Tag Archives: Google Maps
All European Flights live on the Map
The portal Flightradar24.com shows live aircraft traffic in the airspace above Europe. The technique to receive flight information from aircraft is called ADS-B. That means the Flightradar24.com can only show information about aircraft equipped with ADS-B transponders. Today about 60% … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Europe, flight number, flight routes, flights, Google Maps, live, Map, mapplet, mashup
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Twitter and the Map
The microblogging site Twitter has emerged from a nice service to one to the biggest players for social networks. With only 140 employees and an estimated revenue of $400,000 in Q3 2009 the Californian company is on rank 12 of … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb
Tagged API, ESRI, fluttr, Google Maps, Location, location API, mapplet, mashup, trendmaps, tweets, twitter
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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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Offline OpenStreetMap for Android (2 Alternatives)
Location based applications (LBS) or mapping applications are very useful especially if you are abroad or in a foreign country. Unfortunately roaming costs are still very expensive and most of these “travel” or mapping applications require Internet connection to download … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Featured, Geodata, LBS
Tagged Android, android apps, android market, apps, BigPlanet, Google Maps, google maps offline, iphone, LBS, MapDroyd, mapping apps, Market, moblie apps, offline, offline maps
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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
Google Maps as platform for online games
Monopoly City Street is a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the game board. It will start on the 9th september and will be the biggest live game of monopoly in history. The goal to the classic Monopoly has not … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, GeoWeb
Tagged city streets, Fun, game, Google Maps, live game, Map, monopoly, online game, platform, streets
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OffMaps – Allows to use maps without Internet Connection
OffMaps is an application for the iPhone or iPod touch which can be downloaded via the Apple AppStore. Online map services consume quite a bit of bandwidth and mobile internet services are often limited. Therefore many users are looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, LBS, Travel
Tagged AppStore, cities, city, Google Maps, iphone, Map, map service, offline, offline maps, openstreetmap, osm, Travel
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How to create time dependent maps?
Many geographic layers or even features within a map layer, which are visualised on web maps, are related to specific time frame. These features are only relevant during a given period of time. Historical maps or mapping applications which deal … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Geodata
Tagged date, features, geography, GIS, Google Maps, JavaScript, layer, library, period, simile, time, time frame, time period, timeline, timeline and maps, timemap, web map
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