What is special about Geospatial?

The keynote of Google’s IO Event lasts about one and a half hour. The talk includes some of the Development news at Google including:

• GWT
• Ajax and Apps API
• Gears
• App Engine

But the most exciting part for me was the presentation of Steve Horowitz, from the Android team, showing first Android applications on a mobile phone. For example it is possible to virtually walk around US-cities. For this application Streetview photos are used. The navigation is done via a touchscreen and a build in compass.

The used phone (no logo which indicated the manufacture) has a touchscreen from Synaptics where the user can log in with an user defined gesture.

Written and submitted from Home, using my 802.11g WiFi network.