The Special Abilities of Expeditus

"Street View can have a powerful, if somewhat under-appreciated marketing impact. It offers visitors..."

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:29:06 -0400

“Street View can have a powerful, if somewhat under-appreciated marketing impact. It offers visitors a first impression of local businesses, and that first impression might determine the choice of a restaurant or hotel, for example.”

- Google Ties Street View To Local Business Listings

"In a blog response to Google’s entry into the crowdsource traffic space, Waze makes it clear that..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:27:30 -0400

“In a blog response to Google’s entry into the crowdsource traffic space, Waze makes it clear that their crowd-sourcing service relies on “active participation” from wazers. Google uses the crowdsource term to reference the fact that they get speed and location data passively – basically using zombie smartphones running Google Maps as data points. With Waze’s fleet of active participants, users help the community by “editing the map, reporting events, adding pictures and text, sharing their GPS points, validating traffic, testing new releases, giving us feedback.””

- Waze looking to beat Google with active crowdsourcing

"The talk asks why most current users of geodata experience maps through one of two ways: in car sat..."

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:18:33 -0400

“The talk asks why most current users of geodata experience maps through one of two ways: in car sat navs, or online mapping portals and looks towards a future of app stores, specialized map data and geo applications that match the exact needs of consumers.”

- CloudMade » Your Future is Customized – State of the Map Presentation from CloudMade

"Web plays coming out of Betaspring’s inaugural year include the mapping startup Expedit.us, which..."

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:56:17 -0400

“Web plays coming out of Betaspring’s inaugural year include the mapping startup Expedit.us, which has a devious strategy for mapping the nation in terms of landmarks, rather than the distances and street names used by existing wayfinding applications.”

- Entrepreneurs pitch plays at Betaspring Demo Day - Mass High Tech Business News

"It may be a long way from first place in API mindshare, but web mapping pioneer MapQuest has been..."

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:17:42 -0400

“It may be a long way from first place in API mindshare, but web mapping pioneer MapQuest has been making major upgrades to its Flash and JavaScript APIs.”

- MapQuest Zooming Away With Its Features

"This week we’re expanding our traffic layer to cover all U.S. highways and arterials when data..."

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:46:19 -0400

“This week we’re expanding our traffic layer to cover all U.S. highways and arterials when data is available. We’re able to do this thanks in no small part to the data contributed by our users. This is exactly the kind of technology that we love at Google because it’s so easy for a single person to help out, but can be incredibly powerful when a lot of people use it together.”

- Official Google Blog: The bright side of sitting in traffic: Crowdsourcing road congestion data

"Would you like to provide geographical context to your online content? Thousands of users all over..."

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:19:38 -0400

“Would you like to provide geographical context to your online content? Thousands of users all over the world already use Click2Map, the professional geoweb solution of choice. This full featured and user friendly system allows you to make maps, add points of interest and display them on the Internet in just a few mouse clicks.”

- Click2Map, the professional geoweb solution, make maps online using Google Maps

"As an online free mapping service, Google Maps is a great product. But it’s lacking in certain parts..."

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:16:54 -0400

“As an online free mapping service, Google Maps is a great product. But it’s lacking in certain parts of the world. And rather than pay people to go get information about those places, Google has smartly been using a service called Map Maker, which lets locals and people knowledgeable about the area edit it themselves. And this week, Google has added a couple important areas to the list: Mexico and Eastern Europe.”

- Google Doubles Its Cartographers As Maps Continues To Go Wiki-Style

"While the vast majority of animals have no trouble finding their way around, most people, when..."

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:45:14 -0400

“While the vast majority of animals have no trouble finding their way around, most people, when stripped of maps or signs, are notoriously bad at it. A handful are so terrible at orienting themselves, even in places they know well, that they rarely leave the house alone. “I try to study maps,” says Fine. “But when I get out into the real world, it just looks completely different.””

- Why humans can’t navigate out of a paper bag - life - 18 August 2009 - New Scientist

"Waze (blog) is using mobile phones as sensors to collect data. The Israeli-based start-up (though..."

