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privacy alert: google steet view cars in london

Following a meeting at the Cabinet Office earlier today, a colleague and I spotted the Google Street View car filming in Whitehall. Google Street View is an extension of the functionality of google maps that lets users see the view...

Feed : cybersoc.com | Updated : 3 months ago

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Google Maps with voice search updated to 2.2.2 and now supports Blackberry Curve

Google released version 2.2.2 of their Maps program yesterday and ShareThis

Feed : Gear Diary | Updated : 3 months ago

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Brand New Beijing Olympics Satellite Imagery in Google Earth

Google has quietly slipped in brand new satellite imagery taken by Geoeye which was taken on July 19th, 2008 showing the Beijing Olympics venues. I've been expecting Google to do some new imagery in anticipation for the Olympics - just like they did for the Torino Olympics two years ago. A GEB reader let me know the imagery had been updated within the last day (Thanks Stephen!). Keep a close watch on the area. I wouldn't be surprised if more 3D models of the new facilities and other photos start...

Feed : Google Earth Blog | Updated : 3 months ago

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Google Maps Adds Walking Directions

Yesterday, Google launched a beta feature called "walking directions" on Google Maps. While the directions are limited to routes shorter than 6.2 miles (or 10 kilometers), they provide a few useful advantages for walkers over regular driving directions. First, the walking directions ignore the direction of one-way streets. Second, it supposedly takes into account terrain, giving pedestrians a more flat and walkable route when possible. Google acknowledges that the feature is clearly in beta, ev...

Feed : Three Minds On Digital Marketing @ Organic | Updated : 3 months ago

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Google Maps - Pedestrian Version

How long does it take to walk from Kensington Market to St.Lawrence Market? 39 minutes, according to Google Maps new Beta "Walking" feature. More...

Feed : blogTO | Updated : 3 months ago

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Google Maps Launches Walking Directions

Google Maps launched a new feature this morning: walking directions. Walking directions are especially helpful for people living in urban areas where Google's driving directions often send traveler in circles due to one-way streets.

Feed : SitePoint Blogs | Updated : 3 months ago

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Google Maps for walkers, Microsoft Virtual Earth expand

Updated 11:20 a.m. PDT with more walking direction details from Google, information about a Google walk for charity program, and a separate note on Urban Mapping. There are some online mapping news tidbits on Tuesday. First, Google has expanded its walking directions feature from a test for a limited number of users to a public beta covering everywhere that driving directions are available, according to the Google LatLong blog. For directions that are 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) or less the walkin...

Feed : Webware.com | Updated : 3 months ago

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5 sights the U.S. government won?t let Google show you

From Valleywag: So much for indexing all the world’s information: There are at least 51 places you can’t see on Google Maps. One of them is the entire country of Bahrain. Allegedly, the Bahrain’s Ministry of Information blocked Google Maps from its citizens because it didn’t want the local poors to see the private jets and [...]

Feed : Listropolis | Updated : 3 months ago

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Geocode a postal address by script using GM

[Google Maps Internals] Please find a list of links to all sample code provided by this blog below on this page. For background information please refer to the blog article series published here.

Feed : Geotags.org | Updated : 3 months ago

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