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Google Map creation tool

Published on August 12, 2005 by Jesse in General, general, WebMapping

This tool allows you to build custom Google Maps apps without knowing the intricacies of the Google Maps API. I didn’t test it, but the concept is great. ZeeMaps

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Closed Circuit TV meets the map

Published on August 12, 2005 by Jesse in general, VirtualEnvironments

An interesting article on linking CCTV and 3D environments to support situational awareness. BBC NEWS | Technology | CCTV video mixes maps and images

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2006 O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference

Published on August 11, 2005 by Sue in general, WebMapping

For those of you interested in the cutting-edge tech-side of GIS and other geospatial technologies, the Call for Participation has gone out for the 2006 O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. According to the conference website: “The O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference frames the ideas, projects, and technologies that the alpha geeks are thinking about, hacking on, and

Google Maps Transparencies

Published on August 11, 2005 by Jesse in general, WebMapping

Picked this link up from Digg.com. Another nifty Google Maps interface. Google Maps Transparencies

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Bell Canada launches Seek & Find

Published on August 10, 2005 by Sue in general, WebMapping

If you thought your parents had uncanny ways of knowing what you were up to, check out how parents in Canada can now monitor their kids’ locations in near real-time on a map using Bell Canada’s Seek & Find which uses the embedded GPS capability of their cell phones and the Internet. http://www.lbszone.com/content/view/252/2/

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Clouds on Google Maps

Published on August 10, 2005 by Jesse in General, general, Remote Sensing, WebMapping

OK, it is late I probably shouldn’t blog just before sleep, but I figured I would forget this link in the morning. The Digg submission linked below is a person who found clouds on the aerial imagery when they were on Google Maps. They don’t say whether they think this is good or bad, but

HiRise high-resolution camera set to depart for Mars

Published on August 9, 2005 by Jesse in General, general, Remote Sensing

Continuing my obsession is an article regarding NASA’s new instrument for capturing the martian surface. Please not that they talk about the number of pixels the instrument will collect at a time, but not what the spatial resolution of each pixel will be, which is actually more important for the end-user. The other important information,