I saw this via James who saw it via Mike Blumental. The original post is here. I tracked this to source to point out how tough it is to know all the places where Google makes announcements related to mapping.
As James and Mike and others point out, this appears to be an upshot of the NAVTEQ/Nokia deal. I suspect we’ll see more “lining up” as Nokia moves further into geo-related pursuits. Tele Atlas owner TomTom is already pretty far into geo.
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/22 at 06:00 AM |
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I enjoy reading about new Web maps in the local papers. It’s interesting to see what’s highlighted about the app. In the City of San Angelo TX I learned that while 50 layers of data are available, the location of Fire Stations is not included. There’s no reason given for that omission. Nursing homes and 911 streets with speed limits are also not available. Water tanks and the treatment plan are available. The article does not note this, but its a Freeance implementation.
Also of note:
Attempts with free software [to develop an online website] were less than successful, but a $10,000 Homeland Security grant allowed the city to massively upgrade its mapping capabilities. The new software included the publicly available map, which updates in real time every time a city employee makes a change to any of the hundreds of maps stored on the city’s server.
- GoSanAngelo.com
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/22 at 06:00 AM |
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by Joe Francica on 09/22 at 03:44 AM |
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