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googlemaps: Why only celebrate the New Year once? @gmapsmania rounds up mashups and live webcams from around the world http://bit.ly/5r7LkD
googlemaps: Why only celebrate the New Year once? @gmapsmania rounds up mashups and live webcams from around the world http://bit.ly/5r7LkD ::: via :::...
googlemapsapi: Google Maps Mania: “New Year’s Mashups on Google Maps” – http://bit.ly/65K1LB
googlemapsapi: Google Maps Mania: “New Year’s Mashups on Google Maps” – http://bit.ly/65K1LB ::: via :::...
Wishing Everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2010
Here we are on the precipice of a new decade. Where did this past decade go? They say time flies when you are having fun or really, really busy. For the GEOINT community, the past decade offered a mixture of both. Many believe, rightly so, that GEOIN...
Santa Tracker was amazingly popular
In the past, we’ve told you about the popularity of the Santa Tracker on GEB. This year, NORAD has released the actual data from the noradsanta.org site and the numbers are amazing! To go with the 1200 call center volunteers (who answered 74,...
Mark Ovenden’s New Blog
Mark Ovenden, author of Transit Maps of the World (reviewed here) and Paris Underground (reviewed here), has a new blog. Mark Ovenden’s New Blog first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on December 31, 2009. Copyright © 2009 Jonathan Cr...
New Year’s Mashups on Google Maps
Map ClockUse this Google Map to find out whereabouts in the world it is midnight right now. This ingenious Google Map has an embedded clock that changes to show the time in the current map view. The map sidebar includes some quick links to find the t...
Useful Resource for GIS Career Information for Students, Faculty and Counselors
It isn’t quite as hard as it used to be to explain what GIS is or why it would be a good thing for students to know, but this new online resource makes it even easier. The National Science Foundation has funded a project called “Advanced Technolo...
Tracking Key Pro giveaway reminder
Don’t forget our latest contest! This week we’re giving away a Tracking Key Pro GPS tracking system. The device is worth $270 but this one can be yours for free. It is great little device that can last weeks on a couple of AA batteries and it is...
Twitter Doubling Down With Geo APIs
If you are as optimistic as we were about Twitter’s location features, you should be downright giddy now. Twitter has acquired the company–and staff–behind one of the most innovative mapping-related APIs. Mixer Labs’ GeoAPI , ...
Tsunami Evacuation Zones on Google Maps
Oregon Tsunami Evacuation MapThis Google Map from the the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shows tsunami evacuation zones for the Oregon coast. The map allows those who live or work in Oregon to search the map to see if they are in...
High Altitude Enroute Charts
High Altitude Enroute Charts are used for aircraft navigation above 18,000 feet in the United States. The charts show the locations of radionavigations aids (VORs, etc.), airports, intersections, airways, etc. Unlike Sectional Charts, these charts do...
Digging Down in the Sooke, BC ArcGIS Server Online App
@TimAyres noted the new site, so I checked it out, mostly to see if there was anything new and different. The disclaimer was routine: DISCLAIMER: This map is an unofficial document of the District of Sooke and is consolidated from a variety of s̷...
Modelyourtown: The Steamboat Springs team posted an insightful message on our Forum: “Realize the multiple benefits of this competition” http://ow.ly/R9pl
Modelyourtown: The Steamboat Springs team posted an insightful message on our Forum: “Realize the multiple benefits of this competition” http://ow.ly/R9pl ::: via :::...
Time Out on Google Maps
Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone app This new Smirnoff & Time Out iPhone app is a great tool for planning your social life in London. Every day Time Out editors add the best gigs, events, bars, restaurants, club nights and essential film releases t...
3DWH: SketchUp, free, easy-to-use 3D modeling software http://bit.ly/61ehsN
3DWH: SketchUp, free, easy-to-use 3D modeling software http://bit.ly/61ehsN ::: via :::...
Tracking Key Pro giveaway
As promised we’re giving away a Tracking Key Pro GPS tracking device. We reviewed Tracking Key Pro couple of weeks ago and liked it very much and it is going to be difficult for us to part with it. If you haven’t heard about Tracking Key Pro yet...
Solar Powered Bluetooth GPS receiver
We’ve seen our share of solar powered GPS devices here on Navigadget – so why stop. We present you Solar powered bluetooth GPS receiver from fTech. You might wonder what if I want to know where I am in the middle of the night? Well do not worry ...
Create Your own Twitter Map
How to Play with Google Maps and Twitter APIsIf you are interested in creating your own Twitter Map then this article on the woorkup website should prove very useful. The article explains how to use the Twitter and Google Maps APIs to create a map sh...
Magellan iPhone App gets update
The Magellan Roadmate iPhone App just got an update last week – which is currently going for a promotional price of $60. Maybe with the money you save you can now afford the Magellan Car Kit we’ve been talking about which brings its own GPS rece...
3DWH: RT @gearthblog – Top 10 Google Earth Blog stories in 2009 http://bit.ly/7RQKse
3DWH: RT @gearthblog – Top 10 Google Earth Blog stories in 2009 http://bit.ly/7RQKse ::: via :::...
Prehistoric Sites
The Megalithic Portal website has created a collection showing the locations of over 15,000 prehistoric and other ancient sites in Google Earth. The collection is organized by categories, such as ancient caves, temples, burial chambers, etc. More inf...
hack OnStar GPS
You’ve got OnStar enabled GM vehicle and don’t use it? How about we told you that you could hack into to GM’s controller area network – which they call GMLAN – and make use of the GPS data? Yeah we know – a simple USB GPS receiver is che...
Rosetta Project
The goal of the Rosetta Project is to document current and historic languages throughout the world. They have created a set of files for Google Earth that showcase some of their efforts. This file contains the following information. Endangered Langu...
Baby It’s Cold Outside
It’s been awfully cold in Europe this month, and this map shows just how much colder than normal it’s been, based on measurements taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite between December 11 ...
The London Of Sherlock Holmes…Mapped
The London Of Sherlock Holmes…MappedThe New movie and the New Map of Locations Find the locations of Sherlock Holmes and even some answers to clues on this Map of Sherlock Holmes in London. The whole world is about to go Sherlock Holmes bonkers...
googlemaps: To all our Google Maps followers who celebrate, here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
googlemaps: To all our Google Maps followers who celebrate, here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas! ::: via :::...
429 – Mappy Holidays!
Festive cheer is upon us, and some of it is even permeating this blog. But what does Christmas have to do with cartography? Well, there is Christmas Island – three of them, in fact, one of which was discussed here about a year ago (#228). And the...
Sygic covers the globe with its apps and maps
Sygic – makers of mobile apps for various handsets including iPhone and Android devices just added a bunch of new regions and countries they cover. Their latest additions are Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan and apparently the maps are localized into...
googlemaps: RT @noradsanta Santa has made it to the Great Pyramids of Egypt, another one of the 7 wonders of the world! Watch here http://bit.ly/4Uesqe
googlemaps: RT @noradsanta Santa has made it to the Great Pyramids of Egypt, another one of the 7 wonders of the world! Watch here http://bit.ly/4Uesqe ::: via :::...
Tracking Santa with Bing Maps in 2009
MSN and The Today Show (.com) have united forces to create this year’s Santa tracker with the Bing Maps Platform. This year’s effort allows you to follow Santa’s current location as well as where he’s been. Check Santa to see his current posi...
