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A robotics convention saw last week the introduction of a new vehicle able to perform on-the-go 3D measurements and maps of a certain area. The new machine, called ROAMS, was built from commercially available, off-the-shelf parts, with funds provided by the US Army. The Remotely Operated and Autonomous Mapping System... |
18 November 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Millions of people use the perks of the Global Positioning System (GPS) every day, but few of us take a moment to consider how this exceptional invention works. Most people know that it establishes the position of a GPS receiver, which may be installed in a car, for example, based on the time it takes for beams o... |
30 October 2009
07:07 GMT |
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Central Michigan University professor Axel Mellinger has recently compiled a new groundbreaking image of the night sky, with the Milky Way at its center, by stitching up more than 3,000 individual photographs. The high-resolution panoramic view, presented in an interactive manner here, can be used by professional and... |
28 October 2009
12:22 GMT |
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TomTom, a provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, has announced that the TomTom app for iPhone navigation is available for immediate download via Apple’s iTunes App Store. A total of 18 apps are available for regions including Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong, Australia, Eastern Europe (and lots more), with... |
26 October 2009
06:14 GMT |
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is already a hit with us here at Softpedia (and you can find out exactly why by taking a peek at the review we have up), but it also has the potential to be one of those games that we come back to again and again. One of the reasons is the multiplayer component, which is especially engaging... |
26 October 2009
05:42 GMT |
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Google Maps is closing in on five years now and the mapping service was in need of a little touching up, as it was looking a little dated, but, more importantly, because it was getting very crowded with more and more information added over time. So, Google decided it was finally time to make some changes and, by Goog... |
24 October 2009
04:05 GMT |
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Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have recently managed a breakthrough in understanding how the human brain makes sense of the physical world around it. They compare the process to navigating the planet using Google Maps. For a general overview, a default map works. But, when you... |
7 October 2009
09:05 GMT |
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Experts at the Durham University, in the United Kingdom, have recently devised a new map of the country's coastal lands, which highlights the areas most threatened by sea-level rises. The map charts the post Ice-Age tilt of the UK and Ireland, as well as current, relative sea-level changes in the region. Details... |
6 October 2009
20:11 GMT |
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A team of physicists from the University of Michigan (UM) announce the creation of the world's first atomic-scale map of the promising quantum dots, semiconductors whose excitons are confined in all three spatial dimensions. Quantum dots potentially have the ability to influence a large number of production proc... |
1 October 2009
05:03 GMT |
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In an announcement it made yesterday, the American space agency NASA said that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe had made an amazing discovery on the Moon – the first signs of water on Earth's natural satellite. After having successfully completed its calibration and fine-tuning stages, the orbi... |
18 September 2009
02:15 GMT |
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After more than seven years of efforts poured into this initiative, experts can now finally boast the first geological map of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This is only the third moon in the solar system to get such an “honor,” in addition to the Moon, and Jupiter's cratered Callisto. The detailed do... |
16 September 2009
03:32 GMT |
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The new and improved Battle.net system, used by Blizzard in order to chart the progress of gamers who own any of its titles, has been the target of a lot of blame lately as you will have to use it if you want to play the upcoming StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty title, which, sadly, was delayed until 2010. But while i... |
27 August 2009
03:25 GMT |
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Scientists were able recently to demonstrate that it's not only the genetic sequence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that makes it so dangerous, but also its architecture. The term is used to compare the way the virus is put together with an electrical diagram, for example. The experts in charge of the... |
6 August 2009
14:51 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA has recently announced the creation of a new, false-color image of the lunar South Pole, in a bid to make it easier for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission planners to select a spot where to slam their impactor. The new topographical map, among the most c... |
10 July 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Using measurements and high-resolution pictures from its Terra spacecraft, the American space agency NASA and Japan recently released the most accurate topographic rendering of Earth's surface, which covers no less than 99 percent of all places in the world today. Created entirely out of 1.3 million stereo-paire... |
30 June 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Relic has really stepped up to listen to what players want and to deliver on their requests when it comes to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, the title that changed the way we look at strategy games earlier in the year.The developer has just announced that it plans to offer a big update for the game that is set to c... |
6 May 2009
12:31 GMT |
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Users on popular photo-sharing website Flickr have been found to actually be creating maps of their surrounding areas, experts have recently announced. Making use of the site's “geo-tagging” service, which allows uploaders to specify the location where their picture has been taken, a research team ha... |