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:56:58 -0400

“Waze (blog) is using mobile phones as sensors to collect data. The Israeli-based start-up (though now with offices in SF) is relying on users to create its maps, to report realtime traffic and to teach it how to route from place A to place B. Along their drives the user gobbles points for every action. Use the app and gain recognition within the Waze community. The company is doing all of this through its free turn-by-turn navigation apps (sorry, iPhone and Android only for now).”

- Waze: Make Your Own Maps in Realtime - O’Reilly Radar

in-n-out loc: 17600 gillette ave., irvine, ca - Google Maps

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:58:35 -0400

in-n-out loc: 17600 gillette ave., irvine, ca - Google Maps:

Google Street View vehicle drives through In-n-Out takeout line.

"One of the things I like the most about Clustr is that it will generate shape(file)s for any old..."

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:31:24 -0400

“One of the things I like the most about Clustr is that it will generate shape(file)s for any old list of geographic coordinates. Now that most of the hassle of setting up Clustr has been (mostly) removed, the only question left is: What do you want to render?”

- Code: Flickr Developer Blog » The Only Question Left Is

"With the ability to forward emails directly to Backpack, create links, add images, and more,..."

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:14:53 -0400

“With the ability to forward emails directly to Backpack, create links, add images, and more, Backpack is incredibly robust in capturing a range of information. You can even embed live Google Maps which is absolutely brilliant for travel.”

- Backpack for Travel Plans

minivite — making events easier to share

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:39:27 -0400

minivite — making events easier to share:

We just released Minivite, a really simple way to share events with your friends! Easily create great-looking invitations with maps to help everyone get there.

"Google is finally figuring out that short links are just easier to deal with, especially on a mobile..."

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:59:25 -0400

“Google is finally figuring out that short links are just easier to deal with, especially on a mobile phone. No, it is not rolling out its own URL shortening service just yet (bit.ly, stand down). But today it is introducing what it calls “smart links” to the mobile version of Gmail.”

- Google Realizes That Short Links Are Smart Links In Mobile Gmail

"Once you link your AdWords campaign to your Google business center account, Google will dynamically..."

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:05:00 -0400

“Once you link your AdWords campaign to your Google business center account, Google will dynamically match a business’s locations to a user’s location or search terms and show the appropriate address with text ads.”

- AdWords Gets More Local

"If you’re an iPhone user, you might have been waiting for Google Latitude, our service that..."

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:22:22 -0400

“If you’re an iPhone user, you might have been waiting for Google Latitude, our service that lets you see where your friends are, which has not been available on iPhone. Well, today we’re releasing Google Latitude for iPhone and iPod touch as a web application running on iPhone’s Safari browser.”

- Official Google Mac Blog: Google Latitude for iPhone

"You can now bring the power of MapQuest routing to your application, whether it runs on a server or..."

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:51:59 -0400

“You can now bring the power of MapQuest routing to your application, whether it runs on a server or in the browser.”

- MapQuest Opens Its Directions Data

"The geocoder was built as part of our FGDC CAP Grant to help GeoEnable Government Tabular Data and..."

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:02:00 -0400

“The geocoder was built as part of our FGDC CAP Grant to help GeoEnable Government Tabular Data and utilizes the free and open TIGER/Line street data as well as various address parsing and metaphone components for US level address parsing. Also, not everyone can call to a web-service, abide by the terms of service, or be limited by the speed and amount of geocoding queries.”

- FortiusOne Releases Open Source Geocoder. Is Geocoding Becoming a Commodity?

"If you are using either Google Chrome 2.0+ or Mozilla FireFox 3.5+, you’ll now notice a little dot..."

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:34:12 -0400

“If you are using either Google Chrome 2.0+ or Mozilla FireFox 3.5+, you’ll now notice a little dot in the upper left-hand corner of Maps, just above the Street View guy. If you click that dot, Google Maps will show you your location on the map.”

- Location Now Built-In To Google Maps — In Chrome And Firefox