Classpress.net Updates » Geography: GIS http://classpress.net/updates Headlines for School Subjects Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 [Geography: GIS]: Google’s ‘My Location’ Tracks Your PC’s Location on Google Maps http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090710/tc_pcworld/googlesmylocationtracksyourpcslocationongooglemaps_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090710/tc_pcworld/googlesmylocationtracksyourpcslocationongooglemaps_1#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:43:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090710/tc_pcworld/googlesmylocationtracksyourpcslocationongooglemaps_1
Google is making it easier for you to find out where you are, with the introduction of My Location for the desktop. First introduced in late 2007 as a tool for Google Maps for mobile, My Location offered directions by triangulating your position based on surrounding cell towers. My Location for the desktop uses Wi-Fi access point information instead of cell towers, but just like the mobile ...]]>

Google is making it easier for you to find out where you are, with the introduction of My Location for the desktop. First introduced in late 2007 as a tool for Google Maps for mobile, My Location offered directions by triangulating your position based on surrounding cell towers. My Location for the desktop uses Wi-Fi access point information instead of cell towers, but just like the mobile …

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090710/tc_pcworld/googlesmylocationtracksyourpcslocationongooglemaps_1/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: DBx GEOMATICS inc. Releases CartoVista Publisher Trial Version to Create Rich Content for Display in CartoVista 2.0 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090707/bs_prweb/prweb2596104_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090707/bs_prweb/prweb2596104_1#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:36:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090707/bs_prweb/prweb2596104_1
DBx GEOMATICS inc. today announced the availability of a trial version of the new CartoVista Publisher. The publisher trial version is now available for download at http://www.cartovista.com/trialregister.aspx. With the trial version, end users can load their own maps and create rich flash-based maps for display within CartoVista 2.0.]]>

DBx GEOMATICS inc. today announced the availability of a trial version of the new CartoVista Publisher. The publisher trial version is now available for download at http://www.cartovista.com/trialregister.aspx. With the trial version, end users can load their own maps and create rich flash-based maps for display within CartoVista 2.0.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090707/bs_prweb/prweb2596104_1/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: DBx GEOMATICS Lance La Version D’évaluation de Son Publicateur, Logiciel Permettant de Créer un Contenu Riche à … http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090705/bs_prweb/prweb2607644_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090705/bs_prweb/prweb2607644_1#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:01:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090705/bs_prweb/prweb2607644_1
DBx GEOMATICS inc. a annoncé aujourd'hui la mise en place d'une version d'évaluation de son nouveau publicateur pour CartoVista.]]>

DBx GEOMATICS inc. a annoncé aujourd’hui la mise en place d’une version d’évaluation de son nouveau publicateur pour CartoVista.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090705/bs_prweb/prweb2607644_1/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Google Maps catches muggers on film http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/strange-but-true/Google-Maps-catches-muggers-on.5389071.jp http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/strange-but-true/Google-Maps-catches-muggers-on.5389071.jp#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:59:35 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/strange-but-true/Google-Maps-catches-muggers-on.5389071.jp
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]]> http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/strange-but-true/Google-Maps-catches-muggers-on.5389071.jp/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Robbers caught thanks to Google Maps http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/od_afp/netherlandscrimeinternetoffbeat_20090619171302 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/od_afp/netherlandscrimeinternetoffbeat_20090619171302#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:12:42 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/od_afp/netherlandscrimeinternetoffbeat_20090619171302
Two men who robbed a 14-year-old of cash and a cellphone last September, were arrested after their victim identified them on a photo on an online mapping service, Dutch police said Friday.]]>

Two men who robbed a 14-year-old of cash and a cellphone last September, were arrested after their victim identified them on a photo on an online mapping service, Dutch police said Friday.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/od_afp/netherlandscrimeinternetoffbeat_20090619171302/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Android gets voice search in Google Maps http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/ukzd5feed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39664235,00.htm http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/ukzd5feed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39664235,00.htm#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:31:17 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/ukzd5feed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39664235,00.htm
The search-engine company adds voice search to Google Maps on its Linux-based Android software platform]]>

