Posts tagged as:

satellite

Google Maps Navigation coming to Android 2.0

October 28, 2009

I’ve been saying for a while that I think Android will overtake iPhone in 2010, and recent news seems to be pointing that direction. First you have the impressive-looking Verizon Droid, which comes out in early November. By all accounts it will be an awesome device. It will be the first phone running the Android [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Google creates a more generic “Hurricane Season 2008″ layer

September 5, 2008

Either Google was listening to our suggestion, or it was just pretty obvious — they’ve replaced the “Gustav” layer with a more genric “Hurricane Season 2008″ layer, under which they list individual layers.
The data isn’t overly comprehensive. It’s essentially just a forecast track for each storm and any advisories that have been put out for [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Google to get imagery from new GeoEye satellite

August 29, 2008

In just over five days, GeoEye is launching a new satellite and Google will be the exclusive online source for the imagery. Details of the agreement weren’t disclosed.
The GeoEye-1 satellite will be able to capture imagery at a suberb detail level of 41 centimeters, though Google will have to convert to 50cm quality to comply [...]

1 comment Read the full article →