Tag: google_maps

  • Embeddable Google maps

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    Tom Raftery
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    According to this post on the Google Maps blog site, it is now possible to embed Google Maps on your own site in the same way you can embed YouTube videos. The image below is of the industrial park where we are building the CIX data centre http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.903566,-8.512151&spn=0.002022,0.005611&t=k&z=18&om=1&output=embed&s=AARTsJqzARj-Z8VnW5pkPMLMmZbqrJcYpwView Larger Map

  • The Irish Road of Doom!

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    Via MacManX comes the Irish Road of Doom! I knew the roads in Cork were bad, but jeez!

  • Google Maps and Google Earth images updated

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    The Google Earth blog notes that there has been a significant update to Google Earth and Google Maps images. On checking Cork, I found that it has been significantly updated with recent high-res images. However, Rushbrook, where I am based, is still only available in low-res. In this screen you can see Rushbrook is on…

  • Google Maps rolls out new old data

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    I spotted that Google Maps satellite data was updated today so I decided to check it out. You still can’t see our new house in Rushbrook (built in 2004) but our old house in Bracken Court is clearly visible and you can easily make out Pilar’s white Micra in the drive (which we sold recently)…

  • Google has rolled out a web version of Google Talk

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    Tom Raftery
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    As the title suggests, Google has rolled out a Flash based version of Google Talk called Gtalkr. It includes a Yahoo Maps extension – as Google Maps is not Flash based – this is unfortunate because Yahoo Maps is US only 🙁 Gtalkr also includes your Gmail account automatically (you log in using your Gmail…

  • Google Maps – now available for mobile phones!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Google announced yesterday that they are releasing a version of their acclaimed Google Maps which can work on mobile phones! This is a major announcement as it is the first downloadable cellphone application Google has produced – doubtless, more will follow (Google Payments for mobile anyone?). The app works on a range of nobile phones…

  • Scoble is disruptive!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Robert Scoble wrote a significant post in his blog yesterday calling on Microsoft and Google to Clone the Google API. In a nutshell, Robert went to see a Microsoft customer company called Zvents (an online events listing company). When he asked them why they aren’t using Microsoft’s Virtual Earth on their site, (or Yahoo! Maps…

  • Yahoo! new Map? Don't even bother!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Yahoo! has launched, the next generation of Yahoo Maps. Like everything else, it is in beta, right now so any bugs found are because of that, not because they couldn’t be bothered hiring internal testers. The site is done in Flash, which has some advantages (it looks pretty) I suppose, but where are the satellite…