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• Google Buys ImageAmerica, Mapping Feature War Continues

  Published: July 23, 2007, 10:13 am

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  Friday, the Google LatLong Blog announced the company had acquired ImageAmerica, "a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery." Google plans to use the capabilities in Google Maps and Earth. ImageAmerica provided some of the high-resolution post-Hurricane Katrina images (no longer available) in Google

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• NY Times Covers Mashups

  Published: July 27, 2007, 11:07 am

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  how mapping APIs from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have unleashed third-party developer creativity and that of ordinary people (in My Maps and Live Local Collections). Google's recent Earth for Enterprise enhancements are also about visualizing corporate or government information on maps.

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• Google Maps Bulk Upload Spam?

  Published: July 30, 2007, 9:44 am

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  Case of Large Scale Abuse at Google Maps? from Mike Blumenthal reports cases of companies using Google Map's business location bulk upload feature to potentially spam the local vertical. I am not going to list out the reported violations here, because Mike Blumenthal did so in his blog post and in this Google Groups thread. Mike reported that

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• Microsoft vs. Google: Street Photography Rigs Compared

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:57 am

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  the cars and cameras Google is using to capture its StreeView imagery with those being used by Microsoft for what has been known as StreetSide. StreetSide is a Live Local product that predated Google's StreetView but has been limited to San Francisco and Seattle. What this post suggests, although I've yet to confirm this with anyone

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• Super-Close Google Maps Hack

  Published: March 11, 2007, 5:57 pm

  Tags: Satellite, Pictures, Google, Photographs, Google Maps

  hack from the Google Blogoscoped site. It involves hacking Google Maps to get super-close zooms in the satellite veiw. And when I saw "super-close" I mean like Wayne's World extreme closeups, man! :)So, how is it done? Well, you go to Google Maps and zoom in, as far as you can, on an area you want to view. You then switch to

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• Google Maps Now Estimates Drive Time At Rush Hour

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:53 am

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  to the Google Lat Long Blog, the search engine has added a feature to Maps that provides a realistic estimate of drive time in traffic at peak times or when there's an accident. There's an optimal drive time and an outer range (e.g., "up to 1 hour and 50 minutes in traffic"). It's not clear how many people take those idealized travel

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• Lord of the Rings Online gets Google Maps

  Published: August 2, 2007, 2:49 pm

  Tags: Lord Of The Rings, Computer, Game Companies, Google Maps, Lord Of The Rings, Lotr, Turbine

  Lorebook has a new feature; Google Maps. Players can now add detailed maps, keep track of quest paths, and mark locations of those illusive quest givers in their Lorebook. It also allows the character to look at the map up close from a birds eye view.As a LOTRO player, I think this is long over due. I’m fairly impressed with the sample

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• In Brief: Google Maps adds traffic delays to directions, ...

  Published: August 3, 2007, 8:15 am

  Tags: Directions, Driving, Getting Real, Google, Google Maps, Traffic

  Google Maps adds traffic delays to directions, giving an estimate of your actual travel time in cities rather than the ideal driving time. Thank god for this—the ideal driving times depress the hell out of me with the idea that a drive should take much less time than it ever does.

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• GPhone iPhone GPhone iPhone Mmmmm!

  Published: August 3, 2007, 12:45 pm

  Tags: Business, Gadgets, Blackberry, G Phone, Google Cell Phone, Google Phone, Googlephone, Google Maps, Gphone, Iphone

  search engine, webmail and Google Maps. Mmmm dont I already have this on my Blackberry, well yes I do wow how innovative LOL . The GPhone prototype phones have been shown to the likes of Verizon Wireless and AT&T so we might see them soon. (more…) copyright @2007 bu.bulicio.us blackberry, g phone, google cell phone, google

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• Bulk Upload 'Mapspam' On Google

  Published: August 3, 2007, 5:11 pm

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  it "black hat" Mapspam, a mistake or a creative response to a legitimate business need? Mike Blumenthal has chronicled the history of some recent bulk upload abuse on Google Maps in a couple of detailed posts: TechPro's CEO speaks about Google Maps Bulk Upload abuse and the related Batten down the hatches: More Google Mapspam on the way to a

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• Google Maps: Create your own wallpaper

  Published: August 5, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Desktop, Google Maps, Wallpaper

  wallpaper from any image in Google Maps. All you need is a location, some screen capture software, and Google Maps. With all the new fun stuff that Google Maps has rolled out lately, this is definitely a great way to take advantage of your favorite spots. Maybe some vacation planning, or just nostalgia for where you've already been? Create

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• Google Takes A Step Toward A Local Sales Force

  Published: August 6, 2007, 7:47 pm

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  spotted via gSpy, Google is soliciting "local business referral representatives" to gather metadata and take pictures at local businesses around the country. They will be paid and must apply. Indeed, Google appears to be targeting college students rather than serious sales people with the program. Click to continue reading...

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• Google Maps, Privacy And 'The Eye In The Sky'

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:13 am

  Tags: Google Maps Amp Local

  The L.A. Times writes about the issue of privacy and Google's StreetView photography. It covers much of the same territory as when the service initially launched (here's our original article). But the service has become one of the focal points in the discussion of the Internet and privacy. Click to continue reading...

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• Google Maps Street View! Get Your Freak On!

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: Google Maps Street View

  in on your neighbors? Well, Google Maps just added four more cities to its great Street View layer (more here! ) where you can see the city from the road. That means you can look in cars, into windows, or just try to check out the ladies! Hey, Baby!This time around you can check out the freaks in L.A, the San Diego hotties, the gangs of Houston

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• Maps: Google Maps adds Street View to more cities

  Published: August 8, 2007, 9:31 am

  Tags: Google, Google Maps, Maps, Top

  Google adds street view imagery to Google Maps for San Diego (go Padres!), Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando, Fla. The controversial Street View, which lets you virtually walk down a street and see ground-level, 360 photography of your surroundings, launched at the end of May with imagery of San Francisco, New York, Denver, Las Vegas and Miami.

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