Tag Archives: Map
GIS for the iPhone
There are a lot of LBS and Mapping applications for the iPhone or Android phones for downloading in their markets. But since now real mobile GIS software is not common yet. iExtMap tries to go one step further and includes … Continue reading
ArcGIS on iPad
The first version of ArcGIS on iPad is basically a ArcGIS Server viewer optimized for touch screen interaction. Basic functions like browse and select maps, measurements, and identify is possible. Analysing and editing functionality is expected soon. The ESRI ArcGIS … Continue reading
Posted in ESRI
Tagged ags, Apple, ArcGIS Server, ESRI UC, ios, ipad, Map, touch, user confernece
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ArcGIS for Android API – Under Development
With the ArcGIS for iPhone API, you can extend the reach of your GIS to include Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The ArcGIS for iPhone API can access data from ArcGIS Online or from your enterprise servers and allows developers … Continue reading
Test: Map provides or route planners and their actual (or outdated) map material
LandkartenBlog.de has tested 23 different map providers in case of accuracy and actuality. The results surprises in both directions – positive (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps) and negative (Falk, Bing and Yahoo). Actual map data is a weak point of many Internet route … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Geodata
Tagged 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, bing maps, falk, Geodata, herold, herold.at, highway, Map, map23, material, navteq, new map, new roads, route palnner, street segments, TeleAtlas, update, viamichelin, yahoo maps
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Tourist Movements Map
You’ve picked a city for your upcoming vacation; Flickr user Eric Fischer’s Locals and Tourists image set of cities across the globe details exactly where tourists like to hang out around town—so you can avoid them. Blue pictures are by … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Travel
Tagged flickr, geo-tagged, heat map, locals, Map, tourist, tourists
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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
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Tagged Europe, flight number, flight routes, flights, Google Maps, live, Map, mapplet, mashup
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Your own Map Server with custom styled OSM tiles
In comparison to most commercial map services like Google Maps and Bing Maps street data from the OpenStreeMap (OSM) project can be downloaded and used via GIS tool or cartographic renderer offline. The software Kosmos by Igor Brejc allows to … Continue reading
Posted in GeoWeb, Geodata
Tagged cached, download map data, kosmos, local, Map, mapserver, ms, offline data, open street map, osm, tiles
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Scale of the to-date known and mapped Universe
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most … 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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Wolfram Alpha meets Geography
As many other Internet users I stumbled across WolframAlpha some days ago. Wolfram Alpha defines itself as computational knowledge engine. The concept for using knowledge alpha can be seen as combination between Google and Wikipedia, but it uses quite an … Continue reading
Posted in Geodata, Sites, Web
Tagged geocoding, geography, Map, projections, routing, Stephen, thematic mapping, thematic maps, Wolfram, WolframAlpha
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