http://www.geoformats.comUpdates from mapping, local and geo world!en-usSat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:17 -0800Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:17 -0800http://www.geoformats.comadmin@blogvia.com180http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/photosynth-integrating-into-virtual-earth/1Photosyth is a great product and under-appreciated I believe. Less well recognized than the integration of images and user photos into Google Maps, Microsoft has offered Photosynth collections/synths in Live Search Maps for some time. However the company is now integrating Photosyth more fully into the Virtual Earth platform (B2B): Microsoft Corp. today announced updates to its Photosynth technology that enable commercial use through integration with Microsoft Virtual Earth. The Photosynth integ ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 07:43:21 GMT20090508A/photosynth-integrating-into-virtual-earth/1http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/msn-city-guides-gets-facelift-with-live-search/2Today MSN announced a new version of its local offering MSN City Guides, one step in a long term plan to help users stay in the know wherever they are. The new MSN City Guides is an entirely re-vamped site, featuring a new design with integrated Live Search, Live Search Maps, video, content sharing, and New integration with popular social networking services such as Windows Live and Facebook makes it easy to organize events with just a few clicks. With Live Search and Live Search Maps integrated ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:51:27 GMT20090508A/msn-city-guides-gets-facelift-with-live-search/2http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/friday-fun-with-google-maps/3The Virtual PaintoutThe Virtual Paintout is a blog that is encouraging the use of Google Street View as a resource for virtually travelling the world to find interesting locations and subjects to paint.Each month a new city is chosen and artists can then use Google Street View to find a subject to paint The blog is currently showcasing the paintings produced from Street View images of Amsterdam. The quality of art is very high. The picture above is clipped from Bill Guffey's 'Amsterdam Canal Boa ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 23:50:00 GMT20090508A/friday-fun-with-google-maps/3http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/cityvoters-new-strategic-direction/4Fri, 08 May 2009 11:34:51 GMT20090508A/cityvoters-new-strategic-direction/4http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/jane-robot-meetup-wednesday-ms-mountain-view/5Are you going to be in the Bay area tomorrow? Do you have a vested interest in search marketing? Know any web developers? Well then, make sure drop in to the Microsoft technology center in Mountain View, CA for a hearty discussion of search marketing hosted Microsoft, with guest speakers: Vanessa Fox, famed creator of Google's Webmaster Tools, and Sean Suchter, previous VP of Yahoo. Microsoft Campus in Mountain View Event: Jane & Robot SEO Meetup When: May 6, 2009 from 7:00 pm - 10:0 ... ]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:37:54 GMT20090508A/jane-robot-meetup-wednesday-ms-mountain-view/5http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/introducing-google-earth-featured-modeler-profiles/6The Official SketchUp blog has introduced a new series called 'Google Earth Featured Modeler Profiles' where modelers that have submitted their work to the Google 3D Warehouse for display in Google Earth will be highlighted on a regular basis.Our first featured modeler, "IntotheWest," has almost single-handedly enabled visitors of Calgary, AB, Canada to view this city in 3D in Google Earth. "IntotheWest," aka Andrew, has modeled over 40 skyscrapers and buildings in Calgary - you can check out h ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 09:10:00 GMT20090508A/introducing-google-earth-featured-modeler-profiles/6http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/dotmenu-ceo-frank-blott-converting-college-diners-into-lifetime-customers/7 Acquiring customers at an early age and getting them to use your services or products through their various life stages has been an appealing strategy for everything from autos to cigarettes to newspapers. Can it apply to online food ordering when it starts from a college dorm? DotMenu Inc. CEO Frank Blot thinks it can. I met with Blot, President and founder Michael Saunders and CMO Tony Wills in their office in New York this week. Blot says that by offering enhanced features for restaurants a ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:40:05 GMT20090508A/dotmenu-ceo-frank-blott-converting-college-diners-into-lifetime-customers/7http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/new-worldwide-webcam-google-map/8Worldwide Webcams MapsMashed World has created a number of webcam Google Maps for different countries around the world. The webcams for each map are provided by webcams.travel, who recently had a layer added to Google Maps.When you roll over one of the webcam map markers on the map a thumbnail appears showing the latest image from the webcam. Clicking on a webcam marker opens an information window with a link to that webcams page at webcams.travel.Some other webcam maps:Fisgonia - This English/S ... ]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 03:40:00 GMT20090508A/new-worldwide-webcam-google-map/8http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/share-your-location-with-google-latitude/9Google Public Location Badge Google have released a Google Public Location Badge