008
02:46 GMT |
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Rumors concerning a potential expansion of Google Street View in Europe have been circulating on the web for some time now, but the Mountain View-based company hasn't made it clear yet if it considers such an expansion or not. However, Google Street View cars are occasionally spotted in Europe, which obviously s... |
12 May 2008
08:06 GMT |
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Until now, the Google Maps driving directions has proved to be quite a useful function because users could get the simplest route between two defined points without too much effort. On the other hand, Google Maps Street View is probably the most popular feature of the web-based mapping service because it allows consu... |
30 April 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Since the Olympic games are quickly approaching, people are always interested to find out the latest news concerning the upcoming competition. Not to mention the Olympic torch, which started its world tour a few days ago in order to visit certain locations on the world. As you know, this is quite a tradition and peop... |
4 April 2008
02:28 GMT |
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Google allowed its users to edit the maps before, by moving markers of their homes and businesses, but nothing of this magnitude has ever impacted the online community like the latest option added. It's heavenly manna for those in the need for pinpoint accuracy and, to be honest, a big help to the engineers that... |
19 March 2008
14:46 GMT |
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A Google team entered the Fort Sam Houston army base in Texas and mapped everything, but the Mountain View-based company spokesman, Larry Yu, said that it was only a mistake. Naturally, the army had to take measures towards this possible security threat in the future, so it banned Google map-makers from filming and c... |
7 March 2008
20:06 GMT |
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Given that more Mac users/fans will be somewhat mislead by Mac Funamizu's name appearing in headlines recently, here's what this non-Mac news is all about. Funamizu has this idea of developing a gadget that incorporates a camera and a scanner. The built-in GPS could use Google Maps "or an improved image sea... |
12 February 2008
03:37 GMT |
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Nokia showcases its new Nokia 6210 Navigator model at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The predecessor of 6110 Navigator handset, the new 6210 Navigator phone seems to be Nokia's first GPS-enabled mobile device with an integrated compass for pedestrian guidance. The Nokia 6210 Navigator comes with ... |
11 February 2008
08:34 GMT |
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There is a consistent drive for interoperability over at Microsoft. In response to consumers' needs, the Redmond company has rushed to provide support and interoperability for heterogeneous environments. This scenario more than accurately explains the strategic alliance Microsoft has inked with Novell at the end... |
7 February 2008
03:42 GMT |
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Microsoft's Virtual Earth has yet to come close to the user base of Google Maps, but this does not mean that the company is not evolving its platform, in an effort to top its direct competitor from Mountain View. Case in point: in January alone, the Redmond company introduced a 27TB update to Virtual Earth. Acco... |
6 February 2008
06:49 GMT |
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It's kind of a nuisance to have to go somewhere and not know the address. You have to do all kinds of research beforehand, to google the name and then hope that there's not more than one place with that specific denomination in your town, and only after that you'd go to Google Maps, insert the destinat... |
28 January 2008
08:12 GMT |
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Sports maps have been popping up every once in a while, but none has been as good and as detailed as this one is: SoccerMap.net is the best I've seen so far when it comes down to a single sport, and one of the most popular as well. There's nothing missing from it, it's virtually an encyclopedia updated... |
25 January 2008
06:43 GMT |
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I was just looking at some of the maps the people interested in the presidential elections have created and I could not help but be amazed at their ingenuity. Following in the footsteps of their politically oriented fellow Google Maps users, the fans of the Lost series have set up a map to welcome the fourth season,... |
16 January 2008
05:06 GMT |
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Out of the many, many maps that I've seen this far this is one of the best and most useful. Not to me as I am not a resident of Tokyo, but I'm certain that for the tourists it's going to be a gold mine. Why did I mention the tourists? Because this map also has a special tab where the top places to visi... |
15 January 2008
06:21 GMT |
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You often hear the phrase "I need to get from Here to There in x minutes or hours" and it means that the person is in a hurry like no other. Well, except for the time mentioning part which is obvious, the idea of a hurry is subliminally induced to you by the lack of names of places in the expression. That means that ... |
10 January 2008
03:37 GMT |
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Google, the Mounatin View internet giant, released a beta version of My Location, an application for Google Maps that enables mobile phone users to view their location on the map, without necessarily having a GPS enabled device. With My Location, users can save precious time when wanting to find out where they are, w... |
29 November 2007
04:30 GMT |
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One of the best ways to promote your business if you have a real estate agency is to have a website for your future clients to easily see your offer. Let's say that an important businessman wants to stay for a longer period in your town. He doesn't have time to come to your agency personally, but he will lo... |
5 October 2007
10:55 GMT |
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InfoSpace has announced that "InfoSpace Find It!" will be available for iPhone users too from now on. The application has been available before as well, although not on Apple's phone."InfoSpace Find It!" has offered free services for a large number of people and now finds the new iPhone owners as an appealing po... |
27 July 2007
03:35 GMT |
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Google Maps was recently improved with multiple locations, the parent company including fresh imagery with detailed roads, buildings and cities. However, the Mountain View-based company didn't announce the update officially, Google Earth Blog reported that high-resolution photos are now available for Russia, Tur... |
27 April 2007
06:17 GMT |
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If you're really curios to find out how far you walked from your home to work, then this service is the perfect choice for you. Gmaps Pedometer helps you select a certain location from Google Maps and find out the distance between the starting and the ending point. The idea is quite interesting and sometimes use... |
17 April 2007
05:49 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced ambitious plans for the Live Maps / Virtual Earth online mapping service, focused on merging the digital and physical worlds. Concomitantly, Microsoft also made public the fact that no less than 21 academic researchers will receive a $1.1 million funding to develop technologies and techniques ... |
6 April 2007
07:16 GMT |
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