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Quest for history Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:46PMDustin Avila's job is a little unusual. Technically, he's a door-to-door salesman, traveling from his home in Stanislaus County to sell paintings across the state. But his wares are anything but conventional.
Oregon House approves bill that would allow high-priority road extension in Tualatin Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 7:58PMHouse Bill 3225 would create an exception to state land-use laws and allow the much-discussed extension of Southwest 124th Avenue in Tualatin.
Wednesday wildfire update Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 6:47PMYesterday (Tuesday, April 26), Texas Forest Service responded to 13 new fires for 32,831 acres. read more
Bing for iPad Makes Browsing Beautiful Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 12:20PMBing has launched an iPad app today, with a design for its search portal that it truly customized to the iPad experience. It's a stark contrast to the Google app which offers a similar thing: access to search, news, and maps. Sponsor Much like the Bing website, the iPad app offers a visually rich landing page with a large high resolution image. Across the bottom of the screen are boxes that will ...
Census Shows Changes in City Ward Populations Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 8:46AMRecently released census figures show that there is less than a 400 person difference in population between the least and most densely populated wards within the city.
Man dies at Fort Desoto Park Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 9:09PMDeputies are investigating an incident at Ford Desoto Park today where a Dunedin man collapsed and later died.
34th America's Cup Race: Team Ellison Gets Seawall Lot 330: Let the Howling Begin Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 3:19PMAerial view of Seawall Lot 330, via our friends at Google Maps The new, enhanced terms of the San Francisco's deal for the A-Cup, which snatched the race from the laps of sailboat-loving Newporters, have been revealed. In the...
CSDC’s AMANDA Citizen Service Platform Enhances GIS Support Wednesday, December 8, 2010 @ 9:30AMCSDC Systems Inc., a leading provider of business process automation solutions for government agencies, today announced newly enhanced GIS integration capabilities in its AMANDA citizen service platform that will transform the way governments deliver services.
Google Earth 6 adds new street view, 3D trees Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 8:13AMGoogle Earth version 6 was released Monday giving new meaning to up close and personal.
New Google Earth: Better Street View and More Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:55AMVersion 6 of Google Earth features better street view, trees, and older satellite imagery.
Google Earth 6 arrives Monday, November 29, 2010 @ 4:06PMThe new version incorporates streetview integration and 3D trees, among other features.
Leaky Lynch School roof will get replaced Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 12:28AMWINCHESTER – Apparently influenced by all the talk about budget deficits and straitened resources, Town Meeting defeated two of the three requests for capital appropriations which went forward on Monday during the second night of Town Meeting.
10 Must-Have iPad Apps for Seniors Monday, November 8, 2010 @ 10:21AMSimple and free ways to open the door to new online technology.
IBERIABANK Launches Bank-Owned Property Website Wednesday, November 3, 2010 @ 1:25PMLAFAYETTE, La., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- IBERIABANK (www.iberiabank.com), the 123-year-old subsidiary of IBERIABANK Corporation (Nasdaq: IBKC), is pleased to announce the launch of www.iberiabankproperties.com , a website featuring bank-owned commercial and residential properties, building lots and land for sale located throughout the ...
IBERIABANK Launches Bank-Owned Property Website Wednesday, November 3, 2010 @ 11:35AMIBERIABANK , the 123-year-old subsidiary of IBERIABANK Corporation , is pleased to announce the launch of www.iberiabankproperties.com, a website featuring bank-owned commercial and residential properties, building lots and land for sale located throughout the Eastern United States. Â
Hot Shot Vets From Google, Mozilla, Yahoo Cooking Up Stealth Treats At Tasty Labs Tuesday, November 2, 2010 @ 5:50PMEarlier today, we noted that Paul Rademacher, the man known for creating "the first true Web 2.0 application", was leaving his engineering job at Google after five years with the company. Now we know where he's going. And it's very interesting. No, it's not Facebook like seemingly every other Xoogler these days. Instead, he's joining up with Joshua Schachter (the founder of Delicious) and Nick ...
