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• 08 Nov

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GeoWeb
  • Internet
  • Mobile

  Google Maps Mobile Placemark Icon

  1

  It was very hard to find the new stylish placemark icons of Google Maps Mobile 3 (GMM 3) in the web. Therefore I tried to create a icon which look like those optimized for mobile devices. In my opinion they look much more modern like the traditional placemark icons of Google Maps. You can download this icon and use it for your Google Maps mashup or mobile maps application.

  For an optimal visualisation please re-size to 32 px or so.

  Please tell me if you know where to find some more icons in this new style.

• 10 May

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GeoWeb
  • Internet

  Where Photography meets Geoinformation

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  Pixelcase is an online service to create virtual tours. It allows to create impressive presentations about geographic places. By using photographs and panoramic views in a flash frame including functionality like zoom, rotate and pan a spatial feeling is added. Following example shows how Geoinformation can be presented in an entertaining environment: http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr/2009/newyork/

  

  You can jump between different places, so called hotspots, by using thumbnails on the bottom. This functionality could be enhanced by using direct links in the picture to jump from one hotspot to another. Maybe an navigation similar to Google Streetview can be added of cover all the different hotspots of a covered area.

• 13 Mar

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GIS
  • Internet
  • Software
  • Videos

  Some infos on the ESRI DevSummit 2009

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  In 2009 ESRI holds their 4th developer summit in Palm Springs, CA. Between March 23-26 various sessions covering the whole product line of ArcGIS will be covered. Of course news about the version 9.3.1 will be demonstrated and an outlook on 9.4 will be given. The keynote session will be held by David Chappell, principal of Chappell & Associates in San Francisco, California.

  

  One of the most promoted session is the ArcGIS Silverlight API, which will compliment the JavaScript API and the Flex API.

  Jim Barry, EDN’s program manager, provides an outline of the DevSummit and defines each component of the event -> watch the following video.
  

  Following Program is planned:

