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Geotags.org > April 30, 2009

N O R T H E R N I G H T S: RIP KML

[NORTHERNIGHTS] The discoteque - which spawned the useful acronym KML to describe three potential items found in ladies purses - will be giving up their odd-Friday night spot to new twee-mageddon promoters Asparagus Next Left.

GIS News:G-Tek Solutions introduces KML converter software

[GISDevelopment News] USA-G-Tek Solutions is optimistic in the use of KML file format and believes it will become more popular as a means of reducing production costs related to GIS. The objective of the software is to provide an alternative means at viewing data to organisations that may not have a huge budget and to help non-GIS users view data without expensive GIS software.

Posted at 04:02 PM

April 30, 2009

N O R T H E R N I G H T S: RIP KML

Posted at 04:03 PM

GIS News:G-Tek Solutions introduces KML converter software

Posted at 04:02 PM

April 28, 2009

.: On Tokyo Time :. » Nokia acquisitions: Navteq, Plazes and Symbian

[.: On Tokyo Time :.] I first heard of Plazes back in June 2006 from Laurent Haug. The basic idea at the time was to have members report their location and record their IP address (or subnet).

Posted at 03:31 PM

FiberGeneration: Plazes

[FiberGeneration] Everytime I want to add a new location, Plazes considers it as my actual one, deleting the previous. Either there is something I didn't catch about the way to do that simple job, either the terminology " beta " is pretty accurate here ;-) As my former boss and still friend was used to say : I will do better tomorrow !

Posted at 03:31 PM

April 25, 2009

VBA: Reverse Geocode Selected Points - Utah GIS Portal

[Utah GIS Portal - New Content] The Utah GIS Portal is a statewide resource for sharing information pertaining to digital mapping and related technologies. This site catalogs freely available GIS datasets, data standards, online digital maps, GIS projects and .

Posted at 04:03 PM

Geocode Service - i use this on osx

[New releases of osx apps from iusethis] Geocode Service uses Geocoder.us to replace a selected street address with its approximate latitude and longitude.

Posted at 04:01 PM

April 23, 2009

GeoURL

[Blog Development] View your blog’s source code and look for “GeoURL Plugin”. The meta tags should appear near the top of the page.

Read related posts for „GeoURL“.

Posted at 04:06 PM

GeoURL Yahoo Mapping

[ProgrammableWeb: Mapping APIs and Mashups] Interesting application, or hack as author Premshree Pillai says, that shows you sites close to a given URL. Go to GeoURL.org for more examples.

Posted at 04:05 PM

April 21, 2009

MSN Virtual Earth vs Google Earth APIs - Search Marketing News ...

[Search Engine Watch Blog] The battle of APIs between Google and Microsoft continues with the two companies' mapping software - the similarly named earth products seem to be the most popular of the mapping applications.

Posted at 03:32 PM

Download Google Earth » Blog Archive » Google Earth for beginners

[Download Google Earth] By using our site you get free access to: Our Google Earth Tips & Tricks guides, Free Installation Guide & Videos, Free Technical Support Only Available To Our Members, More Free Software You Can Download, News On Free Software & Other Important Information, Access To Our Members Only News & Help Forums

Posted at 03:32 PM

April 18, 2009

High School(!) Business Teacher Teaches GIS - All Points Blog

[All Points Blog] Right here in Peabody MA, a grant for technology enabled the purchase of GIS software (not clear what software). Eight students signed up for the first offering which included a project with the cosmetology dept to help its students develop a business plan.

Posted at 04:03 PM

Definition: Hybrid GIS - All Points Blog

[All Points Blog] If available free, how would you use background data provided to your desktop GIS from the cloud (as ESRI is doing in a future release with Microsoft's Virtual Earth)?

Posted at 04:02 PM

April 16, 2009

Geobloggers at AGU 2008 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Uploads from Ron Schott] If you're sharing photos from a set, you can create a Guest Pass that includes any of your photos marked as friends, family, or private. If you're sharing your entire photostream, you can create a Guest Pass that includes photos marked as friends or family (but not your private photos).

Posted at 04:02 PM

geosciblog: In Case Any Geobloggers Visit...

[geosciblog] Short for "GeologicalScienceBlog", subjects will include Geology, Climatology, Environmental Science, NASCAR, Beer, Property Rights, Politics from a Christian Conservative/Libertarian viewpoint, and random thoughts. My background is two degrees in Geology (BS, MS), 8 years of geology/environmental employment and almost 8 years of teaching Geology and Environmental Science on a Junior College level.

Posted at 04:01 PM

April 14, 2009

Ten Innovative Uses for GIS in Facility Management | Advanced ...