for Google Latitude users. The badge lets you share your Google Latitude location publicly on a blog or web site.To embed a map of your location on your website or blog you can just cut and paste a few lines of embed code. Or, for the more adventurous, you can use a KML or JSON feed to create your own custom applicationGoogle Talk Location StatusGoogle are also now allowing Google Talk or Gmail chat users to share ... ]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 07:12:00 GMT20090508A/share-your-location-with-google-latitude/9http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/windows-release-candidate-availablewheres-virtual-earth/10 With the release of Windows 7 RC to the world which you can now freely download from the Microsoft Windows web site, I figured I would at least let you know where Microsoft Virtual Earth fits into the equation. First off, there's a location API built into the operating system. This means that from within Windows your applications can access a single API that will tell you where the user is. Well, any time you have location information it's pretty much a given that you'll want to see it on a map ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 08:29:07 GMT20090508A/windows-release-candidate-availablewheres-virtual-earth/10http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/elephant-rocks/11In The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, when the three Pevensie children (minus Edmund) arrived at Aslan's camp, they were happening upon what we (of the other world) know as Elephant Rocks. Looking from above, the boulders look like nothing more than a few pebbles to be picked up and stuffed in your pocket, but when looking straight on the boulders are just massive! Named after the big, leathery mammals due to their shape and size, these naturally shaped limestone formations near Duntroon ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 11:14:53 GMT20090508A/elephant-rocks/11http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/whole-foods-smartly-working-twitter/12Fri, 08 May 2009 07:15:18 GMT20090508A/whole-foods-smartly-working-twitter/12http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/auroville/13Auroville is an experimental town and self-proclaimed "universal city in the making" near the South-Indian city of Puducherry1. Built around a massive gold-plated meditation dome known as the Matrimandir, Auroville was created in hopes that it would be a model for peace, learning, and environmental stewardship. The town was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, a spiritual leader known to her followers as "The Mother", who created the guiding principles of the town as well as a governing organisati ... ]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:42:34 GMT20090508A/auroville/13http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/who-what-why-where-20!/14Fri, 08 May 2009 09:05:00 GMT20090508A/who-what-why-where-20!/14http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/view-your-facebook-friends-on-google-maps/15Mapmotive for FacebookMapmotive for Facebook is an application that automatically displays your Facebook friends on a Google Map. The Mapmotive map not only shows the geography of your Facebook network but allows you to add markers.You can use the application to show the location of an upcoming party or event, or use it to display the places you have visited or to share your favourite restaurants and bars.SocialMineThis Facebook application also maps all of your Facebook friends and, in addition ... ]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:55:00 GMT20090508A/view-your-facebook-friends-on-google-maps/15http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/worldwide-action-sports-google-map/165ones Earth5ones.com have launched an interactive Google Maps mashup to map all of the world's surf spots, skate spots, ski/snowboard resorts, pro shops and company headquarters. They hope to provide a comprehensive map of all action sports, so that where ever you travel in the world you will be able to quickly find your nearest action sports' locations.In order to encourage action sports enthusiasts to add their favourite spots to the map 5ones.com are giving away over a $1000 in 'goodies' in a ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 05:33:00 GMT20090508A/worldwide-action-sports-google-map/16http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/new-resources-for-non-profit-and-humanitarian-mapping/17Thu, 07 May 2009 09:30:00 GMT20090508A/new-resources-for-non-profit-and-humanitarian-mapping/17http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/virtual-earth-at-tech-ed-2009/18 Keith Kinnan will be on site presenting at Tech Ed this year in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 13 in a session titled "Deep Dive on Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control (session ID: WUX402).” Ok, so I did a deep dive talk at MIX which you can watch online, BTW. "Well, Chris,” you may ask, "why would I want to go see Keith's presentation if I already saw yours?” Um, because Keith is the lead developer of the Silverlight Map Control (and the AJAX Map Control). So, he's kind of important and knows e ... ]]>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:37:37 GMT20090508A/virtual-earth-at-tech-ed-2009/18http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/econsm-next-thurs-social-mobile/19Thu, 07 May 2009 16:18:25 GMT20090508A/econsm-next-thurs-social-mobile/19http://www.geoformats.com/20090508A/the-geospatial-revolution-project/20Wed, 06 May 2009 06:37:00 GMT20090508A/the-geospatial-revolution-project/20