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I had to share that since we had quite a response to Al Franken’s efforts (which take about 3 minutes). Should someone invite this fellow, Terry Downing, as an “entertainer” to a conference?
- KSCW
New Zealand has a new, official topographical map series called Topo50. The 1:50,000 scale maps have a shift - an approximate 200 metre change in position from previous maps - and are designed to be compatible with international mapping systems and modern navigational systems such as GPS.
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) offers a website to explain the changes and get users up and running. I find the “We’ve Moved” motto quite funny and appropriate!
I don’t follow SketchUp much but Ralph Grabowski pulled out two features in the new version (7.1) that are pretty geoaware:
# Get Photo Texture accesses Google Maps Street View images.
# Nearby Models uses a geo-location snapshot to search 3D Warehouse for nearby buildings.
What else will Google geo-enable?
- WorldCAD Access blog
