Backstory: I bought Konfabulator a month ago…a great program that lets you use desktop widgets with Windows (hurry to Intel, Apple!)… Action: Yahoo! bought the parent company 2 weeks ago and will be releasing the next version as freeware Result: The company is refunding the purchase to anyone who bought the current version! So cool!! [...]
Another set of links to some of the many Google Map hacks Diggs, Deals, & Google: Cool Uses for Google Maps
VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – July 31, 2005 News ESA uses remotely-sensed images to detect evidence of ice on Mars ESRI User Conference Release of ESRI Image Server Getting GeoSpatial data ArcGIS 9.2 (not yet released) – Managing Spatial Data Side-by-side comparison of Google Maps and Virtual Earth
Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth: The progress of Web Mapping.
This is a fun little tool. Make sure to use the zoom function to really enjoy it zipdecode | ben fry
Here is an article from CNET news yesterday that includes some quotes from Lars Rasmussen, the lead engineer of the Google Maps project, who was speaking at a conference on Web engineering. http://news.com.com/Google+mapper+Take+browsers+to+the+limit/2100-1038_3-5808658.html
Near real-time tracking of the ISS and satellites at NASA – Science@NASA J-Track 3D
Take browsers to the limit: Google: ZDNet Australia: News: Software
This is a great link that allows you to quickly find the differences between the two internet map viewers at Download Squad
As most of us in the eastern part of the US know the West Nile Virus is here to stay. Take a look at how CNN present the spatial distribution of the virus in the US. CNN.com Specials
