Microsoft Brings "Streetside" View To Mapping, Search
Microsoft is taking search to the street.
At noon PDT on Tuesday, Microsoft will unveil a preview version of its Windows Live Local Technology, which will allow users to view a "street-side" perspective of local neighborhoods.
ADVERTISEMENT Microsoft's preview site is but one of several technology demonstrations Microsoft is expected to reveal in the next two days, capping off the week with a technical description of its Origami project. (A version of Windows Local Live without the streetside techology is here.)
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The "street-side" technology, according to Microsoft, will be used for its upcoming consumer local search and mapping site, according to a note sent to reporters Monday evening. "As an additional navigational tool, the street-side feature offers a vantage point similar to driving behind the wheel of a car for a close-up, street-level view," the company said.
Only two neighborhoods will be supported in the technology's initial release: the downtown "cores" of Seattle and San Francisco, as a way to provoke feedback from users. The street-side view will supplement aerial, road and bird's eye views currently available in Windows Live Local, the company said.
The technology is being supplied by Facet Technology Corp., whose SightMap technology has already compiled 700 million high-resolution images -- a total of 200 terabytes of data -- of geomapped images.
Facet SightMap vans roam the country, snapping front-view and side-vide images of various streets at 8-meter distances, according to the company. In total, over 516,000 miles have been photo-mapped. Facet's coverage map indicates that the company has indexed dozens of metropolitan areas around the United States, and the company plans to also cover several "high-volume roads" as well.
"We've been doing mapping with sophisticated vehicles for a number of years – we have vehicles with high-resolution digital cameras on board, and we drive roadways and collect imagery," said Jamie Retterath, president of Facet Technology, in an interview. "A lot of the stuff we've done over the past few years, like creating precise maps, etc., has been for the U.S. Census Bureau."
The startup was founded in 1998 and has assembled a number of patents covering graphical search applications, similar to the direction Microsoft is taking, Retterath said.
"What Microsoft liked about us was that we'd done a lot of image collection," Retterath added. "They also liked the precision of our system – we can make very precise maps and image location from that – we also have a very long list of patents that we've acquired over the years that deal with efficient processing of that imagery and turning it into meaningful content."
Each Facet "Mobile360" van contains between four to seven digital cameras, which are tied into a GPS system. A four-camera vehicle captures information simultaneously with all four cameras providing a front driver's view, right and left views and a backwards-facing view. The seven-camera vans provide "enhanced visual information," according to Facet, for use in crowded urban areas.
The onboard guidance system uses third-party technology like that used by cruise missiles as they make their way across the landscape, Retterath said.
"We bring the imagery from our vehicles back in-house and then we review it for spatial accuracy, for clarity and to make sure that we've captured everything within a collection zone," Retterath said.
"Our automation tools will be utilized, so if we're doing mapping, for example, it will create precise maps of the roadways -- if we're doing asset management, where trying to find road signs in imagery, we have software to do that – if we're utilizing imagery to find 3D models, we have patented tools that can do that with imagery," Retterath added.
In the future, Facet hopes to overlay turn-by-turn information onto an actual snapshot of the intersection inside GPS systems, so that users can view actal landmarks as well as abstract directions on where to turn, the company said. The technology can also be used to improve the efficiency of logistics, such as parcel delivery.
"What Microsoft is announcing today is only a small portion of what they have planned in the future - they have big plans and we're out there aggressively collecting the imagery," Retterath said.
Editor's Note: This story was updated at 9:14 AM with comments from Facet's Retterath.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
ANOTHER RAVE ABOUT OPERA MINI
Russell Beattie Notebook - Opera Mini: Best Mobile Web Browser Bar None
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More on OPERA MINI - big implications for breaking the nexus between the carriers, content and the users
next step? -- getting a media player/ streaming into Opera Mini -
Java Opera poses smartphone challenge | The Register
Opera, which owes much of its success to its smart-phone browsers, today offers a reason not to buy a smart phone. The Norwegian company will take the wraps off its Mini browser: a Java applet that can run on around 700m phones.
Opera Mini uses a proxy server to format the content to low power, small-screen devices. The company had initially rolled out the service just to telcos, but it's now expected to be available to the public. Such is the pitiful state of mobile data today, outside of moneyspinners like SMS and ringtones, the telcos are grateful for the revenue.
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So it's the death of WAP, finally, but is it the death of the smartphone too?
Nokia and Sony Ericsson have other ideas, with the Finns touting VoIP and file-sharing as key features of their smart phones based on Symbian's EKA2 kernel. All Symbian devices going forward use the real-time kernel, which allows the manufacturer the choice of a lower cost device or more features, and brings battery life into line with today's mid-range not-so-smart phones.
