Web Mapping
Google Maps Loses Unfair Competition Lawsuit in France
A 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 [...]
WorldMap: An Open Source Software Platform
Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis recently released WorldMap, an open source mapping application designed to make it easier for researchers to upload large GIS datasets and to create online maps using thousands of geographic layers available to them from the Worldmap Library. WorldMap is built using open source software (access the WorldMap source code via github.com) and is hosted [...]
Open MapQuest
Google’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) [...]
Online Mapping Sites
Online mapping has become an essential tool for most people today. From providing virtual geography to driving directions, most people use some form of web mapping on a daily basis. Technology Behind Web Mapping How Taxi Drivers Are Helping to Create More Efficient Driving Directions November 10, 2010: Microsoft is using the collective wisdom of [...]
Google’s Street View
Since the launch of Google’s street level imagery in May of 2007, Street View has become topic of fascination, legal wrangling, and just plain fun. Google’s Street View Launches Google unveiled its latest foray into the geospatial world with the launch on May 29, 2007 of its Street View application. Starting with Times Square, New [...]