Category Archives: Webservices
Cloudmade – An alternative Javascript mapping API
CloudMade was founded by Steve Coast and Nick Black in 2007 to provide services around open mapdata. Steve Coast is also the founder of OpenStreetMap (OSM), one of the most prominent source for free map data based on the wiki … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Webservices
Tagged API, CloudMade, free, Mobile, open source, openstreetmap, osm, web map, web-based mapping, webmap, webmaps
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Check the Air Pollution in Beijing online
The Wall Street Journal povides a service where you can compare the air polution near Beijing. With a time sider you can go back to 2005. The data is baed on the Beijing government. Link: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-BEIJINGSMOG0807.html
Posted in Webservices
Tagged 2005, 2008, air, air pollution, Beijing, Beijing 2008, data, distribution, games, government, Map, Olympic Games, pollution, time line
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Yahoo launches FireEagle – a service to track your locations
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 … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Internet, Webservices
Tagged API, application, Location, service, track location, track your location, yahoo
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EveryScape – StreetView inside buidings
EveryScape is a web service similar to Google StreetView but it allows also indoor navigation. Therefore it is possible to navigate though the streets of an city and go inside buildings along the city. Of course only public buildings are … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Travel, Web, Webservices
Tagged buildings, EveryScape, geoweb, inside, Location, Streetview, web service
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New Aerial Photos for Austria
Biside high resolution aerial photos of the provinicial capitals of Austria Herold.at provides enhanced photos for Wiener Neustadt, Wels, Villach, Kitzbühel, Steyr, Hartberg, Linz-Umgebung, Leoben und Kufstein. This was communicated by the Herold company on Tuesday. They assert that their … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Web, Webservices
Tagged aerial, herold, high resolution photos, Map, new cities, photos, service
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GeoNames – A Free GeoWebservice
GeoNames is a geographical data base freely available and accessible through various Web services, under a Creative Commons attribution license. The GeoNames database contains over 8,000,000 geographical names corresponding to over 6,500,000 unique features. All features are categorized into one … Continue reading
