WebMapping

• January 25, 2006GeographyBlogs, WebMapping

  Platial

  Adena over at AllPoints Blog posted an entry on Platial, an online friend site which uses Google Maps and tagging to add information about place to a spatial location on […]

• January 23, 2006WebMapping

  Want to Know the Highest Point in Your State?

  Over at Geology.com, they’ve got a neat Google Maps mashup that shows the highest point in each of the 50 states. West Virginia’s is Spruce Knob – 4,863 feet. Alaska […]

• January 13, 2006WebMapping

  Perspective mapping using Google and Yahoo!

  Sliced bread may be nearing its end as the measuring stick for greatness, as new ideas are leaping onto the web for ways to use all of the AJAX and […]

• January 12, 2006WebMapping

  NPR on web-based directions

  “Ask anyone for directions and you will see the strengths and weaknesses of the human species…” (NPR Morning Edition, Jan 10, 2006) Sometimes I am a little frightened that I […]

• January 10, 2006General, WebMapping

  Google Earth for Mac OS

  According to OgleEarth it should run on any G3 or higher with at least 600 Mhz.  I will be loading it on my Mini tonight to see how it does.  […]

• January 3, 2006WebMapping

  KhaosLabs | MapMe for Skype

  This is an interesting concept to keep an eye on. MapMe blends Skype and maps for a spatial address book and what they call a geographical caller ID. KhaosLabs | […]

• December 16, 2005WebMapping

  Google and the establishment of GIS As Media

  For GeoWorld’s December 2005 issue, Matt Ball has written a short position article on the notion that the release of Google’s mapping-related applications in 2005, and their huge surge in […]

• December 12, 2005WebMapping

  New version of Yahoo Widgets

  The new version of Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator) now includes quite a few Yahoo! centric tools including a Yahoo! Maps widget. After I heard about the new version on SpatiallyAdjusted […]

• December 9, 2005WebMapping

  Unopened Letters — Hobu, Inc.

  Howard Butler has provided his thoughts on the whirlwind that has been the MapServer Foundation to date. Give it a read at Unopened Letters — Hobu, Inc.

• December 9, 2005GIS_Software, WebMapping

  OGC WMS ISO

  The alphabet soup in the title is a boon for the open standards movement. The OpenGeospatial Consortium (OGC) announced yesterday that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has accepted the […]