Subject: ‘Google Maps’
October 4, 2011 Create a Local State of ChaosMapsCreated by insurance company, State Farm, this fun application mixes Google’s aerial and Street View imagery with the unfortunate and destructive visit by a menacing robot. Type in a name (optional) and the address you want “destroyed” and after about a minute of processing time, the short movie starts. The blockbuster style movie starts with ... read more October 1, 2011 Helicopter View and Airport MapsWeb MappingIn news from the online mapping world, Google has added helicopter views to its Google Maps. The new functionality allows viewers to preview driving directions in 3D. To access the new feature, enter a request for driving directions on Google Maps. Next to the header for the driving directions is a 3D button. Clicking on ... read more September 3, 2011 AutomapkiWeb MappingIf you have AutoCad files that you want to overlay onto Bing Maps, Google Maps, Yahoo Maps or OpenStreetMaps, then try Automapki. The application works with AutoCAD 2010 or higher and is integrated with over 3,000 coordinate systems. There is a trial version that allows users to test out Automapki for 15 days. Thereafter, there is ... read more August 31, 2011 Embedding Hurricane MapsWeb MappingEsri and Google have embeddable hurricane maps for those that want to add hurricane tracking to their web sites. Now that Hurricane Irene has passed, stormwatchers have their eyes on tropical storm Katia which is gathering steam in the North Atlantic ocean and has the potential to strengthen into a hurricane. Currently, the National Hurricane ... read more August 28, 2011 Google Maps: Short URLS and Voice SearchWeb MappingThere were two new interesting announcements this past week about Google Maps: short URLs and voice search. The Google LatLong blog posted about the availability of Short URLs. Short URLS had been in test mode by Google and the function is now an official part of Google Maps. Now when users click on the link option ... read more August 6, 2011Geo APIs Summer Learning SeriesWeb MappingThe Google Geo Developers Blog has been hosting its Geo APIs Summer Learning Series. The series unfolds and expands on the technical aspect of sessions from the recent Google I/O 2011 developer conference. Posts from the Summer Learning Series: Google Places API Secrets and Surprises Managing and visualizing your location based data with Fusion Tables ... read more July 17, 2011 Traffic Estimates Dropped from Google MapsGIS NewsWhen searching for driving directions, Google Maps used to offer two time estimates: one based on the posted street speed limits and a second time estimate based on the delay caused by traffic conditions. Google has quietly dropped its traffic estimation recently. The change was first reported by Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Roundtable although ... read more May 28, 2011 TargetMap – Create Free MapsWeb MappingUpload an Excel spreadsheet with ZIP/Postal Codes in one column and the associated attributes in the other and TargetMap will map it for free onto Google Maps. The end result is a pretty slick thematic map application with data values that can be displayed by hovering the mouse over a given area or clicking on ... read more May 2, 2011 Osama bin Laden Compound Mapping and ImageryGIS NewsThe sudden news of Osama bin Laden’s death in a firefight at his custom built compound in Abbottābad, Pakistan led to a rush of neogeographers to pinpoint and map out the exact location of the compound on Google Maps. Osha Gray Davidson of Forbes has a timeline of the trial and error efforts on Google Maps ... read more April 30, 2011 16th and 17th Century Cartography Versus 2011 ImageryMapsHow did the major cities in the 16th and 17th centuries compare with their modern counterparts? The Atlantic has a slideshow comparing the look of mostly European cities with satellite images pulled from Google Maps. Scans of the 16th century maps are housed on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s and the Jewish National and University Library’s Historic ... read more |