27 April 2009
05:08 GMT |
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A lot of people in the United Kingdom have filed a petition with the Information Commissioner (ICO) against Google's successful new service, Street View. They say that it infringes on their privacy, and that some images reveal information that is too sensitive to be in the public domain. Despite the fact that th... |
24 March 2009
11:06 GMT |
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Team Fortress 2 is currently one of the most popular online first-person shooters out there, largely due to the fact that it has a big user community, a variety of classes from which to choose and, most importantly, enjoys the full support of the Valve team in terms of patches, updates and new content. Part of this ... |
25 February 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The science of robotics is currently struggling to cope with one of the most difficult challenges it has come across, and namely making robots recognize their surroundings when they return from missions, if the area is changed. Moving vehicles, parked cars, repainted buildings, they are all obstacles for a robot to r... |
25 February 2009
04:55 GMT |
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The Halo franchise is one of the most popular series of video games out there, revolutionizing the whole shooter experience on a console. While the first two titles, Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 appeared for the original Xbox, thus boosting its popularity sky high in territories such as North America, the third in... |
20 February 2009
03:10 GMT |
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Finding the correct areas in which endangered animal species can live is no easy task, just as delimiting those regions and turning them into reservations can sometimes prove to be very difficult. This all happens on account of poor mapping techniques, as most geologists still rely on old-fashioned methods to compile... |
12 February 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Mirror's Edge is perhaps one of the most innovative titles that have appeared last year. Its fresh and unique take on platforming and free-running games coupled with some stunning visuals and level design have made it a breath of fresh air among the other titles that have appeared at the end of last year. Unfor... |
29 January 2009
11:01 GMT |
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In what the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, terms a fruitful collaboration, Google and the municipality of the largest city in the United States have just finished their joint project – an Internet Age map of the entire city, which allows users to carefully plot their course through the Big Apple bef... |
22 January 2009
06:45 GMT |
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Berbie has released version 1.8.3 of its route-planning software, TrailRunner. While still in pre-release state, TrailRunner 1.8.3 delivers the usual laundry of bug fixes found in earlier versions of the tool. Some of those include a KML import issue, and a problem with the Nike+ importer that doesn't detect Int... |
6 January 2009
16:51 GMT |
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UK astronomers took it upon themselves to create the most elaborate and complex map of the skies ever designed, one that will feature the formation of galaxies and their lives. This will be accomplished by using the Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey (SERVS) Infrared Array Camera on NASA's Spitze... |
6 January 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Berbie has released another version of its route-planning application, TrailRunner. Still in pre-release state, TrailRunner 1.8.294 is a maintenance update that fixes a number of bugs found in earlier versions of the software. TrailRunner is aimed at sports dealing with long-distance traveling. Runners, bikers, hike... |
8 December 2008
08:23 GMT |
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Mirror's Edge is definitely an innovative title, which brings a lot of new things to the already saturated first-person game segment. It places you in the sports shoes of a girl named Faith, who is a runner, a type of courier who delivers packages by crossing the rooftops of buildings in a futuristic dystopia, w... |
5 December 2008
03:27 GMT |
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Just hours ago, Apple released the highly-anticipated iPhone 2.2 software update, which includes Google Street View, public transit and walking directions, and more. Apple has missed out on some of the features requested by longtime iPhone users, but details the new additions on its website. First of all, let's... |
21 November 2008
07:00 GMT |
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iPhone 2.2 is to be released on November 21, according to iPhone Hellas, pinned down as reliable by other Mac-driven sources. "The iPhone OS v2.2 will be given in circulation on 21 November '08," an “insider” has allegedly confirmed for the site.With two betas of the new iPhone OS having made it... |
12 November 2008
04:40 GMT |
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Football fans around the world, get ready for what is the most expected football tournament of the year: Euro 2008, the competition that gathers the most important countries when it comes to this sport. Although it is based in Mountain View, California, and they simply call it "soccer" there, Google is trying to make... |
2 June 2008
15:28 GMT |
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Since its release in 2005, Google Maps has become something that Internet users can really benefit from - an online mapping solution that allows them to get more information than just the usual directions to the nearest Mall. Prior to the Google Maps release, online maps only offered basic information. Google thought... |
29 May 2008
05:04 GMT |
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Google takes no shortcuts when it comes to offering its users the stamp of high quality for its products. Over the past few weeks, we've seen a number of updates released for the Google Earth application. Google's mapping solution can provide users with satellite imagery of various locations and landmarks f... |
20 May 2008
09:19 GMT |
