Category Archives: Web
Map about Nuclear Explosions from 1945-1998
The followin video shows the location of all nuclear explotions starting with Hiroshima in the year 1945. The timeline will move until 1998. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to … Continue reading
Posted in Geodata, Videos
Tagged atari, ctbto, explostions, isao hashimoto, Japan, nuclear bombs, video map
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Google Wave is dead – officially
Google Wave is now officially dead. Webusers have not accepted a new Google product for communication. It can be assumed that some of the Google Wave technology will be included in the new version of Gmail. Google blog statement: But … Continue reading
Virtual journey on the Transiberian Railway
The combination between Google Maps and YouTube allows you to make a virtual travel from Moscow to Vladivostok. The video is georeferenced and synchronized with the map. This feature allows you to navigate on the map an see the corresponding section in … Continue reading
Posted in Geodata, Google, Videos
Tagged georefernece, Google Maps, journey, map view and video, russian railways, sync, syncronized, transib, transiberian railway, Travel, Video, virtual, Youtube
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Startup: Askaro – Why not to ask your neighbourhood for local events
Recently there were some news about Eduardo Manchón, the co-founder of Panoramio, leaving Google and the Panoramio team. After four and a half year he wants to address to his new task at Askaro. He stated in this blog post … Continue reading
Posted in Start-ups, Web
Tagged aks around, answers, askaro, company, georeference, geoweb, Location, neighbour, questions, startup
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New delicious codenames for future Android versions
Google has decided to name different versions of Android according to sweet pastries. According to a recent interview by Erick Tseng Android’s next big interation will be known as FroYo. Froyo is the Short Term for “frozen yogurt” and another … Continue reading
How reliable are Directions (or Routes) in Google Maps?
Google Maps does not provide metadata about geographical data used for geocoding or routing. This could lead to some astonishment when the user see the routing results in Google Maps. For example a route from Hungary to Bulgaria will direct … Continue reading
Introducing GoMoGi – a Carinthian GIS start-up
GoMoGi is an start-up company located in Klagenfurt, Austria. It was founded about one year ago by Michael Diener. GoMoGi covers the area of GIS services and Location Based Service (LBS) applications. Beside support for different kind of GIS support … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Start-ups, Web
Tagged austria, company, GIS, GoMoGi, klagenfurt, LBS, location based service, Software, startup
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Featured Sessions at ESRI UC 2009
ESRI has published a list of Featured Session for the User Conference 2009. (logo by ESRI) How can we design our future with GIS? Jack Dangermond President, ESRI How can we design our future with GIS? UC Opening Plenary Session, … Continue reading
Giveaway of 5 Google Wave Invitations
All you have to do is to write a comment on this post. I willl send your invitation to your email address specified in the comments form (spam protection).