  Demo Theater	Day/Time
  Extending ArcLogistics	Mon 4:00pm
  Creating custom clients for the ArcGIS Server Image extension	Mon 5:00pm
  ArcGIS Business Analyst Server	Mon 6:00pm
  Building SharePoint Web Parts with the Web ADF	Tue 1:00pm
  ArcGIS Explorer 900 Developer: A truly managed experience	Tue 2:00pm
  Developing Real-Time Applications with Tracking Analyst and Tracking Server	Tue 3:00pm
  Creating Custom GIS Portals using GIS Portal Toolkit	Tue 4:00pm
  Developing custom forms and queries for ArcPad AXF files	Tue 5:00pm
  Using application configurations to roll out a customized ArcGIS Explorer 900 experience	Wed 10:00am
  Extending, customizing and implementing the Situational Awareness Bundle	Wed 11:00am
  Geometric Networks for Developers	Wed 12:00pm
  Performing Network Analysis with Geoprocessing	Wed 1:00pm
  Developing Applications for ArcGIS for AutoCAD	Wed 2:00pm
  Integrating Microsoft Silverlight with the Web ADF	Wed 3:00pm
  Leverage Dynamic Display in ArcGIS Engine Applications	Wed 4:00pm
  Presummit Seminar	Day/Time
  Introduction to ArcGIS Explorer 900	Mon 8:30am
  Introduction to ESRI’s Developer Technologies	Mon 8:30am
  Designing and Developing Geoprocessing Tools with ArcGIS	Mon 1:00pm
  Developer’s Guide to the Geodatabase	Mon 1:00pm
  Technical Session	Day/Time
  A Developers Guide to ArcGIS Server	Tue 1:00pm
  Developing .NET Applications for ArcGIS Engine	Tue 1:00pm
  Developing Java Applications with ArcGIS Engine	Tue 1:00pm
  Effective Geodatabase Programming	Tue 1:00pm
  Migrating VBA/VB6 ArcObjects Applications to .NET	Tue 1:00pm
  Programming and Design Patterns for the ArcGIS Mobile API	Tue 1:00pm
  Support Operations and Processes presentation	Tue 1:00pm
  9.4 Beta Program presentation	Tue 2:45pm
  An overview of the ArcGIS JavaScript APIs	Tue 2:45pm
  Building .NET Applications using the ArcGIS Server Web ADF	Tue 2:45pm
  Building and Extending Tasks for ArcGIS Server Java Web Applications	Tue 2:45pm
  Building Geoprocessing Tools with Python	Tue 2:45pm
  Enhancing Your Applications with ArcGIS Online	Tue 2:45pm
  Moving Desktop Applications to ArcGIS Server	Tue 2:45pm
  ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability—Performance Factors and Optimization	Tue 4:30pm
  Best Practices for Designing Effective Map Services	Tue 4:30pm
  Building Your First Rich Internet Applications with ArcGIS API for Flex	Tue 4:30pm
  Custom Raster Format Support in ArcGIS through GDAL	Tue 4:30pm
  Extending the ArcGIS Desktop Applications	Tue 4:30pm
  Implementing Security for ArcGIS Server Java Solutions	Tue 4:30pm
  Using the ArcGIS Server REST API	Tue 4:30pm
  ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability – Testing Methodologies	Wed 10:30am
  Customization with the ArcGIS Server Image Extension	Wed 10:30am
  Customizing Editing Workflows with the Java Web ADF	Wed 10:30am
  Developing Advanced Applications with the ArcGIS API for Flex	Wed 10:30am
  Developing Advanced Applications with the ArcGIS JavaScript API	Wed 10:30am
  Python Scripting—Advanced Techniques	Wed 10:30am
  Working with ArcGIS Server Services Using the SOAP API	Wed 10:30am
  Building and Optimizing Geoprocessing Services for ArcGIS Server	Wed 1:00pm
  Developing with ArcGIS Raster APIs	Wed 1:00pm
  Extending ArcGIS with Java	Wed 1:00pm
  Implementing Security for ArcGIS Server .NET Solutions	Wed 1:00pm
  Introduction to the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight	Wed 1:00pm
  Patterns and Best Practices for Building Applications with ArcGIS API for Flex	Wed 1:00pm
  Programming and Design Patterns for ArcPad	Wed 1:00pm
  Advanced Map Caching Topics	Wed 2:45pm
  Creating a 3D Virtual City using ArcGIS	Wed 2:45pm
  Developing Advanced Applications with the ArcGIS API for Flex	Wed 2:45pm
  Distributed Geodatabase Development	Wed 2:45pm
  Extending ArcGIS Server with Java	Wed 2:45pm
  Introducing and Implementing ArcGIS Explorer 900—Part I	Wed 2:45pm
  Top 10 How-tos for the ArcGIS Server .NET ADF	Wed 2:45pm
  Best Practices for Designing Effective Map Services	Wed 4:30pm
  Building Custom Tasks for ArcGIS Server .NET Web Applications	Wed 4:30pm
  Building Your First Rich Internet Applications with ArcGIS API for Flex	Wed 4:30pm
  Customizing Graphics and MapTips with the Java Web ADF	Wed 4:30pm
  Implementing Enterprise Applications with the Geodatabase	Wed 4:30pm
  Introducing and Implementing ArcGIS Explorer 900—Part II	Wed 4:30pm
  Patterns and Best Practices for Building Applications with ArcGIS API for JavaScript	Wed 4:30pm
  Building great web maps using ArcGIS	Thu 8:30am
  Customizing Graphics and MapTips with the .NET Web ADF	Thu 8:30am
  Developing Advanced Applications with the ArcGIS JavaScript API	Thu 8:30am
  Developing Defense Applications using Military Analyst and MOLE	Thu 8:30am
  Developing for the GeoWeb: Notes from the Field	Thu 8:30am
  ESRI Product Licensing	Thu 8:30am
  Working Effectively with the Geodatabase Using SQL	Thu 8:30am
  An overview of the ArcGIS JavaScript APIs	Thu 10:15am
  ArcGIS 9.4—The Road Ahead for Developers	Thu 10:15am
  ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability—Performance Factors and Optimization	Thu 10:15am
  Deploying ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Engine Applications in .NET	Thu 10:15am
  Implementing ArcGIS Mobile Applications for the Enterprise	Thu 10:15am
  Leveraging the OGC Capabilities of ArcGIS Server	Thu 10:15am
  Patterns and Best Practices for Building Applications with the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight	Thu 10:15am
  Advanced Map Caching Topics	Thu 1:30pm
  ArcGIS Server Performance and Scalability – Testing Methodologies	Thu 1:30pm
  Building and Optimizing Geoprocessing Services for ArcGIS Server	Thu 1:30pm
  Building ArcGIS Applications for AutoCAD	Thu 1:30pm
  Customization with the ArcGIS Server Image Extension	Thu 1:30pm
  Patterns and Best Practices for Building Applications with ArcGIS API for Flex	Thu 1:30pm
  Patterns and Best Practices for Building Applications with ArcGIS API for JavaScript	Thu 1:30pm
  User Presentation	Day/Time
  Building RESTful Apps and Services Using MVC	Tue 1:00pm
  Philadelphia Map Plug-in: Reusable Map Control with ArcGIS API for FLEX	Tue 2:00pm
  ArcGIS, the Web, and the GPU – Advancing 3D GIS Visualization	Tue 3:00pm
  Unit Testing 101: Building Testable Applications	Tue 4:00pm
  Dynamically Creating and Deleting Map Services and Layers Using VB.NET and ArcGIS Server	Tue 5:00pm
  Using OpenLayers with ArcGIS Server REST API	Wed 10:00am
  Building ArcGIS Mobile Applications with the WPF Composite Application Library	Wed 11:00am
  Harnessing Server Object Extensions	Wed 12:00pm
  Print & Legend Web Services for the ArcGIS JS API or WebADF	Wed 1:00pm
  Flex, REST, WMS and Distributed Processing for Economic Development	Wed 2:00pm
  Implementing a Custom Image Server Raster Format	Wed 3:00pm
  Intro to Agile Software Development	Wed 4:00pm

