VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 05
August 21, 2005
Main Topic:
A discussion of the webmap API wars.
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News:
Geography Education Bill
NRCS WebSoilSurvey
ESRI Press Book Spatial Portals
Amazon’s Maps
GIS Podcast
National Geographic Genographic Project
Featured Sites:
NASA Mission Geography
National Geographic Education
ESRI Campus
Geospatial21
BBC Education
Main topic:
Webmap API Wars:
Microsoft is now trying to cajole web developers to begin to work with their Virtual Earth API. Jesse argues that Google has too much of a head start while Sue suggests that Microsoft has the sheer power to pull in developers.
Via Virtual Earth
Google Maps API
Email:
Encouraging words from Mark and Edward, and a list of bootable OpenSource GISs
Events:
North American Cartographic Information Society, Salt Lake City, October 12-15
MapsAsia, Jakarta, August 22-25
Central Appalachian Geo-Spatial Conference, Pittsburgh, August 26
X Iberoamerican Conference on Geographic Information Systems, San Juan, September 6-9
2005 Carolina URISA/GITA Conference, Charlotte, September 7-9
ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit, Denver, September 12-14