Holy smokes Batman! Symbol of Caped Crusader painted on a U.S. air base in Japan Monday, October 18, 2010 @ 7:26AMThese amazing aerial shots - discovered on Google Maps - show that someone has used the Caped Crusade's insignia on a hangar. But who's the Joker?
Kite-based aerial imagery arrives in Google Maps Tuesday, October 12, 2010 @ 8:28AMFrank Taylor's photographs, taken by a camera suspended from a kite, has fleshed out a few patches in Google's online maps of the world. Originally posted at Deep Tech
Kite-based aerial imagery arrives in Google Maps Tuesday, October 12, 2010 @ 8:22AMFrank Taylor's photographs, taken by a camera suspended from a kite, has fleshed out a few patches in Google's online maps of the world.
Smile! Aerial images being used to enforce laws Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 1:49AMRIVERHEAD, N.Y. On New York’s Long Island, it’s used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it’s a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and other government data with it. Some in law enforcement use it to supplement reconnaissance of crime suspects.
The Next Stage of Online Video Evolution Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:16PMHTML5 is changing the look of Web video, but can it edge out Flash? At the end of August, the band Arcade Fire launched an online experiment with Google that allowed fans to build a personalized music video to accompany the new song "We Used to Wait." But the video was more than a normal video: it was a collection of video windows within the Web browser that provided, among other images, aerial ...
Update 2: Local GIS Tidbits Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:02AMRiverhead abandoned using Google Earth to find illegal pools in the middle of August. Now a proposed restriction on such use is up for a vote: Councilman George Gabrielsen has prepared a resolution adopting a policy restricting the use of virtual globe map and geographic information programs.
Arcade Fire Are Spying On Your House Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:22AMArcade Fire are officially Big Brother. Or they've teamed with them, at least.
Yes, There's an App for That Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:51AMCheck out our list of the best travel apps that maximize the size or touchability of the iPad display
The Best iPad Travel Apps Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:42AMWhile in San Diego recently I was strolling past my hotel’s pool and saw a guy pecking away at his iPad. He was perched on a lounge chair less than a foot from the pool’s edge.
Google experimenting with spy drones, says German maker Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 8:29AM'Sky View' brewing, or just fresher Google Maps? Global small-ads colossus Google is trialling a small battery-powered camera drone of a type previously used by the UK police and special forces, according to reports. It's thought that the flying spyeyes might add a new dimension to the company's controversial "Street View" picture database, compiled by fleets of camera cars driving along roads.…
NASA images show continuing Mexico quake deformation Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 9:19PMNew NASA airborne radar images of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border show Earth's surface is continuing to deform following the April 4 magnitude, 7.2 temblor and its many aftershocks that have rocked Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest.
BlackBerry Use Limited in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 2:04PMBBC News reports that two Gulf states have announced bans on some BlackBerry functions based on security concerns. The United Arab Emirates will block sending emails, accessing the Internet, and delivering instant messages to other Blackberry handsets, while Saudi Arabia will prevent the use of Blackberry to Blackberry instant messaging. The Wall Street Journal posted an interesting piece on ...
Hotel Internet Marketing by 2013... Are we on Track? | By Jitendra Jain (JJ) Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:20AMI came across a piece I'd written about 17-18 months ago on the future of hotel internet marketing. The article talked about 5 broad tech trends that I thought would radically alter the way we approached digital / internet marketing for hotels back at the end of 2008. I thought it'd be fun to take a re-look at the article and see how far we've actually come in the last year or more and if those ...
Venezuela Severs Diplomatic Ties With Colombia Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:43PMWhat's Your Reaction? CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he warned that his neighbor's leader could attempt to provoke a war.
Anderson County Museum events Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:36PMThe following events are planned at the Anderson County Museum.
Drill ban slammed by oil industry Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:47PMThe Obama administration has issued a new moratorium on deepwater oil drilling, a move the industry says is unnecessary and will place tens of thousands of jobs at risk.