Most of Nokia's forthcoming E and N series phones have Wi-Fi, and some also feature UPnP device discovery - indicating that the company not only has ambitions on the iPod but living room remote control too
And it can't have escaped the attention of the folks in Norway that Nokia is developing its own browser for Symbian, based on KDE code. ®
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Java Opera poses smartphone challenge | The Register
Opera, which owes much of its success to its smart-phone browsers, today offers a reason not to buy a smart phone. The Norwegian company will take the wraps off its Mini browser: a Java applet that can run on around 700m phones.
Opera Mini uses a proxy server to format the content to low power, small-screen devices. The company had initially rolled out the service just to telcos, but it's now expected to be available to the public. Such is the pitiful state of mobile data today, outside of moneyspinners like SMS and ringtones, the telcos are grateful for the revenue.
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So it's the death of WAP, finally, but is it the death of the smartphone too?
Nokia and Sony Ericsson have other ideas, with the Finns touting VoIP and file-sharing as key features of their smart phones based on Symbian's EKA2 kernel. All Symbian devices going forward use the real-time kernel, which allows the manufacturer the choice of a lower cost device or more features, and brings battery life into line with today's mid-range not-so-smart phones.
Most of Nokia's forthcoming E and N series phones have Wi-Fi, and some also feature UPnP device discovery - indicating that the company not only has ambitions on the iPod but living room remote control too
And it can't have escaped the attention of the folks in Norway that Nokia is developing its own browser for Symbian, based on KDE code. ®
Related stories
Hands on with Sony's first Walkman smartphone (16 February 2006)
Symbian slashes smart-phone OS fees (8 February 2006)
Nokia Q4 sales jump but profits unmoved (26 January 2006)
Pantech pitches 15:9 widescreen phone (26 January 2006)
Opera on Palm OS? Sort of... (24 January 2006)
Orange all a-quiver over 'vibro-tactile' mobile phone (24 January 2006)
Google turning Canada into mobile software mecca (10 January 2006)
Sshhh... One-chip, real-time smartphones are here (30 December 2005)
Hands on with Macromedia Flex 2.0 (4 December 2005)
Internet big boys muscle into mobile (15 November 2005)
Macromedia outs Flash on BREW (19 October 2005)
Nokia E-phones might finally mean business (13 October 2005)
Sony Ericsson flagship sprouts 3G, Wi-Fi (11 October 2005)
Opera gives away ad-free browser (20 September 2005)
Mobile war smoulders around internet
Very relevant to LBS ....
Opera is also offering Opera Mini to operators and content providers which can offer a branded and customized version to their users. The operator or content provider could host the back-end servers themselves or hire Opera to do so for them. Once users have the Opera Mini browser on their handsets, the operator or content provider can push content or special promotions to the browsers, for users to see when they launch the browser. Opera is testing Opera Mini with operators and content providers around the world, Sivertsen said.
Opera Mini browser quietly available worldwide: "Opera is also offering Opera Mini to operators and content providers which can offer a branded and customized version to their users. The operator or content provider could host the back-end servers themselves or hire Opera to do so for them. Once users have the Opera Mini browser on their handsets, the operator or content provider can push content or special promotions to the browsers, for users to see when they launch the browser. Opera is testing Opera Mini with operators and content providers around the world, Sivertsen said. "
Opera is also offering Opera Mini to operators and content providers which can offer a branded and customized version to their users. The operator or content provider could host the back-end servers themselves or hire Opera to do so for them. Once users have the Opera Mini browser on their handsets, the operator or content provider can push content or special promotions to the browsers, for users to see when they launch the browser. Opera is testing Opera Mini with operators and content providers around the world, Sivertsen said.
Opera Mini browser quietly available worldwide: "Opera is also offering Opera Mini to operators and content providers which can offer a branded and customized version to their users. The operator or content provider could host the back-end servers themselves or hire Opera to do so for them. Once users have the Opera Mini browser on their handsets, the operator or content provider can push content or special promotions to the browsers, for users to see when they launch the browser. Opera is testing Opera Mini with operators and content providers around the world, Sivertsen said. "
OPERA MINI - a great way to break out of your telco's "walled garden", get quicker downloads, and cut your data-download charges
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Mobile phone news :: Opera Software announces worldwide release of Opera Mini
Opera Software has announced the worldwide release of Opera Mini, the full Web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone, including low- and mid-end handsets. Today's global launch follows the trials of Opera Mini in the Nordics and in Germany during the fall of 2005, which resulted in a user base of over one million people. Opera Mini is available free of charge via WAP download, or for a small fee via SMS.
Go to http://mini.opera.com for more information and download instructions.
"With Opera Mini most people can start surfing the Web with the mobile phone they have today," says Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "We are proud to be the first to offer full, mobile Web browsing to the majority of the world's mobile phone users."
