Podcast: Google Earth Pro Now with Location Intelligence Data

Google announced new datasets including demographics, parcels, traffic counts in its for fee Google Earth Pro this month. Why? What market is the company looking capture? Are those data enough? And, do they belong in Google Earth Pro? Our editors explore the new additions.


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WeatherBug Offers GIS Feeds of Weather

Forget WMS or XML (which WeatherBug already offers), now you can get WeatherBug’s data (from its 8000 stations updated every 2 seconds) directly into your ESRI platform:

WeatherBug’s GIS Data Services are currently available for integration through ESRI platforms, including ArcMap and ArcIMS, the de facto standard in the GIS industry. Other popular GIS platforms available through WeatherBug’s GIS Data Services include GoogleTM Earth.

I know this is a business decision but it sure makes me wonder how far we’ve come with Web and GIS standards. On the other hand, I applaud the company for offering both standards-based feeds and product specific feeds.

- Press Release