Reading Time: < 1 min As you’ve likely heard, Microsoft has unveiled it’s new Bing search engine. As part of that rebranding process, other Microsoft applications are getting renamed. Of particular interest to us are the new names for their mapping products. Live Search Maps will now be simply called “Bing Maps”, and the Virtual Earth platform will now be […]
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Microsoft Integrates Photosynth into Virtual Earth
Reading Time: < 1 min This could be pretty cool. Microsoft’s remarkable Photosynth software now is playing nicely with Virtual Earth. From their press release: Photosynth software analyzes digital photographs and generates a 3-D model by “stitching” the photos together. These models, or “synths,” can now be viewed using Silverlight technology across multiple platforms. Virtual Earth brings together features, functionality […]
Google Ocean comes to the Great Lakes
Reading Time: < 1 min I was wondering if Google would be adding their “ocean” features to other bodies of water, and it turns out they are! You can now dive into the five Great Lakes just as you can with the oceans. From the LatLong Blog: Users will be able to explore features such as the canyons and shoals […]
Mob of people run Google StreetView car out of town
Reading Time: 2 min There’s some confused people in Broughton, a Buckinghamshire village. According to the Times: So when the Google Street View car trundled towards Broughton with a 360-degree camera on its roof, villagers sprang into action. Forming a human chain to stop it, they harangued the driver about the “invasion of privacy”, adding that the images that […]
Google releases “Latitude”
Reading Time: < 1 min Google has just released a new mobile phone app called “Latitude” that helps you track down friends and family in real-time. The app is currently available for Blackberry, S60 (Nokia N95, etc) and Windows Mobile. An Android app will be available in the next few days and it’ll be coming to the iPhone “very soon”. […]
Google Earth 5.0 is released — WOW
Reading Time: < 1 min This is simply one of the biggest releases ever for Google Earth. Some of the goodies: Historical Imagery: You can now activate a slider. I’ve seen a lot of imagery from the early 90’s, and there’s plenty from even before then. I’ve been very impressed with the quality of the older imagery. It’s mostly black […]
Satellite image of the inauguration crowds today
Reading Time: < 1 min GeoEye made quick work of posting an image from Barack Obama’s Inauguration today. As promised, they snapped a photo at 11:19am and had it posted by this afternoon. The photo does a great job of capturing the mass of people that were in Washington. It was very interesting to see the the crowds formed — […]
New imagery in Washington, DC – Just in time for the Inauguration
Reading Time: < 1 min мебелиTwo days before Tuesday’s Inauguration of Barack Obama, Google has updated the imagery in the Washington, DC area. According to the Google Earth Blog, the imagery for the White House and Capitol building are still from 2002, but much of the imagery in the area is dated 2008. In addition, some of the censorship has […]
Google Transit Layer launched for 50 cities worldwide
Reading Time: < 1 min Google has just announced the release fo the transit layer for 50 cities worldwide. Google Transit has been around for a while, but this actually overlays the transit lines on the map. As the Google LatLong blog says, using this in combination with hotels and/or restaurants can make life much easier when you’re visiting a […]
Major update to Google Maps, primarly with StreetView
Reading Time: < 1 min Hot on the heels of its arrival on the iPhone, the web interface of Google Maps has just received a major overhaul. In particular, the handling of StreetView is much different. Google Maps Mania has a great overview of the changes, as does the video below. Check it out!