  

  You can also watch videos about some sessions of the previous developer summit of 2008: 2008 DevSummit Presentations

  Link: http://www.esri.com/events/devsummit/index.html

• 15 Dec

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GeoWeb
  • Geodata
  • Internet

  Intelligent Online Routing – TomTom Route Service with IQ Technology.

  0

  TomTom has introduced an online routing service with their IQ Technology. The routing service is currently in beta and an only accessed after registration. They use the latest version of Teleatlas Street data, which is a fully-owned subsidiary of TomTom.

  

  TomTom IQs Routes Technology™ puts the driving information and data of millions of TomTom users into their algorithms to calculate the best route based on actual speeds driven on the roads by the users compared to speed restrictions.

  IQ Routes™ technology is available for roads in the following countries:

  • Western Europe:
    • Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
  • North America:
    • United States, Canada

  The routing service include also a Locator Feature, where you can find Cities, Addresses and Point of Interests (POIs) on the map. For the input alternative names in different languages can be used.

  Unfortunately I have no detailed information about the used hardware and software running behind this system. The front-end is designed with Flash technology.

• 05 Dec

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • Internet
  • Web

  Java FX 1.0 available now – but not for mobiles.

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  Sun has recently published the final version of JavaFX 1.0. The new Java technology enables developers to create so-called Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). JavaFX is a Java-based technology in competition to technologies such as Adobe Flash and Adobe Air and Microsoft Silverlight. To develop JavaFX applications Sun provides a plug-in for the NetBeans IDE.

  Libraries and web services are part of the JavaFX development platform. JavaFX supports 2D vector graphics and offers effects such as anti-aliasing and alpha blending. With the JavaFX Desktop SE and Java applets Internet services can be used on your computer similar to desktop applications.

  JavaFX currently supports Windows XP and Vista with Java SE 1.6 Update 10 and MacOS X with Java SE 1.6 update 5th.

