Tag Archives: update

Test: Map provides or route planners and their actual (or outdated) map material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

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Android 2.0 (Eclair) Update very soon.

Recently the SDK for Android 2.0 was published. Developers can now adapt their applications to Android 2.0. Watch the video to get an impression about new features. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash … Continue reading

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Manual Update of HTC Magic to Android 1.6 (Donut)

Follow these steps to update Android manually: Check Version of your phone in Settings->Telephone (for example CRC1, CRC24, … ) Update corresponding ROM. (CRC1 here, CRC24 here) Rename file to “update.zip” Copy file to root directory of your sd card. … Continue reading

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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

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What’s Coming in ArcGIS Server 9.3

ESRI has announced enhancements for ArcGIS Server in version 9.3. I will shortly summurize the most improtant ones of the new release: REST and JavaScript APIs Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Services Support PostgreSQL Support Collaborative Design Activity (COLLADA) File Support … Continue reading

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Map Chart

Recently Google Updated their Google Charts API. Now there are some new chart types available. These new chart types and the new unlimited API calls for the Chart API makes this API even more useful. Interesting is the new chart … Continue reading

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