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Entries from 'August 2007'
Global Mapper Release Update, Version 9
August 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Categories: External News
Tags: Global Mapper, global mapper updates
Google Maps Tutorial, Creating Placemarks
August 28th, 2007 · No Comments
With the embedding capability for publishing Google Maps, a common need for publishing a Google Map might be to provide the following:
Address information for a business location, or several locations
Providing directions to or from a business location
Displaying a route of destination-points for a trip or tour
Displaying points of interest you’ve visited
This is done by adding […]
Categories: Tutorials · Web Mapping
Tags: instructions, placemarks, publishing, Tutorials, Web, Web Mapping
Google Embeddable Maps Issue
August 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Nikolas Schiller discovered an interesting problem associated with the new ‘embeddable’ Google Maps. I tried to suggest a couple things to correct for this, but even after seeing if that’d work — I’m also realizing that it’s a major flaw.
The problem is that Google Maps doesn’t allow you to save a link with the target=”_blank” […]
Categories: Web Mapping
Tags: bugs, noted issues, Web, Web Mapping
WordPress Plugin, Google Maps Quicktag
August 22nd, 2007 · 53 Comments
Since Google Maps can now be ‘embedded’ in a similar way to YouTube and Google Videos, I decided to create a basic plug-in for WordPress users and share it with whoever might think it’s useful. All it is, is a simple addition of a button in the administration panel editor — which pops open a […]
Categories: Web · Web Mapping · WordPress
Tags: embedding google maps, Google Maps, google maps quicktag, Web, Web Mapping, WordPress, wordpress plugin
Google Earth Demonstration System
August 21st, 2007 · No Comments
Stefan, over at Ogle Earth demonstrates a brilliant media demonstration, of creating your own weather station-like application using Wirecast. There’s a variety of uses for such a demonstration, actually — beyond this example.
Stefan’s demonstration, via YouTube
Taking it one step further
To add something to the mix, I’ll raise the bar a little bit by proposing a better […]
Categories: Demonstrations · External News · Hardware
Tags: chroma key production, google earth, wiimote interface hack
- Fri, 17 Aug 2007 at 7:04 am · The minor power issues that were occurring have been totally resolved, and I’m back to full multi-terrabyte capacity once again. I have another project that’s been in the back of my mind. · (0)
The Power of Flash
August 8th, 2007 · No Comments
I don’t think I even really need to say anything toward this Flash application example. It’s the fastest serving mapping aggregator I’ve seen yet, and its interface is absolutely what every designer looks for in an application like this — minimalism.
Categories: Web · Web Mapping
Tags: flash map applications, hosting infrastructure