  JavaFX 1.0 is now available for download at http://www.javafx.com. Core components, JavaFX Development Environment, Production Suite JavaFX and JavaFX Desktop and the NetBeans IDE 6.5, more than 80 code examples, tutorials and documentation are included in the installation package.

  Sun CEO and President, Jonathan Schwartz introduces JavaFX -- the
  new expressive platform for creating and delivering rich Internet
  experiences across all the screens of your life.

  One main focus at JavaFX are mobile devices. But JavaFX Mobile will be available in spring 2009 according to Sun.

  [via golem.de]

• 19 Sep

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GIS
  • GeoWeb
  • Internet

  Open Street Maps as Shapefile for your GIS

  1

  The German company Geofabrik is specialized to neogeography and open geospatial data. Now they provide the download of OpenStreetMaps as daily updated shapefiles. 

  The data on their server are regional hierarchical structured. All shapefiles are based on OpenStreetmap-raw data. This XML-based file format dist described  in the OpenStreetMap-Wiki at OSM Protocol Version 0.5.

  

   

  But not all layers of the available OSM data is converted special layers can be requested as additional service.

  OSM data is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0-License.

  [via Mapperz]

• 13 Sep

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GeoWeb
  • Internet
  • Travel

  Online Interactive Tourist Maps

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  OnionMap is a website with interactive and detailed tourist maps of popular cities across the globe. The maps are embedded in flash and provide rich functionality like zoom, pan but also measurement, add attractions to the map and get attributive and textual information about tourist places. The list of cities which are included in this system is quite big, containing, New York, San Francisco, London, Vienna, Bangkok, Tokyo etc. The look and feel is similar to paper tourist maps and are therefore easy to handle.

  

  [via lifehacker.com]

• 25 Aug

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GeoWeb
  • Internet
  • Software

  Create a 3-dimensional Environment with your Photos

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  We explore our surroundings, with every technology we have. From text to audio to maps to photos. Now there is a new technology freely available to represent place – Photosynth. Photosynth comes from Microsoft and you can build up your own 3d environment with your digital camera and the Photosynth software.

  This is how it works:

  1. You make a lot of photos of your surrounding with as many overlapping as possible. Walk around and change zoom and angle.
  2. Go to http://www.photosynth.net and download and install the software plugin in your web browser.
  3. The software automatically compares all your photos and finds out how they go together and uploads them to the web.
  4. The result is a 3d virtual representation which can be seen by anyone via the Internet.

  The optimistic overall goal of the developers is to create a 3d photo-realistic representation of the whole world.

  Still there are some limitations and drawbacks:

  • Creating a good Photosync takes patience and practice.
  • Every spot in the environment has to be included in at least three photos.
  • No Mac version until now.
  • You cannot create a private version of your composed photos.
  • Alternative Quicktime VR (available for years).

  [via David Pogue, NYT]

• 13 Aug

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GeoWeb
  • Internet
  • Webservices

  Yahoo launches FireEagle – a service to track your locations

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  Yahoo has launched their contibution of “track your location” sites with the release of Fire Eagle. The basic idea behind Fire Eagle is to become the link between your location and the services that you want to give your location to. You can feed your location to Fire Eagle from your GPS unit, cell phone, laptop, etc, then their applications can use it for whatever task you give them permission for. Even though it has just launched, there are a large number of sites already using it (e.g., Dopplr, Facebook, etc.), many of which tie into Google Maps.

  In other words, Yahoo’s Fire Eagle, what I like to call a meta-app because it manages many location-enabled apps, is now open to all.

  

  Links:

  • API
  • Application Gallery
  • Fire Eagle Yahoo Group

  [via Google Earth Blog]

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

• 09 Aug

  

  Posted by
  joesonic

  
  

  Category

  • GIS
  • GeoWeb
  • Internet
  • Programming

  ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 JavaScript API and Google Maps

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  Since ArcGIS 9.3 ESRI provides a JavaScript API of ArcGIS Server.

  The video shows how to build powerful business applications by dynamically querying information contained in map layers.To query geometry properties you can use the esri.arcgis.gmaps.Query class.
  

  More information for developers can be found at: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/index.cfm?fa=jsapis

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