Tag: Google
The Politics of Google’s Mapping
Being one of the world’s leading online web mapping service means also trying to walk the impossible tightrope between the political bickering of countries. More than a few times has Google found itself in the middle of a maelstrom involving the geopolitical delineations and labels shown in Google Maps and Google Earth. Google has now [...]
Watch the Where 2012 Keynote Sessions Live
The Where 2012 conference started this morning in San Francisco. Even if you weren’t able to make this annual geospatial event, you can still watch the Where 2012 keynotes live on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4 right here on this page (see below). The keynotes sessions kick off Tuesday morning. All times listed are [...]
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 [...]
Using Location-Based Services to Build a Social Network
Avoiding 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 [...]
Google Mapping News
You can now access shorter URLs when linking to a Google Maps view. Click on the green beaker at the upper right hand corner and enable the “Short URL” option. (Via Google Maps Mania and The Map Room) The Lat Long Blog announced the release of oblique imagery for select cities around the world. For [...]