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Lovell Johns Mapping News Blog
http://www.lovelljohns.com/blog
This blog is your daily update to a whole host of mapping news and map related information including GIS news and map technologies news. Updated daily by expert cartographers from Lovell Johns.
- Added on: May 28th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: mapmakers
- Listed in: Technology Places & Geography
- Tags: news Technologies map gis maps mapping
Recent Posts
Microsoft to challenge Apple for the tablet computer market
It looks like Microsoft and Apple will be going head to head in the tablet computer media centre space. Microsoft are planning to launch their new twin folding touch screen device in the next few months. It looks very swish but assuming pricing w...
First GIS application for iPhone
The first GIS application for the iPhone platform has been released. As its name suggests, ‘Geology CA’ is focused on geological data in California and includes 19 data layers including terrain, faults, plate boundaries and hydrology. The applica...
Lost 17th century atlases found in Oxford college
The Times Higher Education website has reported that an historic collection assistant at Queen’s College, Oxford, has discovered two rare atlases which have lain unknown among it’s manuscript collection for over 200 years. The first: “Descr...
Rightmove launch new iPhone App
Rightmove has launched a new iPhone app that will send you images and the map location of available properties for sale or rent dependent on where you are geographically. This launches a whole new way to look for property, get out and about, find an ...
ArcGIS Mobile support for iPhone and Blackberry
Following on from our previous blog covering the release of the first GIS application for the iPhone, last weeks ESRI International User Conference showed a sneak preview of ArcGIS Mobile 9.4 which will be available for the iPhone. ArcGIS Mobile 9...
Moon in Google Earth
On the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, Google have released Moon imagery in Google Earth. Landing sites are mapped and linked to pictures and video content. “There are also immersive lunar surface panoramas, composed of photos taken by ...