Installing Opera Mini is as simple as downloading a ringtone or a game. You simply send an SMS or direct your phone's WAP browser to http://mini.opera.com. Opera Mini compresses Web pages by up to 80% and reformats them using Small-Screen Rendering(TM) for easy and fast browsing on small, mobile screens. For the end-user, this means faster browsing and dramatically reduced phone bills for those who pay per KB in data traffic.
Opera Mini's start page features a Google search box for quick access to Web search. And the customizable bookmark list makes it easy to save and surf your favorite sites.
The first trial of Opera Mini was launched in Norway in August 2005, and Michael Gartenberg, VP & Research Director of Jupiter Research, called the little, but powerful, browser "a really big breakthrough for the mobile space." Opera now also offers customized versions of Opera Mini to mobile phone operators, handset manufacturers and other companies interested in offering a branded, full mobile Web browser to their customers.
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Mobile phone news :: Opera Software announces worldwide release of Opera Mini
Opera Software has announced the worldwide release of Opera Mini, the full Web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone, including low- and mid-end handsets. Today's global launch follows the trials of Opera Mini in the Nordics and in Germany during the fall of 2005, which resulted in a user base of over one million people. Opera Mini is available free of charge via WAP download, or for a small fee via SMS.
Go to http://mini.opera.com for more information and download instructions.
"With Opera Mini most people can start surfing the Web with the mobile phone they have today," says Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "We are proud to be the first to offer full, mobile Web browsing to the majority of the world's mobile phone users."
Installing Opera Mini is as simple as downloading a ringtone or a game. You simply send an SMS or direct your phone's WAP browser to http://mini.opera.com. Opera Mini compresses Web pages by up to 80% and reformats them using Small-Screen Rendering(TM) for easy and fast browsing on small, mobile screens. For the end-user, this means faster browsing and dramatically reduced phone bills for those who pay per KB in data traffic.
Opera Mini's start page features a Google search box for quick access to Web search. And the customizable bookmark list makes it easy to save and surf your favorite sites.
The first trial of Opera Mini was launched in Norway in August 2005, and Michael Gartenberg, VP & Research Director of Jupiter Research, called the little, but powerful, browser "a really big breakthrough for the mobile space." Opera now also offers customized versions of Opera Mini to mobile phone operators, handset manufacturers and other companies interested in offering a branded, full mobile Web browser to their customers.
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First Cell Phone Java Trojan On The Loose | February 28, 2006
The exploit can attack any smart phone, PDA, or cell phone that runs Java 2 Micro Edition, Sun Microsystem's version for consumer electronics devices.
By Gregg Keizer
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Feb 28, 2006 04:18 PM
Alerts went out Tuesday from several security companies warning users of an in-the-wild Trojan horse able to infect nearly any cell phone.
The Trojan, named Redbrowser.a by McAfee, F-Secure, and the discovering vendor, Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, can attack any device -- smart phone, PDA, or cell phone -- that runs Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Sun Microsystem's version for consumer electronics devices.
"The important thing about this Trojan is that it can get to any device that runs J2ME," said Shane Coursen, a Kaspersky senior technical analyst. "A good portion of cell phones use Java for games, and some of their other programs."
Redbrowser.a appears on a device as a text message with an accompanying file attachment. The file claims it's a program that lets users visit WAP sites without a connection. In reality, the Trojan installs code that sends out text messages to premium-rate phone numbers in Russia. The user's charged $5 to $6 for each message.
According to the alert posted by McAfee, the Trojan's text sending function doesn't work in the U.S. "We are currently assuming this is due to the numbers dialed being local to Russia," the alert read.
Coursen wasn't able to identify the perpetrators, nor their motivation for creating the Trojan. One possibility, he said was that they might be connected to the premium numbers. "There's no evidence of that," he cautioned, but acknowledged that similar scams have been run in the past by attackers who planted auto-dialers on unsuspecting users' PCs, then raked in fees when those dialers rang up 900 numbers over a land line.
Most anti-virus vendors, including Kaspersky, have labeled Redbrowser.a as a low-level threat. "There's no global outbreak going on," said Coursen.
But it is, he said, another indicator that malicious code writers are expanding into mobile territory. "We are finding that there are mobile viruses out there," he said, "and I believe we're moving toward a real threat."
Kaspersky, F-Secure, and McAfee all sell products aimed at protecting mobile users from worms, viruses, and Trojans.
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The exploit can attack any smart phone, PDA, or cell phone that runs Java 2 Micro Edition, Sun Microsystem's version for consumer electronics devices.
By Gregg Keizer
TechWeb News
Feb 28, 2006 04:18 PM
Alerts went out Tuesday from several security companies warning users of an in-the-wild Trojan horse able to infect nearly any cell phone.
The Trojan, named Redbrowser.a by McAfee, F-Secure, and the discovering vendor, Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, can attack any device -- smart phone, PDA, or cell phone -- that runs Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME), Sun Microsystem's version for consumer electronics devices.
