The Google GEO APIs team developed a KML Interactive Sampler page. Now people, who want to learn KML, can learn by examples. The Sampler page uses the Google Earth Plugin to demonstrate various features while displaying KML code.
Next week, George Mason University and the University of Virginia are celebrating GIS [...]
Continue Reading →Ogle Earth shares a plethora of links with everything from a 3-D globe viewer from Microsoft Virtual Earth’s API to heatmaps of georeferenced Panoramio photos to a job search using ReliefWeb’s map of humanitarian vacancies. It really shows that you can use a map for anything.
Reverse geocoding for Google Maps is [...]
Continue Reading →There has been an interesting discussion going over on James Fee’s blog on the merits of ESRI’s new javascript API and Flex API. James has thrown his lot in with the JavaScript API, and a host of Flex/Flash developers have been exposing their technology’s merits. While we don’t use either of ESRI’s APIs internally [...]
Continue Reading →James Fee writes that The ESRI JavaScript API is better than WebADF. “The simplicity of the JavaScript API and the way it works, makes the classic WebADF and HTML viewers obsolete for most users…”
Jeff Thurston at VectorOne discusses map intelligence and data workflows. While most workflows using a GIS [...]
Continue Reading →Urban Mapping has created a multi layer paper map called Panamap. Powered by their “MapAction Technology,” users can view different layers of the map in different angles. The map provides three images that “are interlaced by alternating horizontal strips from each. The resulting compound image is calibrated to a specially designed polymer lens [...]
Continue Reading →Frank at the Google Earth Blog just leaked that Google will be announcing an API for Google Earth that will run in a browser. The short of it is you will be able to get GE’s 3D rendering capabilities and KML support to run in a browser. The first release will be just Windows, [...]
Continue Reading →We’ve been playing around lately with some new data visualization techniques, so I started poking around to see what approaches have been generating buzz of late. In the process I came across Stamen Design’s very cool “Oakland CrimeSpotting” via Brady’s post on O’Reilly Radar. We’d been really impressed with what they did [...]
Continue Reading →Since Sean announced our first public release of the GeoIQ javascript APIs last week, we’ve had a very good response so far, and it would appear that interest is still growing. So first and foremost, thank you to everyone who has given us feedback and checked out GeoIQ and our example mashups.
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Continue Reading →After more work than we anticipated, the API and mashup release is ready for Prime Time. The GeoIQ API is now officially available for consumption and you can get all the good information about it at:
Our GeoIQ Mashups
New GeoCommons Maps- Domestic airports in DRC justgio
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- RRU NJ Sample data dschafer97
- Salitral_11072011_MultipartT chamaepetes
- Land Development Basemap abotello
- Cocker and Marron Valleys Addresses DGBlaylock