Remote Sensing Tools

The Google Maps Quicktag for Wordpress plug-in has been updated to include a version for WordPress MU installations, including code contributed by a user.
WordPress MU, by default, does not allow the use of the iframe tag and its attributes, thus preventing the publishing of embedded Google Maps and Street View in MU. What the added […]

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Another early Christmas present — the ability to embed Street View from Google Maps. (How many days of Christmas are there again?):
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“Out of my way, Cubs fans — got to get to the Metro to see my buddy’s band!”
Publishing embeddable Maps and Street View is easy through the Google Maps interface — and […]

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When the iPhone first came into being, I very quickly noticed the commentary in regards to the lack of GPS being integrated into the device. But even then, I found myself repeatedly asking the questions in the discussion — is it even necessary? I’m fully aware of the triangulation methodologies that exist in wireless, without […]

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Google Maps has updated with a new hillshaded DEM terrain dataset — which, as you can see below, can also be embedded in your Web page. Flat terrain visualization of this kind can be useful for several content related topics — whether you’re an avid outdoors explorer, camper, mountain biker, or perhaps you’re simply planning […]

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As a follow-up concerning Internet Explorer display issues that were previously noted — I back-tracked today to find that those issues appear to have been resolved. No more funky bubbles.
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Google Maps has been actively shaping things up with a handful of issues raised, since ‘embeddable’ Maps were provided. One issue that I noticed yesterday, will hopefully be addressed soon as well. I’ve sent this in to the Google Maps Help Group, so hopefully an employee notices and forwards it on.

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This morning, I went through and ran a mark-up validation check with the W3C services to make sure that my site was rendering properly. I generally do this at least once per month to ensure there isn’t anything I’m missing. I’m a major compliance freak when it comes to mark-up!
I fixed the video embedding errors […]

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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 […]

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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” […]

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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 […]

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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.

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Playing on words for the title in light of Where 2.0, Google demonstrated the technology behind Google Maps Street View — Immersive Media. Frank Taylor includes a video of the demonstration at the conference to share in the crowd reaction, and other important notes.

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I’m just noticing an added option for viewing the Poly9 FreeEarth 3D version of Flickrvision, developed by Dave Troy. Flickrvision is a Google Maps mash-up that displays the feeds published directly from Flickr, in a geographic context and in near real-time via the Google Maps API. Flickrvision’s sister mash-up development, Twittervision, also has a Poly9 […]

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Frank Taylor announces the most significant update to Google Maps yet! Google Maps, My Maps, takes the “mash-up” to the next level — allowing full user control in the creation of content for maps through the KML language, and further adding value to true integration with Google Earth!

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