Tag Archives: Microsoft

Street Slide – An alternative approach for street level orientation

Posted on July 29, 2010 by joesonic

Can you remember the first time you saw Google Street View? Most of us were amazed by exploring the own neighborhood or foreign countries. But traversing a urban street in a 360 degree photographic bubble can be disorienting, especially when … Continue reading →

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Android .net in Summer 2010 (called MonoDroid)

Posted on March 18, 2010 by joesonic

Mono is an open-source implementation of .net and will be available for Android phones this summer. Project Manager Miguel de Icaza has presented “MonoDroid” at Mix10. So what is behind MonoDroid?

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Apple’s Change in Software Development – MacOS 10.6

Posted on August 29, 2009 by joesonic

The first release of software products mainly starts slim and easy. But developers try to add functionality to make a 2.0 version of this product, and sell it again. Why should new versions of software products always have to be … Continue reading →

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Create a 3-dimensional Environment with your Photos

Posted on August 25, 2008 by joesonic

We explore our surroundings, with every technology we have. From text to audio to maps to photos. Now there is a new technology freely available to represent place – Photosynth. Photosynth comes from Microsoft and you can build up your … Continue reading →

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Water Quality of European Bathing Sites on a Map

Posted on August 14, 2008 by joesonic

The European Environment Agency (EEA) launched the Eye on Earth – Water Watch campaign for Europe. The idea is that everyone gets information about bathing site all over Europe. Through the new portal users can rate beaches and share their … Continue reading →

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Graz and Vienna in 3D

Posted on June 3, 2008 by joesonic

Yesterday the first news came up that Graz and Vienna are now available in 3D. Virtual Earth was enhanced with the datasets of these cities. The 3D information is derived from areal photographs recored in different angles. Written and Submitted … Continue reading →

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Virtual Earth 6.1 – the most important improvements

Posted on April 11, 2008 by joesonic

Today Microsoft has updated their Webmapping service Virtual Earth to version 6.1. In this actual version lots of new functions were integrated. Now the service should be working also on Safari and Internet Explorer 8 Beta. New photographies are integrated … Continue reading →

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Euro 2008 enables Vienna in 3D

Posted on April 4, 2008 by joesonic

Microsofts Virtual Earth recently has updated their image data. Now all austrian host cities of the Euro 2008 tournament can be viewed in high relolution bird’s eye view (e.g. Klagenfurt, Innsbruck). But this is no real 3D city model. For … Continue reading →

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Vexcel Imaging

Posted on March 17, 2008 by admin

The ORF (Austrian Broadcasting) has recently shown an documentation about Vexcel Imaging Graz, and their technology to make areal photographs and calculate altitude for designing 3D city models. Vexcel was aquired by Microsoft and their technology is used by Microsoft’s … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Birds Eye view in Austria

Posted on February 29, 2008 by admin

 Recently a 35.13 terabyte data update in Virtual Earth happend. Some Austrian Cities like: Innsbruck Klagenfurt Linz Salzburg St. Pölten Villach Wels were also affected. They can be seen now in high resolution. With the “Bird’s Eye View” these Austrian … Continue reading →

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