Tag Archives: Google
Google is investing in Location Based Game
var flattr_url = ‘http://joesonic.com/blog/2010/05/13/google-is-investing-in-location-based-game/’; Google is investing in a new startup company with the strange name SCVNGR. SCVNGR was founded back in 2008 and and developed a location-based game for mobile devices. Up to now more than 600 customers, like … Continue reading
Are ski slopes streets? Google says YES, they are.
We know Google mounts car with 360 degrees cameras and GPS to show us streets. We know Google also mounts bicycles with 360 degrees cameras and GPS to show us streets where cars are not allowed to drive. But now … Continue reading
Posted in Geodata
Tagged Google, GPS, indoor, indoor streetview, ski resort, ski slopes, snowmobile, Streetview, vancouver, whistler, whistler mountain
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Google I/O: What would you say if you get a free Android Phone?
Attendees of the this years Google I/O Conference get an HTC Magic smartphone for free. If I had known this before maybe I had planned a trip to San Francisco to be there. Even though the smartphone was the highlight … Continue reading
Posted in Event
Tagged 5>2, Android, Developer Conference, geo, Geolocation, Google, google io, HTML 5, I/O, Mobile Maps, San Francisco
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Streetview is covering Europe
More and more parts of Europe are covered with Streetlevel imagery in Google Maps. The last update effected several cities in Great Britain. In following countries is Google’s StreetView available. Great Britain Spain France Italy The Netherlands [via Google Maps]
Posted in GeoWeb, Geodata
Tagged es, Europe, fr, gb, Google, it, nl, street view, Streetview
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StreetView available for Vienna, Austria
StreetView is now available for the Austrian capital Vienna. But it is not the original StreetView service by Google Maps. The Service is provided by eXtreme Soft Group S.R.L. a private company seated in Bucharest. Their main task is to … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Geodata
Tagged austria, coverage, Google, Google Maps, GPS, imagery, Map, Mapping, service, street level, street level imagery, street view, Streetview, vienna, web service
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Nearly area-wide streetview – but only in the USA
Google has updated StreetView data for the USA. According to Google the update doubles the coverage of StreetView information in the United States. As you can see in the image the coverage for the USA is quite impressive. Also the … Continue reading
Google Earth for iPhone
It was only a question of time since Google Earth will be available on the iPhone. Now it is available as free download form the iTunes App Store. Even if Google is promoting their own handset platform (Android) the is … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, Software
Tagged Apple, earth browser, geo browser, Google, Google Earth, iphone, Mobile, Software
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Google switched completely to TeleAtlas
Google switched their underlying map data to TeleAtlas for their whole branch of products. Now Google Earth, Google Maps, Local Search and Google’s mobile solution using Teleatlas for their underlying data. Many see this as logical step after the acquisition … Continue reading
“Google Satellite” Successfully Launched Into Space
I’ve already posted that Google together with GeoEye will launch a new Satellite for Google Earth and Google Maps images. The so called “GeoEye-1” satellite will take photos with a resolution of 0.41 cm / pixel. In the following pictures … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Google
Tagged areal, Geodata, geoeye, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, image, orthophoto, photo, resolution, satellite
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Picasa 3.0 – New Version available
Today Google has not only released a new Browser (Google Chrome), they also introduced a new version of Picasa Web Albums and their Picasa software. Picasa Web Albums looks a little bit fresher. Some news includes different tabs to explore … Continue reading
Posted in Software
Tagged album map, Chrome, face recognition, Google, photo management, Picasa
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