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Nokia, the largest mobile manufacturer, has recently announced an alpha version of their Maps on Ovi. The announcement, or better yet, the showing, was made yesterday at the Where 2.0 conference. The alpha version of Maps is said to allow Nokia phone users to share photos, videos, music and much more, directly from t... |
14 May 2008
09:34 GMT |
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Google Maps and Google Earth are two of the Mountain View company products that can provide users with a number of useful tools, meant to solve their everyday problems. Since its release in early 2005, Google Maps has received some important new features and upgrades. At this point in time, Google Maps can be used to... |
14 May 2008
05:22 GMT |
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After last week's update with satellite imagery from the affected areas in Myanmar (Burma), Google Earth has just received a new update. This time, it is something that deals more with the past, but is of equal significance. The new layer has increased the number of available maps in Rumsey Historical Maps to a ... |
13 May 2008
04:13 GMT |
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When talking about web-based mapping technologies, users usually think of Google Maps because Google's solution is said to be one of the most powerful tools in this category. However, there are some other similar technologies on the market and, even if their performance is quite remarkable, they were all defeate... |
5 May 2008
09:32 GMT |
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Since Google's Street View technology was published on the web, there were lots of speculations concerning the cars used to shoot pictures around the world. As you probably know, the Mountain View-based company has used multiple cars equipped with all kinds of high-end equipments in order to take high-resolution... |
17 April 2008
03:34 GMT |
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The Mountain View-based company Google has just made what seems to be an important update addressed to business owners as they are now able to publish YouTube videos and photos next to their listings. As you know, Google Maps lets you find a certain business, as well as lots of details and reviews concerning the entr... |
15 April 2008
02:45 GMT |
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The Mountain View-based company plans the expansion of Google Maps Street View, the web service which shows street-level panoramas only using your browser. According to several reports, multiple Google cars supposed to be used for capturing Street View photos, were spotted in Australia, a matter which attracted, once... |
14 April 2008
02:39 GMT |
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Kane and Lynch aren't the nicest personalities in videogame history. To be frank, they are some of the worst guys you'll get to meet when playing videogames. But that's OK as they provide some relief from the always-predictable Hollywood-like leading men that only want to save the world and crop up in ... |
9 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Google Transit is what seems to be the easiest and fastest solution to plan a trip using public transportation in your home town because it allows you to do that from a simple yet powerful interface. The bad thing is that it only provides coverage for a limited number of cities/states around the world, the United Sta... |
9 April 2008
03:42 GMT |
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A new rumor brings Google Earth and the long commented Google Maps function, Street View, in the spotlights: the Mountain View company plans to integrate Street View into the downloadable map application which means users will be able to enjoy street-level panoramas straight from their desktop. The speculation was ro... |
7 April 2008
08:25 GMT |
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Aaron and Christine Boring, a Pennsylvanian couple, have sued the Mountain View-based company Google, claiming that the search firm published photos of their private property without authorization. The couple accuses Google that its Street View technology, a special Google Maps function which provides street level pa... |
7 April 2008
02:53 GMT |
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Google Earth, the downloadable mapping application provided by the Mountain View company, is now providing even more high-resolution photos as the parent firm updated several locations around the world. Although the news came on April Fool's Day, the reports are not fakes as the new high-quality imagery is now a... |
2 April 2008
02:17 GMT |
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Google Maps Street View is a famous service which provides high-resolution photos straight from the street, allowing users to enjoy amazing panoramas from several locations in the world. Although there are only a few similar services on the market, there's one which may represent a real alternative for Google�... |
31 March 2008
16:06 GMT |
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All the first person shooter fans should be really happy right now since Midway and Epic have just announced that downloadable content for the amazing Unreal Tournament 3 is now available for PlayStation 3s and PCs. The DLC consists of three new deadly arenas: Morbias, Facing Worlds and Searchlight. The PS3 owners ca... |
28 March 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Street View, the Google Maps function that provides high-quality panoramas for free, is once again updated by the Mountain View company as it plans to expand the coverage of the service. In an announcement made today, Bradley Bossard, Software Engineer, mentioned that high-resolution imagery with no less than 13 new ... |
28 March 2008
03:16 GMT |
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For all the Formula 1 hotheads out there, the upcoming first race of Melbourne, Australia, is the mark of a beautiful time of the year. Here's to the 2008 season getting underway and to those brilliant "madmen" that have decided to re-create it on Google Maps. For, what is folly without the means to make it hear... |
10 March 2008
06:15 GMT |
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The life-long battle between Yahoo! and Google is being fought at every level possible, starting with the search engine, advertising platform, email services, and going to the maps they both offer to their users. At the moment, as with most of the other options and services, Google is the Maps leader, but unlike in o... |
7 March 2008
15:21 GMT |
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