[Advanced-Infrastructure.com] GIS can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, asset management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Urban planning, cartography, criminology, history, sales, marketing, and logistics. For example, GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times in the event of a natural disaster, GIS might be used to find wetlands that need protection from pollution, or GIS can be used by a company to site a new business to take advantage of a previously underserved market.

Posted at 03:34 PM

Adventure Cycling Embraces GIS | Spatial Sustain

[Spatial Sustain] The cartographic team has recently completed the conversion of their Great Parks South Bicycle map to a GIS illustration, with added detail, shaded relief and a more accurate scale and scale bar.

Posted at 03:33 PM

April 11, 2009

Google Earth fly-throughs, now in Browsers

[TechWorldSpace] Google Earth team released a plugin that allows the users to view Google Earth tours right in the web browser. The Google Earth tours also called fly-throughs were introduced Google Earth’s 5.0 release back in February.

Posted at 04:03 PM

Google Earth: Explore Flythroughs in your Browser | Startup Meme ...

[Startup Meme] After introducing tours in Google Earth 5.0 in February that enabled users to create virtual flythroughs across locations in Google Earth, the team has put.

Posted at 04:02 PM

April 09, 2009

Google Earth and democracy - On Line Opinion - 9/4/2009

[On Line Opinion - Latest Articles] Today, many countries use satellites to monitor their environment, including Brazil, which has one of the world’s most sophisticated systems for tracking deforestation. Brazil uses two systems that can rapidly identify where forest loss is occurring, giving the country’s environmental protection agency the technical capacity - although not necessarily the political will - to combat deforestation as it happens.

Posted at 04:05 PM

Education - Change.org: Google Earth Adds 3-D Tour of Ancient Rome

[Change.org's Education Blog] I know you think I'm axiomatically anti-21st Century Skills, but I'm not. (If I fall -- or get pushed -- under a bus today, my one claim to fame would be that I wrote what may have been the first book about the Internet for kids back in the early 1990s).

Posted at 04:04 PM

April 07, 2009

Geography Matters : 2009 GIS Day Video Now Available

[Geography Matters] Take a few minutes to learn how members of the GIS community celebrate GIS Day. GIS Day YouTube Channel The 2009 video, along with past GIS Day videos and videos from the GIS community are now available at the GIS Day YouTube Channel .

Posted at 03:33 PM

OpenJump GIS - Community Mashup - The GIS Forum

[Community Mashup] The GIS Forum is a community site for Geospatial professionals to gather and communicate about their profession.

Posted at 03:31 PM

April 04, 2009

Places layer added to Google Earth for iPhone

[D' Technology Weblog] A new “Places” layer is added into the Google Earth for iPhone application that help you explore even more deeply. The layer uses the same data of “Places” layer on the desktop Google Earth client, but with a brand new styling designed .

Posted at 04:03 PM

A Welsh View: Google Earth Moves English/Welsh Border

[A Welsh View] A glitch has been found in Google Earth that has moved the English/Welsh border to Port Talbot, a town around 60 miles from the official border. Google has acknowledged the glitch and has said that it give back what's ours....

Posted at 04:02 PM

Geotags.org > April 30, 2009

N O R T H E R N I G H T S: RIP KML

GIS News:G-Tek Solutions introduces KML converter software

April 30, 2009

N O R T H E R N I G H T S: RIP KML

GIS News:G-Tek Solutions introduces KML converter software

April 28, 2009

.: On Tokyo Time :. » Nokia acquisitions: Navteq, Plazes and Symbian

FiberGeneration: Plazes

April 25, 2009

VBA: Reverse Geocode Selected Points - Utah GIS Portal

Geocode Service - i use this on osx

April 23, 2009

GeoURL

GeoURL Yahoo Mapping

April 21, 2009

MSN Virtual Earth vs Google Earth APIs - Search Marketing News ...

Download Google Earth » Blog Archive » Google Earth for beginners

April 18, 2009

High School(!) Business Teacher Teaches GIS - All Points Blog

Definition: Hybrid GIS - All Points Blog

April 16, 2009

Geobloggers at AGU 2008 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

geosciblog: In Case Any Geobloggers Visit...

April 14, 2009

Ten Innovative Uses for GIS in Facility Management | Advanced ...

Adventure Cycling Embraces GIS | Spatial Sustain

April 11, 2009

Google Earth fly-throughs, now in Browsers

Google Earth: Explore Flythroughs in your Browser | Startup Meme ...

April 09, 2009

Google Earth and democracy - On Line Opinion - 9/4/2009

Education - Change.org: Google Earth Adds 3-D Tour of Ancient Rome

April 07, 2009

Geography Matters : 2009 GIS Day Video Now Available

OpenJump GIS - Community Mashup - The GIS Forum

April 04, 2009

Places layer added to Google Earth for iPhone

A Welsh View: Google Earth Moves English/Welsh Border

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