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April 2008

KML is now an international standard

April 14, 2008

As reported by the Google LatLong Blog, KML has now officially become an OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) standard. According to Google, there are tens of millions of KML documents available online, hosted on over 100,000 unique domain names. The number of files isn’t a huge surprise, but 100,000 unique domains seem like a ton! As [...]

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Trees and Highway Overpasses

April 12, 2008

I’ve long felt that two things would need to happen to get to the next level in 3D imagery — trees and highway overpasses. Since one of the neat features in Google Earth is the ability to fly a route, having proper overpasses would make things look much better. The latest version of Virtual Earth [...]

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Yahoo updates imagery for most of the United States

April 12, 2008

Not to be outdone by Google and Microsoft, Yahoo has updated their imagery for most of the United States. While it’s still simply 2D maps, they’ve updated a ton of imagery. Since it’s inception, Yahoo has added over 500 cities across the world, but today has seen the biggest change ever in their US data. [...]

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Tons of new features in Virtual Earth

April 11, 2008

To go with the new ClearFlow traffic, Microsoft has just released a slew of new features for Virtual Earth. They include: Export collections to GPS using KML, GPX and GeoRSS. Improved 3D cities. Las Vegas, Dallas, Denver and Phoenix are now in “version 2″, which includes higher-res textures, more buildings and even rendered tress. Other [...]

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Microsoft launches “ClearFlow” traffic on Live Maps

April 11, 2008

Microsoft has just released “ClearFlow” traffic data on Live Maps, but it’s far more interesting than you might think. While it shows the colored traffic speeds in a similar manner as Yahoo, Google and Mapquest, it also goes much deeper. From Search Engine Land: In addition to real-time traffic data, the service offers traffic predictions [...]

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Trulia integrates Google Maps StreetView

April 9, 2008

The real estate info site Trulia has just added support for Google Maps StreetView, according to the Google LatLong blog. This is an excellent use of the StreetView technology. I’ve found that when looking at houses online, you want all the photos you can possibly get. This gives you a great way to see the [...]

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Google Transit now in Chicago

April 8, 2008

The Google LatLong blog announced today that Google has partnered with the Chicago Transit Authority to bring Google Transit to the windy city. This will include data from 8 rail lines and 154 bus routes. Check it out at maps.google.com/chicago or you can watch the video that Google produced:

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3Dconnexion releases SpaceNavigator for Notebooks

April 8, 2008

As many of you know, I am a huge fan of the SpaceNavigator. As Stefan Geens says, there is simply no better way to navigate Google Earth. Today, 3Dconnexion has released a portable version of the SpaceNavigator, at about half the size and twice the cost ($129 vs. $59). Is it worth it? My initial [...]

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The New York Times in Google Earth

April 7, 2008

Google Earth has just added a new layer into the “Geographic Web” folder for the New York Times. This layer updates automatically every 15 minutes and shows news stories on the map. It’s not an overly exciting addition, but it adds one more bit of great info. Combine this with the Panoramio layer, the YouTube [...]

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EarthBrowser 3 in beta

April 5, 2008

Version 3 of EarthBrowser is now in beta, and it’s apparently looking pretty good. I don’t have a copy of the beta yet, but there’s more information available on both Bull’s Rambles and on Digital Geography. It runs on Adobe Air, and could turn into a decent competitor to Google Earth and Virtual Earth. Once [...]

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