Subject: ‘apple’
March 9, 2012 OpenStreetMap Continues to WinWeb MappingOpenStreetMap gained two new big services recently with the disclosure by FourSquare and Apple that have picked up the crowdsourcing map favorite. This news also marked the departure from Google Maps for these two companies as their mapping source. Foursquare made its announcement on February 29th, stating: Starting today, we’re embracing the OpenStreetMap movement, so all the ... read more August 6, 2011 Using Location-Based Services to Build a Social NetworkLocation Based ServicesAvoiding the Google-Apple-Facebook Trap: How Enterprises Can Provide Their Own Mobile Solutions – a whitepaper by Dr. Alexander Koeppen and Michael Heinzel. Feature rich smartphones with state-of-the-art operating systems have become the dominating access device for the Internet worldwide. This development has opened up a multi billion dollar business – especially for few mobile services and ... read more April 28, 2011Apple Prepping for Crowd-Sourced Traffic AppGIS NewsA side note that emerged from the iPhone tracking controversy was a statement on the Q&A on Location Data that served as the response by Apple (seen via Pocket-lint). Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the ... read more  Of Interest: Flood Map, iPhone Tracking UpdateGIS NewsEsri has released an online Flood Map to track observed flooding locations (point locations symbolized by categorized flooding intensity), precipitation reports, and social media (Twitter, YouTube, Flickr) posts about the situation in the Midwest. Satellite, topography, and street data can be toggled on and off as the base layers. Flood data is provided by NOAA ... read more February 5, 2010 GeoBriefs: Google Maps dispute, Apple bans located-based ads in app, OSM in the newsGIS NewsAnother geopolitical dispute has popped up over Google Maps over the disputed border between Cambodia and Thailand. Svay Sitha, secretary of state of the Cambodia’s Council of Ministers, wrote a letter (the article doesn’t mention to whom) in which he states, “(The map) is devoid of truth and reality, and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious.” ... read more |
