Date archive for July, 2008
July 5, 2008Street View on the Move in the UKIssues in GISDespite the potential to be referred to the Information Commissioner, Google apparently has started gathering the street level imagery needed to launch Street View in the United Kingdom. According to the BBC, Privacy International, a British rights group, believes that Google’s technology breaks privacy laws in that country: “In our view they need a person’s ... read more July 4, 2008 Northern California FiresGeographyThe European Space Agency has posted high resolution imagery of the northern California fires. A high number of fires are burning in the Big Sur and other areas in California: More than 1000 wildfires have been burning in the area for over a week. Most of the fires were started by dry lighting and spread ... read more July 3, 2008Voice Input for Google Maps Available in Beta for Blackberry Pearl UsersWeb MappingGoogle is testing voice search technology for Google Maps and it has announced the availability for Blackberry Pearl users. The experimental technology allows Pearl users to use Googles Maps, obtain directions and located business by issuing voice commands. According to Betanews: Pearl owners can go to m.google.com/maps, press 0 to center the view of the ... read more Happy CountriesGeographyDenmark is the most happy and Zimbabwe is the least happy country as determined by the latest survey from the World Values Survey. According to MSNBC, the survey has been conducted since 1981 and asks two questions “Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, rather happy, not very happy, not at ... read more July 1, 2008Google Partners with TeleAtlasWeb MappingGoogle has signed a five-year agreement with TeleAtlas which means the geographic data provider will be supplying Google with data covering over 200 countries for Google Maps, Google Earth and other applications that need geographic data. What is interesting is that the agreement allows TeleAtlas access to the community edits: Bill Henry, CEO of Tele ... read more |
