Subject: ‘Online Mapping’
December 12, 2009 PortableMapsWeb MappingPortableMaps is tile based mapping framework for ArcGIS at the View license developed by Michael Chamberlain. It allows users to publish their content to the web as a tile cache without the need for a map server or database. The framework also allows the drawing and saving of vector graphics using the new canvas tag ... read more December 9, 2009 Bye Bye Geography NetworkDataThe Geography Network, which made its debut at the International ESRI User Conference back in 2000, is being shown the door by ESRI. The ArcGIS Online Blog made the announcement today. With lots of changes over time to online GIS and geographic information and the technologies used to serve them, the Geography Network has been replaced ... read more November 9, 2009 Online Mapping SuedWeb MappingWhat do Expedia, Google, Microsoft, the Washington Post, Ticketmaster, Travelocity, Tripadvisor, Yahoo, Yellow Pages, Yelp, and Zagat Survey have in common? They are all being sued by Webmap Technologies LLC for infringement of patent 6,772,142 called Method and Apparatus for Collecting and Expressing Geographically Referenced Data. Read more: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo others sued over mapping ... read more October 30, 2009MapQuest Plays CatchupWeb MappingReadWriteWeb has a quick write up on some of the cartographic changes with MapQuest, similar to what Google rolled out last week. Also in the post is an update on traffic data for MapQuest versus Google Maps. Google Maps now corners 45% of the market while MapQuest has dropped to 35%. James Fee points out ... read more October 27, 2009Online Crime Mapping Bad for Housing Values?Industry and Subjects in GISThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is warning that the recent launch of the national United Kingdom online crime mapping publication could result in a reduction in housing values for some neighborhoods in England and Wales. A spokesman for RICS said, “Whilst RICS fully supports efforts by the government to reduce instances of crime, ... read more October 20, 2009ESRI Launches Free Mapping SiteFree GISA new press release from ESRI today announced the launch of their “Mapping for Everyone” site.: Make a Map—The Make a Map feature includes a simple interactive Web map showing seven different U.S. demographic layers. Visitors can zoom in to an area of interest, select a demographic layer, then embed the map into their own ... read more October 19, 2009OpenStreetMap's Atlanta Mapping MarathonDataUPDATE: Fox News in Atlanta has a segment on the OpenStreetMap mapathon. OpenStreetMap is gearing up for a three-day mapping marathon to map with a goal of making the city of Atlanta one of the best mapped in the United States. Over 200 volunteers are expected at the event and will be given GPS units ... read more OpenStreetMap’s Atlanta Mapping MarathonDataUPDATE: Fox News in Atlanta has a segment on the OpenStreetMap mapathon. OpenStreetMap is gearing up for a three-day mapping marathon to map with a goal of making the city of Atlanta one of the best mapped in the United States. Over 200 volunteers are expected at the event and will be given GPS units ... read more October 12, 2009Walk Score To Go Open SourceSoftwareWalk Score is preparing to go open source which they announced on their blog and in a press release.. At walksource.org the source code will be made publicly available. For now, interested parties can sign up their email addresses to be notified when the open source site will be ready. The walk source algorithm is ... read more May 3, 2007Online Mapping Scrambles after Tanker SpillGeographyThe recent disaster that melted a critical portion of San Francisco’s highway infrastructure had more than just commuters scrambling. Within two days, many of the major online mapping sites had modified their driving directions to circumvent the now closed overpass. Rachel Konrad from the Associated Press reported that: Yahoo took nearly 39 hours to suggest ... read more |
