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9/11 Memorial, May 5, 2011
When I see TV coverage of something like the visit President Obama is making to the site where the 9/11 Memorial is under construction, the tight-shots on TV can cause me to lose my bearings. As my family includes a … Continue reading
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I assume everything I do is being tracked
Yesterday, these guys revealed how iPhones and iPads (the models with cell-phone connectivity) maintain about a year’s worth of data related to the cell locations they’ve encountered. What’s more, every time an iPhone/iPad owner syncs the device to their computer, … Continue reading
Wikis can be maps, too
Longtime readers of this blog (and the two of you know who you are) are aware that I love maps. I’m on record as saying the greatest software ever is what is now Google Earth. In presentations about social media, … Continue reading
Passive crowd sourcing: How Google uses data you give them when you’re stuck in traffic
This post’s theme song. This post on “the official” Google Blog explains how, if you use Google Maps for Mobile and have the My Location feature enabled*, your phone sends anonymous bits of data (the data is not pegged to … Continue reading
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Google Street View “Tricycle” at Stonehenge
While Google has caught grief about privacy issues in some European countries, in the UK, the country’s tourism agency, VisitBritain, has been courting Google to map UK castles, coastal paths, natural wonders, historic buildings and monuments, and sports stadia this … Continue reading
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A fun Google Maps experimental tourist tool that could grow up to be a valuable work tool
The best feature of the experimental Google Maps City Tours may nowbe the “remove” button. But with some time and tweaks,this could be a great sight seeing — or business planning — tool. Via Seach Engine Land and Steve Rubel … Continue reading
Gustav Google Mashup-Map
Here’s a map that’s tracking evacuation centers and updates related to Hurricane Gustav: View Larger Map (via: Gustav Information Center)
Google Maps (with more)
The Important Part: Since May 14 , you can click on the “More” link at the top of a Google Maps location to see photos (via Panoramio.com ) and explanations (via Wikipedia ) of points of interest. … View Larger Map The Take Away: Users of Google Earth will recognize the “More” feature as a pathway to the ” layer-fication ” of Google Maps. Continue reading
Yet another Google Maps fan post — the predictive traffic feature
Google Maps users (including those who use it via the iPhone) probably know the service provides real-time traffic data for 30 U.S. cities, including my hometown, Nashville, where there appear to be a few fender-benders today. For a view of … Continue reading
Google maps tracks delegate count
Longtime readers of this blog know I’m a Google Maps fan boy (and an even bigger fan of Google Earth, the greatest software on my computer). On Super Tuesday, I embedded a cool Google Maps mashup that animated Twitter posts. … Continue reading
How to tell a story with a T-shirt
At Hammock.com, we have a map mash-up where people with whom we work (our clients, free-lance network of contributors, vendors and other friends — even several folks who follow me on Twitter joined in when I invited them to participate … Continue reading
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Google maps goes collaborative
Okay, it’s already established that I’m a Google Maps “My Maps” fan-boy. For example, here is the first “My Map” I created, a trail map of a Greenway near my home. Today, the Google Maps team announced they’ve added a … Continue reading
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McMinnville, Tennessee in 3D
The Google Maps & Google Earth blog (LatLong) has a post about a community-wide effort in McMinnville, Tenn., (about 80 miles southeast of Nashville) to develop a 3D model of the town in Google Earth — the first of its … Continue reading
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The shape of things to come
Chris Silver Smith posted a photo of a set of buildings that when viewed from a satellite, forms the shape of a swastika. It turned out that the buildings were part of a 40-year old Navy barracks complex. To change … Continue reading
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