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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Examples showing the use of geographic information systems - GIS - and geospatial data in the provision of egovernment services.
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- The Geospatial Revolution Project
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. "Anyone interested in Google Maps mashups is probably going to love this new Geospatial Revolution Project from Penn State Public Broadcasting..."
Added: 8 May 2009;
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- Maps of the Swine Flu Outbreak - Updated
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Saturday, May 2, 2009. "... None of the maps below are likely to help us overcome Swine Flu... However these maps do give us a reasonable overall impression of how the outbreak is spreading..."
Added: 5 May 2009;
Page views: 1,228
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- How to Get To There
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, May 4, 2009. "This widget from Widgetbox lets you easily create a Google Map for any event..."
Added: 5 May 2009;
Page views: 1,109
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- Make Your Own Google Maps
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Sunday, April 5, 2009. "Glotter is a Google Maps creation tool that lets users easily create and share custom maps..."
Added: 6 April 2009;
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- GIS on Google Maps
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Looks at Geowebdeveloper Map, GrafSchafter Atlas and GIS Map Grids on Google Maps.
Added: 26 March 2009;
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- Microsoft to Tackle Google Street View With Crowd-Sourced App
- By Kit Eaton. Fast Company, March 23, 2009. "Google's Street View app, alongside Google Earth, has ever-so-slightly changed the world--buying a house may never be the same again, for one thing, nor will smartphone-based navigation. And that's probably why another tech giant wants in on the same action. Microsoft's apparently due to have a go with its own application dubbed GeoSynth..."
Added: 25 March 2009;
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- Why we believe in geospatial data sharing
- Posted by Dylan Lorimer, Strategic Partnerships Team. Google Public Policy Blog, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. "In several recent posts, we've highlighted our ongoing efforts to partner with public sector organizations to add their map content to Google Maps and Google Earth. We undertake these partnerships because, by definition, organizations like local governments are the most authoritative source of geospatial data for their jurisdiction..."
Added: 19 March 2009;
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- 70pc of government agencies to implement GIS applications
- By John Kennedy. Silicon.com, March 17, 2009. "Nearly three quarters of government agencies in Europe and North America have, or plan to, implement geographic information systems (GIS), with over half of agencies surveyed having implemented GIS in the past 12 months..."
Added: 19 March 2009;
Page views: 780
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- Google Maps & Twitter Search for Ski Party
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania Blog, Monday, March 2, 2009. Search parties in the Alps used a combination of Twitter and Google maps to locate missing skiers. "...It seems that the party were able to call the missing skiers on their mobile phones. The lost skiers were then able to use Google Maps to generate a latitude and longitude of their position before sending it back to the group who then passed it on to Mountain Rescue..."
Added: 5 March 2009;
Page views: 996
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- Map Maker Added to Google Maps API
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Thursday, February 19, 2009. "... Google have also now officially announced that the tiles from Map Maker are available as new map types in both the Google Maps API (v2.146) and the Static Maps API as new map types..."
Added: 23 February 2009;
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- Google Maps the Potholes
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Monday, February 16, 2009. Discusses Google Map examples including: UK Fix My Street, Detroit Free Press Pothole Map, Better Pune - to help improve the condition of roads in Pune, India, FillThatHole - to report a road hazard in the UK.
Added: 17 February 2009;
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- MyGeoPosition
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Thursday, November 20, 2008. "MyGeoPosition is a great application to help you geo-code a single address. From my limited testing it seems very accurate. Apart from its accuracy, the site offers a number of really useful facilities for geo-coding a position and for how you might then want to use the data..."
Added: 21 November 2008;
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- Announcing The Virtual Earth Web Service and Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2
- Virtual Earth, An Evangelist's Blog, September 24, 2008. "If you follow Microsoft Virtual Earth I'm sure you've picked up some blog posts that posted some of the features for this release, but those posts mysteriously disappeared. Information leaked out and you wondered, "Was that real?" Well, finally the definitive source on the new Virtual Earth Web Service and the new Virtual Earth Map Control 6.2 I deliver to you. If you want to skip the descriptor and just get coding you'll be happy to know the Virtual Earth AJAX Control SDK on MSDN, as well as, the Virtual Earth Interactive SDK have both been updated..."
Added: 28 October 2008;
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- Google Maps Transit Information For New York Metro Area
- by Barry Schwartz. Search Engine Land, September 23, 2008. "The Google Blog announced the availability of extremely comprehensive transit information throughout the New York metro area. Google Maps now plots transit information for subway, commuter rail, bus and ferry services from the Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit and the City of New York..."
Added: 25 September 2008;
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- Google Maps for mobile now with Street View and walking directions
- Posted by Michael Siliski, Product Manager. The Official Google Blog, 17 September 2008. "Today we added new features to Google Maps for Mobile that will help you see a location, find out what people are saying about it, and learn how to get there on foot -- all from the convenience of your phone..."
Added: 18 September 2008;
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