"The important thing about this Trojan is that it can get to any device that runs J2ME," said Shane Coursen, a Kaspersky senior technical analyst. "A good portion of cell phones use Java for games, and some of their other programs."
Redbrowser.a appears on a device as a text message with an accompanying file attachment. The file claims it's a program that lets users visit WAP sites without a connection. In reality, the Trojan installs code that sends out text messages to premium-rate phone numbers in Russia. The user's charged $5 to $6 for each message.
According to the alert posted by McAfee, the Trojan's text sending function doesn't work in the U.S. "We are currently assuming this is due to the numbers dialed being local to Russia," the alert read.
Coursen wasn't able to identify the perpetrators, nor their motivation for creating the Trojan. One possibility, he said was that they might be connected to the premium numbers. "There's no evidence of that," he cautioned, but acknowledged that similar scams have been run in the past by attackers who planted auto-dialers on unsuspecting users' PCs, then raked in fees when those dialers rang up 900 numbers over a land line.
Most anti-virus vendors, including Kaspersky, have labeled Redbrowser.a as a low-level threat. "There's no global outbreak going on," said Coursen.
But it is, he said, another indicator that malicious code writers are expanding into mobile territory. "We are finding that there are mobile viruses out there," he said, "and I believe we're moving toward a real threat."
Kaspersky, F-Secure, and McAfee all sell products aimed at protecting mobile users from worms, viruses, and Trojans.
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SMS Text News: Google.com banned by Hutchinson 3g UK
read that Google News is now available as a mobile version. I thought I'd try it out!
Unfortunately, the only normal phone I've got is the Sony Ericsson on Three. I've paid for "mobile websites" so I was sure that the world's number two site (Myspace is number one now, eh?) would be available in this 'package'.
Not at all!
If you go to www.google.com in your Three UK browser, it takes you to the 'suggest a site' page. That's because it's not approved by Three -- you have to send them a text message and hope that someone receives it and adds it to the list. What is it, are they waiting for Google to phone up and offer them bucketloads of cash or something?
What absolute RUBBISH. Seriously, I must be going mad. Someone else with a Three phone tell me I'm just imagining this?
There's nothing for it. I am going to phone them up, brave the Indian call centre, pay off the rest of contract, cancel and be done with it. I simply can't stand these type of stupid limitations!
This from an organisation that wants to be a "media" company not a "phone" company.
February 28, 2006 at
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read that Google News is now available as a mobile version. I thought I'd try it out!
Unfortunately, the only normal phone I've got is the Sony Ericsson on Three. I've paid for "mobile websites" so I was sure that the world's number two site (Myspace is number one now, eh?) would be available in this 'package'.
Not at all!
If you go to www.google.com in your Three UK browser, it takes you to the 'suggest a site' page. That's because it's not approved by Three -- you have to send them a text message and hope that someone receives it and adds it to the list. What is it, are they waiting for Google to phone up and offer them bucketloads of cash or something?
What absolute RUBBISH. Seriously, I must be going mad. Someone else with a Three phone tell me I'm just imagining this?
There's nothing for it. I am going to phone them up, brave the Indian call centre, pay off the rest of contract, cancel and be done with it. I simply can't stand these type of stupid limitations!
This from an organisation that wants to be a "media" company not a "phone" company.
February 28, 2006 at
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My Geo Tags beta
Welcome to My Geo Tags
This service contains names and geographical locations of 7.5 Mio places (cities, mountains, lakes, airports, churches, schools) worldwide as pre-defined geotags. Enter the name of a place and view all nearby geotags on a google satellite map or click at a location on the Google map to view all nearby geotags. As an alternative all found geotags are also shown in a textual result list.
Add your own geotags containing a website link, picture or text note to the map. Adding pictures or text notes requires registration, website links can be added also without registration.
When you click on one of the geotags on the map or the result list, the attached website, picture or note is shown. For pre-defined geotags a google search for the name of the place is done.To see an example search just click on the picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.
NEW: More than 50.000 pre-defined geotags for georeferenced Wikipedia articles are included now. This geotags are based on a compilation provided by Stefan Kuehn, see www.webkuehn.de
Last visited places: Setagaya-ku - Los Angeles County Courthouse - Los Angeles Baptist High School - Kabul - Amiens - Rifugio Mestdagh - Uluru - Pine Brook Hill - Boulder Community Hospital - Boulder Country Day School -
Last added geotags: Rifugio Mestdagh - Pathfinder Solutions Group Corporate Site - New Wave Sports Bar & Cafe - lokheedmartin.com -
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Welcome to My Geo Tags
This service contains names and geographical locations of 7.5 Mio places (cities, mountains, lakes, airports, churches, schools) worldwide as pre-defined geotags. Enter the name of a place and view all nearby geotags on a google satellite map or click at a location on the Google map to view all nearby geotags. As an alternative all found geotags are also shown in a textual result list.