Google Maps gets stunning isometric view Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:51AMIs Google Maps’ flat imagery in Satellite mode ticking you off? Ever wanted to examine a location from a different angle? Don’t get me wrong, I like Google Maps but its lack of isometric perspective like that in Bing Maps has been a major drawback for me. Not anymore, as Google releases awesome 45-degree aerial [...]
World Briefs (07/12/10) Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 11:13PMPRETORIA, South Africa -- South Africa's president is taking fellow leaders to the World Cup final, but first read them a lesson.
Google Maps Gets a (Much-Needed) URL Shortener Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 5:01PMThe web addresses of Google Maps that you shared with your friends used to be unmanageably huge, but Google has just solved that problem with a new Labs feature that dramatically shortens Maps URLs. The Maps URLs are…
Gulf relief well 'by end July' Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 4:32PMThe first of two relief wells is expected to intercept BP Plc's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of July and the leak could be plugged by early to mid-August, a BP executive says.
Blog - Seeing Infrared in Maps Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 5:06PMInfrared imagery in online maps lets homeowners see their energy efficiency.
Some of the answers Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 3:09PMEver wondered why the Tetons are some of the oldest and youngestmountains in the world? How about why some granite is pink and somegray?
Fixing the flaws in North American maps Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 1:42PMTwentieth-century mapping techniques have not kept pace with 21st-century geospatial technology, and the National Geodetic Survey has begun a 10-year program to update the National Spatial Reference System that the nation’s mapping and surveying are built on.
Criminal probe into BP oil spill Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 3:43PMBP faces a grim future as its failure to stop a Gulf of Mexico oil spill prompted a plunge in the energy giant's shares and the Obama administration said it opened a criminal investigation.
Gulf oil spill threat widens Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 8:43PMOil from BP's out-of-control Gulf of Mexico spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, US forecasters say, as public anger surges.
Intermission: Grand Theft Google Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 7:48PMHonest Directors animated this short called "Satellite Car Chase," a mash-up of Google Maps's aerial street views and a Grand Theft Auto style car chase. It was originally made for the collaborative film series Psst! Pass It On 3 , and it does a fine job of taking the fantasy chaos of the game into a less sensational (more real?) setting. Via PSFK
Applanix Introduces v3.0 for POSTrack with Aerial Mapping Support Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 12:15PMAimed at simplifying and improving the productivity of aerial mapping operations, Applanix has introduced software version 3.0 for POSTrack, the company's Direct Georeferencing and Flight Management System.
Remote eye in the sky destined to join high-fliers Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 2:40PMIt's a humble backyard invention but Photo Higher director Kimberley Attwell reckons his remote control helicopter has sky-high potential.
Auditions to be held for student drama in Newark Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 7:34PMAristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerAn aerial photo of the city of Newark in this file photo.NEWARK -- Students ages 13 to 21 are invited to audition for a part in the play, "A Raisin in the Sun," which will be produced to...
Man left high and dry by Google Earth Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 5:10AMA savvy Santa Rosa County deputy used a virtual globe to track down the owner of an illegally dumped boat.
Speaking of Microsoft-Google Game of Internet Risk, Bing Adds More Square Kilometers in Maps Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:53PMIn one of the more interesting battlefields of the multi-front war between Google and Microsoft, Bing Maps today added what it calls its "largest imagery update to date, adding 6.7 million square kilometers of new imagery."
Google Labs for Maps Adds Nifty Nav Tools Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 5:39AMGoogle on Friday unveiled a Labs feature for Maps, which currently includes nine optional add-ons to the popular mapping service.
Live 3d Updates Google Earth With Real Time Data Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 2:46PMWhen you first start using Google Earth, the first things you might checkout are your home, office building (or school) and other interesting building in your part of the world. If you use Google Earth frequently, what may become apparent with time is the aerial and satellite images may be stale, featuring landmarks and [...]
Historic NYC: Google Maps Goes Jazz-Age Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 7:39AMA newly released overlay on the city government's on-line map shows New York City from 1924. New York changes all the time--buildings go up, bars close--but one thing, I hope, will always stay the same: the city's obsession with self-documentation. Maybe it comes from how transient the landscape sometimes seems, but government and citizens alike absolutely love mapping the city's history. Last ...