Tag: MAPS

Thanks to technology like Google Earth, you can visit places with a few clicks and keystrokes. But Google Earth uses GPS to create 3-D maps of locations, which means you can't venture "inside" the structures to really get a feel for the space. That could soon change. According to a report by San Francisco's ABC News 7 (catch it after the break), professors and graduate students at the ...

Microsoft researchers may be looking for a way to best Google Street View, and, we admit, its Street Slide project comes close. Google and Bing utilize what are known as "bubbles," discrete units of perspective that allow you to virtually explore a 360-degree view for a given chunk of space. But, as most seasoned Street View users know, you must click through each "bubble" to advance your ...

Have you all been watching 'Work of Art,' Bravo's latest horrible venture into competitive reality programming? The show -- which pits artists of varying skill, experience and taste against one another for a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum -- asked the contestants this week to make an artwork based on their experience visiting an Audi showroom. (We're just going to gloss over how ridiculous that ...

Google has now announced that you can use its services to get a sideways view of the world. A few months back, Google released its 45-degree aerial photographs to developers, and has since incorporated the perspective into its beta testing ground, Google Maps Labs. Now the images are available for all users, but they only cover a handful of areas: some parts of California; South Africa; Venice, ...

Online maps are a lifesaver when you're navigating an unfamiliar city, an absolute lifeline to the lost or touristy. That's why Microsoft wants to simplify Bing Destination Maps and bring a little aesthetic flair to the service, too. According to Information Aesthetics, Bing Destination Maps sketches a driver's route and removes any streets, avenues or roads that aren't necessary to get where he ...

The Louisiana Senate recently passed a bill requiring a minimum 10-year sentence for any terrorist who uses virtual online maps to plan his or her attack. And no one's really sure why. According to NOLA.com, the bill, proposed by Republican Senator Robert Adley, "defines a 'virtual street-level map' as one that is available on the Internet and can generate the location or picture of a home or ...

Despite being a powerful force in the global smartphone market, Nokia has really struggled to capture much of a share in the U.S. Similarly, Yahoo!, once a dominating force in search and other Web services, has quickly became an also-ran. Its e-mail and other Web apps have fallen behind those offered by Google, and its search service has all but been retired, now merely offering re-branded ...

For archaeologists, the days of trudging through dense jungle to map out ancient sites by hand could soon be over. The New York Times reports that husband and wife team Dr. Arlen F. Chase and Dr. Diane Z. Chase recently used an Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper to provide 3-D images of ancient Mayan ruins in Caracol, Belize. "This will revolutionize the way we do settlement studies of the Maya," Dr. ...

Remember when Google rolled out its Street View feature and everybody was suddenly up-in-arms about their privacy? Well, the tables were recently turned for a day in Germany. According to Mashable, some Berlin artists known as the Free Art & Technology (F.A.T.) group secretly attached a GPS device to one of Google's Street View cars over the weekend. In a hilarious bit of irony, the ...

Thanks to some data from the online movie-rental service and an interactive map from The New York Times, we have more insight into what our rental patterns say about us, our communities, neighborhoods, cities, and regions. The Google-powered map shows the top 50 rentals in each ZIP code of 12 major U.S. metropolitan areas, which include New York City, Miami, the Bay Area, and Chicago. There's ...

The stockings are hung with care, the tree is glowing bright, and Santa's list has been checked and re-checked. With two days until Christmas Eve, there's nothing left to do but let the anticipation build. One necessary part of that Christmas preparation is tracking Santa's flight path through the night sky. There are several ways to track Santa this year, but if you're looking for experienced ...

Soon, parents can dump those embarrassing child leashes for a new GPS device that keeps tabs on their young ones. Simply strap the Insignia 'Little Buddy Child Tracker' to your little rug-rat (tape should work), or you could just slide it into a backpack or lunchbox, and send him or her out into the world. According to Navigadget, checking up on them is easy, too. Using a smartphone or computer, ...

You can use an iPhone to locate restaurants, movie theaters, and even medical marijuana distributors. While those apps are helpful, a new application aims to make your neighborhood a safer place. The 'Offender Locator' will show a map of all registered sex offenders living in your neighborhood, according to Tech Crunch. By law, sex offenders must register on a free, public Web site. However, ...

Ever had to use the restroom while at the shopping mall, but had no idea where to begin looking? Or, how about that time you were half an hour late to meet your date at the municipal art museum because you couldn't figure out how to find the American contemporary painting room? Traditional GPS is useless in these situations because walls and ceilings block signals. However, according to New ...

If you find that figuring out and visualizing the exact location of an event or place referenced in the Bible has you wishing for a 1000 B.C. version of Google Maps, you're now in luck. The swath of land along the Mediterranean Sea, where many stories in the Bible take place, has changed hands, names, and borderlines enough times to confuse even the most zealous biblical geographer. However, a ...