Add your own geotags containing a website link, picture or text note to the map. Adding pictures or text notes requires registration, website links can be added also without registration.
When you click on one of the geotags on the map or the result list, the attached website, picture or note is shown. For pre-defined geotags a google search for the name of the place is done.To see an example search just click on the picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.
NEW: More than 50.000 pre-defined geotags for georeferenced Wikipedia articles are included now. This geotags are based on a compilation provided by Stefan Kuehn, see www.webkuehn.de
Last visited places: Setagaya-ku - Los Angeles County Courthouse - Los Angeles Baptist High School - Kabul - Amiens - Rifugio Mestdagh - Uluru - Pine Brook Hill - Boulder Community Hospital - Boulder Country Day School -
Last added geotags: Rifugio Mestdagh - Pathfinder Solutions Group Corporate Site - New Wave Sports Bar & Cafe - lokheedmartin.com -
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GBIF Biodiversity Data Portal
The following links provide topographic map overlays (retrieved as WMS layers) from several countries. The topographic map layers are detailed overlays that will facilitate capture of point coordinates (latitude and longitude) when digitizing biological occurrence data. Google Earth has a means to capture coordinates which is discussed below.
Australian topographic series
Canadian topographic series and Canadian Geographic Names
United States topographic map series and aerial photographs
New Zealand topographic series
Notes
The topographic map layers provide increasingly detailed information as the Google Earth client is zoomed in. It is best not to activate the layers until the client is zoomed close to the area of interest.
Some topographic layers will spawn an error when zoomed too far out.
Similarily some topographic layers will spawn an error when zoomed too far in.
Occasionally errors will occur if the remote server takes too long to respond.
It is best to turn off the topographic layers when closing down Google Earth. This will prevent errors being reported when Google Earth is restarted.
These scripts have been contributed by Derek Munro of the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF) to GBIF beginning on 2005-09-28.
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The following links provide topographic map overlays (retrieved as WMS layers) from several countries. The topographic map layers are detailed overlays that will facilitate capture of point coordinates (latitude and longitude) when digitizing biological occurrence data. Google Earth has a means to capture coordinates which is discussed below.
Australian topographic series
Canadian topographic series and Canadian Geographic Names
United States topographic map series and aerial photographs
New Zealand topographic series
Notes
The topographic map layers provide increasingly detailed information as the Google Earth client is zoomed in. It is best not to activate the layers until the client is zoomed close to the area of interest.
Some topographic layers will spawn an error when zoomed too far out.
Similarily some topographic layers will spawn an error when zoomed too far in.
Occasionally errors will occur if the remote server takes too long to respond.
It is best to turn off the topographic layers when closing down Google Earth. This will prevent errors being reported when Google Earth is restarted.
These scripts have been contributed by Derek Munro of the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF) to GBIF beginning on 2005-09-28.
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MSN Pulls A Street Side Drive By
The Virtual Earth team at MSN has managed to go from concept to launch in a matter of weeks with their on-the-street perspective of Seattle and San Francisco.
Upon hearing the news that a Microsoft team had pulled a drive-by, one could imagine the scene:
A rival search engine CEO, looking over fruit at an open market, hears the squeal of tires.
He turns to see the MSN Butterfly leaning out of a speeding vehicle, pointing something at him.
The CEO screams for his colleague to come to his aid, but the fellow is too busy playing with transparent Lego bricks to help.
Somewhere, Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" blares from the speakers of a black Mercedes with no license plates, driving slowly by.
Three minutes later, the deed is done; the Butterfly has destroyed the barrel and hammer from his weapon. Soon they will rest at the bottom of the Bay.
Alas, the reality does not match the potential of what would have been the search story of the year. But that's ok. The Street-side Drive-by preview arranged by MSN and the Virtual Earth team is pretty cool in its own right.
Sean Rowe, Program Manager, Virtual Earth, described the technology preview that his team made available today:
Street-side imagery allows you to drive around a city looking at the world around you as if you were in a car. But unlike the real world, you can stop your car anywhere you like and rotate your view around 360 degrees.
One of the most interesting features is to put you in ‘Street' view map style. In this mode, all of the street-side images are pasted flat on the map to give you a very unique overview of an area. It takes some getting used to, but once you adjust to it you'll find it provides a very compelling companion view for our Hybrid maps. Street view helps you orient yourself quickly in an area, while the street side views then show more detail presented as you would see it in the real-world.
The team plans to add more cities before formally launching Street-side Drive-by this summer, when it will be integrated into Windows Live Local.
Inspiration for this came from A9's street photography project, according to Robert Scoble; Microsoft wanted to take this idea "to the next level." He commented on his blog that photography for each city took about a month to complete for the project.
