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TomTom: If you can't beat 'em, cut the price

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:16:37 -0600

TomTom introduces two new PNDs for black Friday: * As announced by Walmart, Black Friday pricing for the TomTom ONE 125 SE is $59; Black Friday pricing for the XL 325 SE is $89. Same functionality; the later has a bigger screen. - press releas...Read more

Quote of the Week

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:09:58 -0600

"Our teachers are not requesting (maps) anymore. They're saying, 'Please take them away. They're cluttering up our space.' " - Oak Brooks' Butler School District 53 (Illinois) Superintendent Sandra Martin explaining how teachers in her district o...Read more

Johannesburg "Closing off" its Geodata

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:32:42 -0600

EE Times reprints an article by Heather Ford originally from Brainstorm Magazine addressing the conflict between Joberg, South Africa attempting to become a "world-class" city and its old fashioned city geodata licensing....Read more

Apps.gov Prices for Google API: Nearly $1million

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600

Ever wonder how much Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are worth? John Foley took a look at Apps.gov to find out. Google's Maps API comes in at just under $1 million. It's available from Onix Networking for $966,448. That covers unlimited si...Read more

One of my favorite Google Map Apps Adds OSM!

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600

I guess I missed the addition (late August 2009) because I'd just finished my ultra training. I used Google Maps Pedometer regularly until then to plan running routes for the Somerville Road Runners Unofficial Saturday Morning Davis Square Long Runs....Read more

Update: Foursquare API Arrives

(Adena Schutzberg) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:09:00 -0600

And, now you can see what developers have built in the gallery! That was fast. With the Foursquare API and Twitter's geolocation API now available, I can better understand how the two are in competition. And, Foursquare has an edge: built in reasons ...Read more
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Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Jay Tilley, Senior VP, Sanborn

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:00 -0600

Adena Schutzberg interviewed Jay Tilley, Sanborn's Senior Vice President about why 3D data is important and how the industry is overcoming challenges such as cost, data fusion and the integration of real time data. Tilley also speaks to the future gr...Read more

Computerworld on CloudMade

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:33:07 -0600

Actually, it was MacWorld (both IDG pubs) that caught up with Nick Black, CloudMade founder, to explore why the company and OSM can change the world. - Computerworld...Read more

Seen During Geography Awareness Week IV

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:15 -0600

""The woman requested that the deputies Google Earth her house and keep it on satellite surveillance overnight," [Sgt] Dawes said." - A Lake Forest (CA) resident called local police to as for a watch on her house after she heard noises, as report...Read more

SimpleGeo: AWS for Location

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:43:53 -0600

Former Digg Chief Architect Joe Stump and Social Thing founder Matt Galligan are now offering a private beta of SimpleGeo, a "new infrastructure for location based services." Per TechCrunch: SimpleGeo is akin to an Amazon Web Services for locat...Read more

AOL Lays Off Workers, Puts Properties up Sale

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:19 -0600

AOL which will be sprung from Time Warner at the beginning of next month laid off 1/3 of its workers and reports indicate it's putting its ICQ messaging service and perhaps MapQuest up for sale. Among the possible buyer suggested for the mapping biz:...Read more

Google Goes Deeper on Real Estate with Place Pages

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:54:36 -0600

Now Google offers a page for each real estate offerings. (Generic "Place Pages" were announced in Sept. [LatLong Blog].) Data is drawn from a variety of sources (multiple listings!), perhaps pushing Google more toward aggregator of than organizer of ...Read more

Twitter Geo API Available

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:33:38 -0600

It went live yesterday (Twitter blog) and the Twittersphere was excited. The only challenge: it's an API so only developers, not end users, could do anything with it. Further, you can't take advantage of the API from the website, so, no cool locatio...Read more

Update 5: AT&T Sues Verizon over "Map for That" Map Ads

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:29:00 -0600

In the latest round AT&T responds to Verizon's ads with its own ads. Most reviewers cast them as "lame" and "slapped together." I don't even know who Luke Wilson is, but he runs down a checklist of features (some say with errors) that the two carrie...Read more
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Quote of the Week

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600

"Technology has changed a great deal since I went to college. We used to take measurements by hand. We now have GIS systems where you can map a boundary. A new person entering the field really needs to have those skills and the new course curriculum...Read more