The search-engine company adds voice search to Google Maps on its Linux-based Android software platform

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]]> http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/ukzd5feed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39664235,00.htm/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Micello, Inc. Announces a Revolutionary Mobile Application Dubbed ‘Google Maps Inside a Building’ at JavaOne, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090604/bs_prweb/prweb2490784_2 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090604/bs_prweb/prweb2490784_2#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:01:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090604/bs_prweb/prweb2490784_2
Micello, a revolutionary mobile application that allows you to explore and navigate interesting places using a mobile phone, announced that starting today, its client software will be available on Java ™ technology-enabled phones, BlackBerry and iPhone devices. The application can be downloaded for free at http://get.micello.com.]]>

Micello, a revolutionary mobile application that allows you to explore and navigate interesting places using a mobile phone, announced that starting today, its client software will be available on Java ™ technology-enabled phones, BlackBerry and iPhone devices. The application can be downloaded for free at http://get.micello.com.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090604/bs_prweb/prweb2490784_2/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Amateurs use Google Earth to uncover Kim’s sinister secrets http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6396012.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6396012.ece#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 20:52:42 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6396012.ece
FOR all the billions of dollars worth of surveillance technology directed at North Korea as it breathes fire this weekend, its closed society is so impervious to spying that diplomats in Asia are forced to admit that they might as well rely on Google Earth.]]>

FOR all the billions of dollars worth of surveillance technology directed at North Korea as it breathes fire this weekend, its closed society is so impervious to spying that diplomats in Asia are forced to admit that they might as well rely on Google Earth.

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]]> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6396012.ece/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Google Seeks to Boost Geo Apps With New Maps API http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090521/tc_pcworld/googleseekstoboostgeoappswithnewmapsapi_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090521/tc_pcworld/googleseekstoboostgeoappswithnewmapsapi_1#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:13 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090521/tc_pcworld/googleseekstoboostgeoappswithnewmapsapi_1
Google has released a new API for Google Maps designed to relieve developers of the burden of maintaining their own repositories for geographical data.]]>

Google has released a new API for Google Maps designed to relieve developers of the burden of maintaining their own repositories for geographical data.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090521/tc_pcworld/googleseekstoboostgeoappswithnewmapsapi_1/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: New App Simplifies Google Maps Markers http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090520/bs_prweb/prweb2438594_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090520/bs_prweb/prweb2438594_1#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 15:45:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090520/bs_prweb/prweb2438594_1
My-own-map.com is a new Web-based service that lets anyone create a Google Map with one or more custom markers and copy the code to one's own Website.]]>

My-own-map.com is a new Web-based service that lets anyone create a Google Map with one or more custom markers and copy the code to one’s own Website.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090520/bs_prweb/prweb2438594_1/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Google Earth suicide: Man used online map to pick death spot http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/05/20/google-earth-suicide-man-used-online-map-to-pick-death-spot-115875-21373499/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/05/20/google-earth-suicide-man-used-online-map-to-pick-death-spot-115875-21373499/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 08:33:30 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/05/20/google-earth-suicide-man-used-online-map-to-pick-death-spot-115875-21373499/
A man used Google Earth pictures to pick a suicide spot then drove 200 miles there to gas himself.]]>

A man used Google Earth pictures to pick a suicide spot then drove 200 miles there to gas himself.

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]]> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/05/20/google-earth-suicide-man-used-online-map-to-pick-death-spot-115875-21373499/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Now Google maps out the night skies for mobile users http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Now-Google-maps-out-the.5252529.jp http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Now-Google-maps-out-the.5252529.jp#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 23:19:51 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Now-Google-maps-out-the.5252529.jp
A NEW mobile phone accessory is set to identify stars and planets for amateur astronomers.]]>

A NEW mobile phone accessory is set to identify stars and planets for amateur astronomers.

