Google Earth Now In Google Maps
So the new sexy option in Google Maps is to bring up a embedded Google Earth? Hmm, maybe this needs more work. Like I’m going to install a plugin for an application I already have installed on my computer.
Yo!
Really? Plugins should never be required in the internet. OK so whatever then, Google is Google and I’m just a little blogger. Lets try this thing out then….
As far as I can tell, all it does is display what normally would be on Google Maps on a 3D globe. Nothing of value is added here, just tilt the globe do see where pizza joints are in Tempe.
Pizza Time!
Wow, I can’t wait to test this out on finding a coffee shop! Wait, no I’m not…
Frack!
So there you go, shame on me for installing a plugin.
Google Earth Now In Google Maps
So the new sexy option in Google Maps is to bring up a embedded Google Earth? Hmm, maybe this needs more work. Like I’m going to install a plugin for an application I already have installed on my computer.
Yo!
Really? Plugins should never be required in the internet. OK so whatever then, Google is Google and I’m just a little blogger. Lets try this thing out then….
As far as I can tell, all it does is display what normally would be on Google Maps on a 3D globe. Nothing of value is added here, just tilt the globe do see where pizza joints are in Tempe.
Pizza Time!
Wow, I can’t wait to test this out on finding a coffee shop! Wait, no I’m not…
Frack!
So there you go, shame on me for installing a plugin.
Open Source Friday!
Basically I have no idea where the week went. As you can probably tell I’ve been very busy and thus there isn’t much time for blogging about how much I love the shapefile format. In the meantime there is some good open source news you probably need to be aware of.
- OpenLayer 2.9 Released - Follow that link for the full details, but the take-away from the ESRI DevSummit was if you are doing cool stuff with the ESRI REST API, you are probably doing it in OpenLayers. Why code with something else?
- zigGIS 3.0 - The defacto tool to access PostGIS from ArcGIS is now open source again. Well it is more complicated than that, but Abe Gillespie has the details on his blog. Basically the project is going to be moving forward with some very cool stuff planned. I’m excited as it makes zero sense to buy ArcSDE to access PostGIS.
- The R Project - now this isn’t a specific news item, just a reminder that there is a kick ass statistical open source project screaming for you to use it. At the URISA conferences I was at the last two weeks, it appears many don’t know about all the cool stuff you can do with it. My favorite book on learning R (and other open source analytical tools) is Baseball Hacks. ESRI has been showcasing using R with their python tools so you should really want to get into it, just a freaking sweet project. Now if you want to see some geospatial use of R, check out Dylan Beaudette’s blog where he’s been showcasing some cool uses of R.
Anyway, have a great weekend folks. I’ll see some of you next week at GITA 2010. Play me out Joe Morello.
Open Source Friday!
Basically I have no idea where the week went. As you can probably tell I’ve been very busy and thus there isn’t much time for blogging about how much I love the shapefile format. In the meantime there is some good open source news you probably need to be aware of.
- OpenLayer 2.9 Released - Follow that link for the full details, but the take-away from the ESRI DevSummit was if you are doing cool stuff with the ESRI REST API, you are probably doing it in OpenLayers. Why code with something else?
- zigGIS 3.0 - The defacto tool to access PostGIS from ArcGIS is now open source again. Well it is more complicated than that, but Abe Gillespie has the details on his blog. Basically the project is going to be moving forward with some very cool stuff planned. I’m excited as it makes zero sense to buy ArcSDE to access PostGIS.
- The R Project - now this isn’t a specific news item, just a reminder that there is a kick ass statistical open source project screaming for you to use it. At the URISA conferences I was at the last two weeks, it appears many don’t know about all the cool stuff you can do with it. My favorite book on learning R (and other open source analytical tools) is Baseball Hacks. ESRI has been showcasing using R with their python tools so you should really want to get into it, just a freaking sweet project. Now if you want to see some geospatial use of R, check out Dylan Beaudette’s blog where he’s been showcasing some cool uses of R.
Anyway, have a great weekend folks. I’ll see some of you next week at GITA 2010. Play me out Joe Morello.
Cloudmade’s OpenStreetMap Project is Successful
I know many readers of my blog are very interested in the OpenStreetMap project so this news will all make you breath a sigh of relief. The great visionary Michael Arrington has the hot scoop:
Many people describe CloudMade?s OpenStreetMap project as Wikipedia for maps,? and they aren?t far off. The project allows anyone to add and edit map data around the globe, and the project is now a viable open and free source of mapping data for third party developers.
CloudMade has allowed entire new classes of applications to be possible. In Germany 150,000 people have paid to download skobbler, which is based on data from OpenStreetMap. Countless other apps also use the data. One notably creative one a gay cities app that shows the gay areas of cities around the world, with points of interest.
I’ve been a huge proponent of CloudMade’s OpenStreetMap project since the Cloudmade guys created it back in the day. Thus being a CloudMade OpenStreetMap participant for years, I’m glad to see that the CloudMade project is finally getting its due.
. . . .
Ugh right? The whole “article” sounds like it was planted for CloudMade’s gain because to represent the OpenStreetMap project this way is a huge diservice to those of us who have put countless nights on improving the maps. Toss in one softball comment and we’ve got a hype project working.
Update: In fairness to Cloudmade, they have clearly stated that they are not running the project.
I take two things away from this. Arrington doesn’t understand a thing about location and someone (a VC perhaps) is feeding Arrington bad information. It would appear the management of Cloudmade was unaware of this story so if there is something going on, it is outside of their knowledge.
I’m fairly sure both Steve and Nick wouldn’t represent CM this way so lets just go on the assumption Arrington and some wacko know nothing about anything.
Cloudmade’s OpenStreetMap Project is Successful
I know many readers of my blog are very interested in the OpenStreetMap project so this news will all make you breath a sigh of relief. The great visionary Michael Arrington has the hot scoop:
Many people describe CloudMade?s OpenStreetMap project as Wikipedia for maps,? and they aren?t far off. The project allows anyone to add and edit map data around the globe, and the project is now a viable open and free source of mapping data for third party developers.
CloudMade has allowed entire new classes of applications to be possible. In Germany 150,000 people have paid to download skobbler, which is based on data from OpenStreetMap. Countless other apps also use the data. One notably creative one a gay cities app that shows the gay areas of cities around the world, with points of interest.
I’ve been a huge proponent of CloudMade’s OpenStreetMap project since the Cloudmade guys created it back in the day. Thus being a CloudMade OpenStreetMap participant for years, I’m glad to see that the CloudMade project is finally getting its due.
. . . .
Ugh right? The whole “article” sounds like it was planted for CloudMade’s gain because to represent the OpenStreetMap project this way is a huge diservice to those of us who have put countless nights on improving the maps. Toss in one softball comment and we’ve got a hype project working.
Update: In fairness to Cloudmade, they have clearly stated that they are not running the project.
I take two things away from this. Arrington doesn’t understand a thing about location and someone (a VC perhaps) is feeding Arrington bad information. It would appear the management of Cloudmade was unaware of this story so if there is something going on, it is outside of their knowledge.
I’m fairly sure both Steve and Nick wouldn’t represent CM this way so lets just go on the assumption Arrington and some wacko know nothing about anything.