Street-side is very much a prototype (as in "it doesn't work perfectly right now and we know this") at this point, and the Virtual Earth folks are soliciting feedback from those who test it. As for future cities, WebProNews would like to nominate its home of Lexington, Kentucky. After all, we were part of the Birds' Eye debut in Local Live, so why not Street-side too?
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The Virtual Earth team at MSN has managed to go from concept to launch in a matter of weeks with their on-the-street perspective of Seattle and San Francisco.
Upon hearing the news that a Microsoft team had pulled a drive-by, one could imagine the scene:
A rival search engine CEO, looking over fruit at an open market, hears the squeal of tires.
He turns to see the MSN Butterfly leaning out of a speeding vehicle, pointing something at him.
The CEO screams for his colleague to come to his aid, but the fellow is too busy playing with transparent Lego bricks to help.
Somewhere, Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" blares from the speakers of a black Mercedes with no license plates, driving slowly by.
Three minutes later, the deed is done; the Butterfly has destroyed the barrel and hammer from his weapon. Soon they will rest at the bottom of the Bay.
Alas, the reality does not match the potential of what would have been the search story of the year. But that's ok. The Street-side Drive-by preview arranged by MSN and the Virtual Earth team is pretty cool in its own right.
Sean Rowe, Program Manager, Virtual Earth, described the technology preview that his team made available today:
Street-side imagery allows you to drive around a city looking at the world around you as if you were in a car. But unlike the real world, you can stop your car anywhere you like and rotate your view around 360 degrees.
One of the most interesting features is to put you in ‘Street' view map style. In this mode, all of the street-side images are pasted flat on the map to give you a very unique overview of an area. It takes some getting used to, but once you adjust to it you'll find it provides a very compelling companion view for our Hybrid maps. Street view helps you orient yourself quickly in an area, while the street side views then show more detail presented as you would see it in the real-world.
The team plans to add more cities before formally launching Street-side Drive-by this summer, when it will be integrated into Windows Live Local.
Inspiration for this came from A9's street photography project, according to Robert Scoble; Microsoft wanted to take this idea "to the next level." He commented on his blog that photography for each city took about a month to complete for the project.
Street-side is very much a prototype (as in "it doesn't work perfectly right now and we know this") at this point, and the Virtual Earth folks are soliciting feedback from those who test it. As for future cities, WebProNews would like to nominate its home of Lexington, Kentucky. After all, we were part of the Birds' Eye debut in Local Live, so why not Street-side too?
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The human instinct to point is strong and GeoVector patented search
technologies and methods let you click on the real world, giving applications
and information services a natural interface even more powerful than voice.
Location specific wireless services are changing the way people get information, make transactions and interact with technology. GeoVector local search technologies take this to the next level, allowing users to physically point to simplify, specify and control additional interaction. Simple, intuitive actions shape the user experience. Personalized services bring greater benefits to the user and increased uptake and revenue for service providers.
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I�m on the Train! at MobHappy
by Russell Buckley on February 28th, 2006 in Analysis, Location Based Services
Whenever we have the misfortune to eavesdrop on a mobile phone conversation, it always seems to begin with a mundanity like “I’m on the train”. What the mobile user is actually doing is stating their location to the caller, as it contextualises the call for both of them and could well be an important framework within the forthcoming conversation.
So I was very interested to read on Nicolas Nova’s Pasta & Vinegar about an academic study that examined this area and attempts to put some science behind my gutfeel. (It was great to finally meet Nicolas at 3GSM too).
In an admittedly small study (74 mobile-to-mobile, landline-to-mobile or mobile-to-landline conversations in Finland), in 84% of cases, the mobile party’s location was always stated.
Is this just habit or part of the way we’ve learned to use mobiles? The researchers thought not and identified 5 reasons for the location to be disclosed, which all seem to boil down to the fact that the people talking were trying to make a practical arrangement where the location of one of them was important. A perfect illustration of why I wouldn’t make an academic.
There was also an interesting thought that bears more investigation that location can be used as a sort of shorthand to suggest mood and tone of the conversation. In other words “at the beach” gives very different vibes to “at my desk”.
The research concludes that, given the relevance to most conversations, an automated location determining technological solution would be a good thing.
Nicolas himself disagrees on the basis on his own research and suggests that it would be hard to make the information relevant. I certainly see this, with the added complication of context. In other words, the important information I need to communicate if I’m on the train is the fact that I am on the train, not that I’m in the Paddington district of London.
That said, we’ll certainly start to see location identifiers becoming part of the presence information we expect to see when communicating with friends, colleagues and family. And it’s going to happen soon.
Like it or not.
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1 Carlo Longino
Feb 28th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Boost Mobile is an MVNO here in the US that offers push-to-talk, and which I mentioned before. They use the tagline “ Where you at, dog?” (the bleep being the annoying bleep push-to-talk makes.)