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]]> http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Now-Google-maps-out-the.5252529.jp/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Old Japanese maps on Google Earth unveil secrets http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090502/tbs-as-japan-google-dark-secrets-83b1f84.html http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090502/tbs-as-japan-google-dark-secrets-83b1f84.html#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 15:39:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090502/tbs-as-japan-google-dark-secrets-83b1f84.html
When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn't expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were already posted on another Web site, and a historical map of Tokyo put up in 2006 hadn't caused any problems. But Google failed to judge how its offering would be received, as it has often ...]]>

When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn’t expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were already posted on another Web site, and a historical map of Tokyo put up in 2006 hadn’t caused any problems. But Google failed to judge how its offering would be received, as it has often …

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]]> http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090502/tbs-as-japan-google-dark-secrets-83b1f84.html/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Track Swine Flu via Google Maps http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090427/tc_zd/239694 http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090427/tc_zd/239694#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:31:14 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090427/tc_zd/239694
If you're interested in tracking swine flu cases, there is now a Google maps app to help.]]>

If you’re interested in tracking swine flu cases, there is now a Google maps app to help.

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090427/tc_zd/239694/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Google Earth satellite images ‘alphabet’ created by graphic designer http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5214077/Google-Earth-satellite-images-alphabet-created-by-graphic-designer.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5214077/Google-Earth-satellite-images-alphabet-created-by-graphic-designer.html#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:13:20 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5214077/Google-Earth-satellite-images-alphabet-created-by-graphic-designer.html
The first Google Earth 'alphabet' featuring all 26 letters has been created from satellite images of natural features and buildings by Rhett Dashwood a graphic designer from Australia.]]>

The first Google Earth ‘alphabet’ featuring all 26 letters has been created from satellite images of natural features and buildings by Rhett Dashwood a graphic designer from Australia.

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]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/5214077/Google-Earth-satellite-images-alphabet-created-by-graphic-designer.html/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: Google Earth lead thief jailed after being caught for second time http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/4303998.Google_Earth_lead_thief_jailed_after_being_caught_for_second_time/ http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/4303998.Google_Earth_lead_thief_jailed_after_being_caught_for_second_time/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:14:04 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/4303998.Google_Earth_lead_thief_jailed_after_being_caught_for_second_time/
A thief who used Google Earth to target buildings with lead tiles has been sentenced to jail after he was caught stealing for the second time to fund his champagne lifestyle.]]>

A thief who used Google Earth to target buildings with lead tiles has been sentenced to jail after he was caught stealing for the second time to fund his champagne lifestyle.

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]]> http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/4303998.Google_Earth_lead_thief_jailed_after_being_caught_for_second_time/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: ASPRS Past President Kass Green Keynoting ESRI Remote Sensing and GIS 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090410/bs_prweb/prweb2311694_2 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090410/bs_prweb/prweb2311694_2#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:01:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090410/bs_prweb/prweb2311694_2
Exploiting Imagery for More Efficient Information Management to Be Addressed]]>

Exploiting Imagery for More Efficient Information Management to Be Addressed

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]]> http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090410/bs_prweb/prweb2311694_2/feed/ 0 [Geography: GIS]: DBx GEOMATICS Implements its New Interactive Mapping Technology, CartoVista, in the ‘Canada’s Engagement in … http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090327/bs_prweb/prweb2274764_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090327/bs_prweb/prweb2274764_1#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:01:00 +0000 Geography in the News: ClassPress.net http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090327/bs_prweb/prweb2274764_1
DBx GEOMATICS, an industry leader in the development of interactive web mapping applications, today announced that Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has launched its Afghanistan Mission E-Media Tools within the "Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan" website, using DBx GEOMATICS' CartoVista interactive web mapping technology.]]>

DBx GEOMATICS, an industry leader in the development of interactive web mapping applications, today announced that Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has launched its Afghanistan Mission E-Media Tools within the “Canada’s Engagement in Afghanistan” website, using DBx GEOMATICS’ CartoVista interactive web mapping technology.

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