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Also, Hawaii
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In addition to Mexico, Street View has also come to Hawaii . Also, Hawaii first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on November 9, 2009. Copyright © 2009 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence .1 day ago -
Google Maps Launches in Mexico
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A Mexican version of Google Maps has launched; here’s Google’s announcement from last Friday (in Spanish). As Google Maps Mania also notes , Street View imagery has been added for seven cities in Mexico; that was supposed to have launched today, but I’ve checked Mexico City and Guadalajara and it’s not ...1 day ago -
A Significant Step Down in Quality
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Peter Batty weighs in on the quality of Google’s new, homegrown map data: As anyone in the geo world knows, all maps have errors, and it’s hard to do a really rigorous analysis on Google’s current dataset versus others. But I think there is strong evidence that the new Google dataset in the U.S. is a ...5 days ago -
Too Soon?
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Steven Citron-Pousty wonders whether Google dropped Tele Atlas before their own data was ready . “Google’s routing data sucks right now and there are no two ways about it.” Via Peter . Previously: Google Stops Using Tele Atlas in the U.S. . Too Soon? first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About ...1 week ago -
Down But Not Out, MapQuest Makes A Return, But It Beat Google Maps?
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According to their blog , MapQuest has made some improvements to their tool which include “new map style and imagery improvements,” but will it be enough to regain market share with consumers. There was a time when MapQuest was the standard application that consumers would use when trying to play out a trip, I ...1 week ago -
A MapQuest Update
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MapQuest has improved the look of its maps — and to my eyes, at least, it certainly is an improvement. Meanwhile, Adam DuVander is impressed with MapQuest’s developer tools: “It’s now a platform worth considering, right along with Google and Yahoo.” Don’t look so surprised . Okay, maybe you can. Via ...1 week ago -
Google Maps Navigation: Free Turn-by-Turn Directions for Android Phones
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Google announced Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 today — turn-by-turn navigation for Google Maps running on Android smartphones, using the phones’ Internet connection to fetch up-to-date map, direction and traffic data. Also satellite imagery and Street View. Also, it’s free, thanks to the fact that ...1 week ago -
iPod Touch Maps Enhancer
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Map is important for travel, especially self travel. It is not cheap to get a detail map. I want to get detail map for few countries prepare for my trip next year: Macau, Zhuhai, ShenZhen, Hong Kong. I didn’t any Zhuhai’s map exist in travel magazine. It is time to explore more power in iPod touch! How good if I ...2 weeks ago -
Google Maps Look Better
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Google Maps appearance takes new direction by Harrison Hoffman, Webware (Oct 24) Google has made some changes to make its maps more readable. Google describes it as Evolving the look of Google Maps Post states, "All the same information is...2 weeks ago -
Disputed Country Borders
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Google Placates India, China With Different Map Versions John Ribeiro, IDG News Service via PCWorld (Oct 23) Would that all disputes could be solved so easily. China and India both claim ownership over Arunachal Pradesh. Google Earth makes them both...2 weeks ago -
Google Solicits Locations for Its Street View Trike
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Google is soliciting locations (i.e., trails, campuses, malls and so forth) in the U.S. to send its Street View tricycle; suggestions can be submitted here . A previous solicitation in the U.K. (which I saw but did not blog) received 10,000 nominations. Previously: Google Adding Trails to Street View . ...3 weeks ago -
Google Maps Argentina
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Argentina had been conspicuous by its absence from Google Maps (most other South American countries had at least some mapping data; Argentina was white space surrounded by maps), but no longer: Google Maps Argentina launched (in beta, of course) earlier this month . But the first I heard of it was this tweet from ...3 weeks ago -
Google US Takes on Own Maps
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Tectonic Shifts Altering The Terrain At Google Maps by Mike Blumenthal, Search Engine Land (Oct 14) Google has dropped TeleAtlas, a supplier of geospacial map data, from Google Maps in the US. It is using an amalgam of Street Views,...3 weeks ago -
A Valuable Tool for Burglars and Thieves
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In the wake of Street View’s Canadian launch, an Ottawa home security expert argues that Google Street View will be a valuable tool for burglars . Not that burglars couldn’t drive up and down the street looking for easy marks prior to this. Of course, the police can also see some advantages of scoping out a ...3 weeks ago -
Switch on to switch off, Virgin Media research claims
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A new report commissioned by Virgin Media and carried out by The Future Laboratory claims that two thirds of the UK loves being connected at all times and feels more relaxed when connected than when not. These people have even been given a media friendly name: SOSOs - those who switch on to switch off. Apparently SOSO ...4 weeks ago -
New York: Mapping madness, Oct. 18
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Do you know the basics and more of Internet-based mapping facilities, maps.google.com and bing.com/maps? Learn how to use this technology to your best advantage when the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York hosts Ron Arons "Mapping Madness." Technology is the genealogists friend, and Ron is a great teacher of ...4 weeks ago
