Reading Time: < 1 min I find myself often talking about the importance of good page titles, so I thought I’d get all of the info into one place. The page title is very important for a number of reasons: It was what people see in their toolbar when your site is open. It is the default text when someone […]
Archives for July 2007
The Gerber Life Grow-Up Plan
Reading Time: < 1 min I’ve not looked close enough at this plan to see if it’s anything that parents should do, but I have no confidence in their ability to keep track of money. Check out this chart they show during their commercials: The bar on the left represents $10,000. The one on the right represents $20,000. Notice anything […]
Niagara Falls
Reading Time: < 1 min The Virtual Earth / Live Maps blog just pointed out how great Niagara Falls looks in Virtual Earth. I have to admit, it’s quite stunning. I thought I’d go a step further and compare it to the same shot in Google Earth. As you’ll see, there is no comparison. I have to imagine that Microsoft […]
How Google Earth [Really] Works
Reading Time: < 1 min Stefan at Ogle Earth point out a fascinating article about what really makes Google Earth tick. It’s written by Avi Bar-Ze’ev, who helped develop Google Earth back when it was still known as Keyhole. It’s a very tech-heavy article about how you go from having terabytes worth of imagery to then rendering it all on […]
Easily Import Addresses into Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 min John Gardiner at Using Google Earth points out a new tutorial on Google’s site that explains how to batch import addresses into Google Earth. I don’t have a set of data that needs to be done, but it looks quite slick nonetheless.
Virtual Earth finding its way onto more consumer-oriented business sites
Reading Time: 2 min I’m finding more and more sites lately that are using Virtual Earth as their on-site mapping program. The latest is Bank of America (via the VE dev blog). It’s got a unique issue in that it claims to require that you enter your City, State and ZIP, but it appears that ZIP-only will work (as […]