2 Tim Hibbard
Feb 28th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
My friends/family never ask where I am anymore!!
http://www.timhibbard.com/wherestim.aspx
by Russell Buckley on February 28th, 2006 in Analysis, Location Based Services
Whenever we have the misfortune to eavesdrop on a mobile phone conversation, it always seems to begin with a mundanity like “I’m on the train”. What the mobile user is actually doing is stating their location to the caller, as it contextualises the call for both of them and could well be an important framework within the forthcoming conversation.
So I was very interested to read on Nicolas Nova’s Pasta & Vinegar about an academic study that examined this area and attempts to put some science behind my gutfeel. (It was great to finally meet Nicolas at 3GSM too).
In an admittedly small study (74 mobile-to-mobile, landline-to-mobile or mobile-to-landline conversations in Finland), in 84% of cases, the mobile party’s location was always stated.
Is this just habit or part of the way we’ve learned to use mobiles? The researchers thought not and identified 5 reasons for the location to be disclosed, which all seem to boil down to the fact that the people talking were trying to make a practical arrangement where the location of one of them was important. A perfect illustration of why I wouldn’t make an academic.
There was also an interesting thought that bears more investigation that location can be used as a sort of shorthand to suggest mood and tone of the conversation. In other words “at the beach” gives very different vibes to “at my desk”.
The research concludes that, given the relevance to most conversations, an automated location determining technological solution would be a good thing.
Nicolas himself disagrees on the basis on his own research and suggests that it would be hard to make the information relevant. I certainly see this, with the added complication of context. In other words, the important information I need to communicate if I’m on the train is the fact that I am on the train, not that I’m in the Paddington district of London.
That said, we’ll certainly start to see location identifiers becoming part of the presence information we expect to see when communicating with friends, colleagues and family. And it’s going to happen soon.
Like it or not.
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2 Responses to “I’m on the Train!”
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1 Carlo Longino
Feb 28th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Boost Mobile is an MVNO here in the US that offers push-to-talk, and which I mentioned before. They use the tagline “ Where you at, dog?” (the bleep being the annoying bleep push-to-talk makes.)
2 Tim Hibbard
Feb 28th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
My friends/family never ask where I am anymore!!
http://www.timhibbard.com/wherestim.aspx
Nokia plans to roll out cheaper 3G handset models
Nokia plans to roll out cheaper 3G handset models
Timo Poropudas
28 Feb 2006 at 18:43
Nokia promises to market cheaper handset than this N70. Nokia aims to promote next-generation handsets to local users by introducing more lower-priced models with improved designs later this year, a company official said yesterday, according to Taipei Times.
Nokia’s promise came amid criticism by Taiwanese mobile operators, who have blamed high price tags and bulkiness of 3G handsets, along with limited choices of models, for the lukewarm adoption of 3G services since their debut in the middle of last year.
“Those premiums [on handset prices] will disappear this year,” Loren Shuster, general manager of Nokia’s Taiwan branch, said yesterday during a press luncheon.
In the second half of this year, Nokia plans to offer local consumers several different 3G handsets, including entry-level models that offer basic functions and affordable prices, Shuster said.
The Nokia official said the domestic 3G market would be successful if the number of users rises to account for 15 percent of total mobile subscribers this year.
If plans by Nokia and its peers to roll out cheaper 3G handsets are fulfilled, Chunghwa Telecom Co, the nation’s top phone company, said earlier this year that its 3G subscribers would jump to 1 million by the end of this year from around 250,000 users now.
Handset unit sales are expected to post 4 percent growth to 6.9 million units this year from last year, given a lack of catalysts in the domestic market, which is becoming saturated, according to a forecast by the Taipei-based market researcher Market Intelligence Center, Taipei Times reports.
Sales are expected to grow 4 percent annually as well, to USDF 1.4 billion this year.
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Nokia plans to roll out cheaper 3G handset models
Timo Poropudas
28 Feb 2006 at 18:43
Nokia promises to market cheaper handset than this N70. Nokia aims to promote next-generation handsets to local users by introducing more lower-priced models with improved designs later this year, a company official said yesterday, according to Taipei Times.
Nokia’s promise came amid criticism by Taiwanese mobile operators, who have blamed high price tags and bulkiness of 3G handsets, along with limited choices of models, for the lukewarm adoption of 3G services since their debut in the middle of last year.
“Those premiums [on handset prices] will disappear this year,” Loren Shuster, general manager of Nokia’s Taiwan branch, said yesterday during a press luncheon.
In the second half of this year, Nokia plans to offer local consumers several different 3G handsets, including entry-level models that offer basic functions and affordable prices, Shuster said.
The Nokia official said the domestic 3G market would be successful if the number of users rises to account for 15 percent of total mobile subscribers this year.
