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3D Earth product in the iPhone

May 23, 2008

Google Earth Blog has a story about a digital earth product called Earthscape. Earthscape is a desktop program that aims to be similar to Google Earth (and others). It may end up being a decent product, but that’s not the point of this post. At Where 2.0 last week, GEB author Frank Taylor was shown [...]

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New updates coming for the iPhone version of Google Maps

December 30, 2007

Rumor has it that the iPhone firmware will be updated to version 1.1.3 next week. Part of that update will include a few new features for the Google Maps app on the phone. One part will be a hybrid view, which the phone currently doesn’t have. The other is the addition of the “My Location” [...]

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GPS for the iPhone — sort of

September 21, 2007

Gizmondo has a nice write-up about a GPS-like add-on for the iPhone from Navizon. Using cell tower data, along with any local wifi that it can find, the software calculates your location to within a few hundred feet. While it’s not as accurate as real GPS, it provides a nice starting point for driving directions [...]

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