Subject: ‘Google Maps’
| February 2, 2012Google Maps Loses Unfair Competition Lawsuit in FranceInternet MappingA French court has determined that Google has abused its position with its Google Maps application by engaging in unfair competition practices. The lawsuit was brought in 2010 by French company, Bottin Cartographes, which lodged a complaint against Google France claiming that by providing free mapping services to some companies, it was undercutting competition. Bottin Cartographes ... read more January 14, 2012 Google Maps Game Coming SoonFunIf you’re a member of Google+, the recently released social networking service from Google, you can look forward to a new addition to the Google+ Games collection. Set for release in February 2012, the game based on Google Maps was promoted in a short video clip. The game was developed by the Google Maps team based ... read more December 29, 2011 Open MapQuestInternet MappingGoogle’s recent enforcement of Google Maps API usage, resulting in charges for those exceeding the stated free usage quotas, has led some web sites to jump ship in search of less expensive online mapping options including Open MapQuest. Ed Freyfogle of Nestoria, a property search engine, recently posted on Nestoria’s blog about “Why (and how) we’ve ... read more December 18, 2011 Crowdsourcing Historical GISDataPastmapper is an innovative project from Brad Thompson who is seeking to document online the geography of cities over time. Thompson is seeking to answer the questions of “What was here?” and “Whatever happened to..?” by creating maps that look at the state of various cities historically by creating GIS layers that reflect how a ... read more December 4, 2011 Global Manhattan Grid SystemMapsThe Commissioners’ Plan of 1811 set into motion the grid system of streets between 14th Street and Washington Heights in the Manhattan borough of New York City. The NY Times has an overlay that allows viewers to compare a georeferenced John Randel map from 1811 to the modern street layout of Manhattan. The NY Times posted an ... read more November 30, 2011 Google Maps 6.0 Adds Indoor NavigationGIS News, Mobile GISGoogle’s steady march to capture the entire spatial element of the world has extended to the indoors. Google Maps 6.0 for Android has rolled out and the most notable change is the addition of indoor navigation for Android users. Navigation through the interior of buildings is similar to external navigation with the exception of a numbers ... read more October 30, 2011 Geo Roundup: Google Map API Usage Limits, GPS for Military Use Report, Earthquake Timeline MapGIS News, GPS, Internet MappingGoogle recently introduced limits to its Google Maps API usage. Starting October 1, 2011, free usage is limited to: “up to 25,000 map loads per day for each API” or “up to 2,500 map loads per day that have been modified using the Styled Maps feature.” Non-profits and those map applications determined by Google to be “in ... read more October 29, 2011 Halloween GIS FunFun, GIS NewsLooking to add a little geo to your Halloween beyond the of proliferation Halloween Trick or Treater online maps? Google Maps has created pumpkin cutouts that you can use to Mapify your pumpkins for Hallowe’en. Print out the pages on this Google Maps Pumpkin PDF, attach the guides to your pumpkin, and use the cutouts to ... read more October 28, 2011Maps of Thailand FloodingMapsEsri has released another map showing social media content from Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Ushaidi relating to the Thailand floods. The recent flooding in Thailand has affected more than a third of the country and displaced more than 100,000 people. The flooding is the result of three months of monsoon rains that have created the ... read more October 13, 2011 Google MapsGLInternet MappingGoogle’s LatLong blog posted about GoogleMapsGL which combines Google Maps and Web Graphics Library (WebGL) in order to step up the visual display and animation of its web mapping application. The technology brings 3D graphics to web browsers without the need to install 3D software. Supported browsers for WebGL are Chrome 14+ or Firefox Beta and the ... read more |