If plans by Nokia and its peers to roll out cheaper 3G handsets are fulfilled, Chunghwa Telecom Co, the nation’s top phone company, said earlier this year that its 3G subscribers would jump to 1 million by the end of this year from around 250,000 users now.
Handset unit sales are expected to post 4 percent growth to 6.9 million units this year from last year, given a lack of catalysts in the domestic market, which is becoming saturated, according to a forecast by the Taipei-based market researcher Market Intelligence Center, Taipei Times reports.
Sales are expected to grow 4 percent annually as well, to USDF 1.4 billion this year.
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Mobile Phone Sales Up 21% In 2005: Gartner | February 28, 2006
The top six vendors accounted for 79%of worldwide mobile phone sales in 2005, to the detriment of smaller providers.
By Peter Clarke
EE Times
Feb 28, 2006 06:47 AM
LONDON — Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 816.6 million units in 2005, a 21 percent increase from 2004, as the leading six vendors increased their share of the market at the detriment of smaller vendors, according to market research company Gartner Inc.
The fourth quarter was strong at 235.1 million units shipped. “Based on preliminary data for the first two months we expect to see a similar trend as in the first quarter of 2005 with a drop over the previous quarter in the region of five to eight percent,” said Carolina Milanesi, principal analyst for mobile terminals research at Gartner, in a statement.
Nokia remained the top vendor in 2005 with 32.5 percent of all mobile phone sales, followed by Motorola on 17.7 percent, Samsung on 12.7 percent, LG on 6.7 percent, Sony Ericsson on 6.3 percent and Siemens on 3.5 percent. Other makers captured 20.6 percent of 2005 unit sales but saw their market share eroded to 16.3 percent by Q4 2005.
The top six vendors accounted for 79.4 percent of worldwide mobile phone sales in 2005. The leaders’ market share increased from 78 percent in the first quarter to 84 percent in the fourth quarter of 2005. However, Siemens was beaten out of sixth place by a fast rising BenQ, which had 4.7 percent of unit shipments in Q4, according to Gartner.
“As competition continues to drive price pressure in the low-end, and a design and technology ‘arms race’ in the high-end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scale, or very carefully cut out niche markets,” said Milanesi.
“The industry experienced record sales due to continued strong growth in emerging markets, where falling prices for cellular connectivity — phones and subscriptions — resulted in higher-than-expected sales. In more mature markets, such as Western Europe and North America, replacement sales were driven by users that gave into the charm of highly fashionable devices,” Milanesi said in the same statement.
Market leader Nokia has a market share that is more than double that of its nearest competitor in Europe and Asia, and more than three times its nearest competitor in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. After a difficult 2004, Nokia was able to introduce popular products and bounce back. It took the lead in the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) market with products such as the n70.
Samsung’s static performance in third place was because it preferred to favor margins over market share and a decision not to enter price wars in the emerging markets, Gartner said.
In Western Europe, sales of mobile phones totaled 49.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 164 million units in 2005.
In Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), as first time subscribers continued to join networks, mobile phone sales for the year reached 153.5 million units. In North America fourth quarter mobile phone sales reached 41.3 million units and 2005 sales reached 148.4 million units. Sales of mobile phones in Latin America reached nearly 102 million units in 2005, a 40 percent increase from 2004.
In Asia/Pacific, mobile phone sales reached 56.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 204 million units in 2005. Sales in the region were fuelled by key markets such as China and India. Mobile phone sales in Japan totaled 11.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005, and totaled 45 million units for the year. Music player functionality fuelled replacement sales especially by young users.
Looking ahead to results for the first quarter of 2006 Ms Milanesi said, “Chinese New Year, prolonged Christmas and New Year sales promotions in Western Europe and North America, as well as continued growth in emerging markets, will all contribute to strong sales in the first quarter of 2006.
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The top six vendors accounted for 79%of worldwide mobile phone sales in 2005, to the detriment of smaller providers.
By Peter Clarke
EE Times
Feb 28, 2006 06:47 AM
LONDON — Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 816.6 million units in 2005, a 21 percent increase from 2004, as the leading six vendors increased their share of the market at the detriment of smaller vendors, according to market research company Gartner Inc.
The fourth quarter was strong at 235.1 million units shipped. “Based on preliminary data for the first two months we expect to see a similar trend as in the first quarter of 2005 with a drop over the previous quarter in the region of five to eight percent,” said Carolina Milanesi, principal analyst for mobile terminals research at Gartner, in a statement.
Nokia remained the top vendor in 2005 with 32.5 percent of all mobile phone sales, followed by Motorola on 17.7 percent, Samsung on 12.7 percent, LG on 6.7 percent, Sony Ericsson on 6.3 percent and Siemens on 3.5 percent. Other makers captured 20.6 percent of 2005 unit sales but saw their market share eroded to 16.3 percent by Q4 2005.
The top six vendors accounted for 79.4 percent of worldwide mobile phone sales in 2005. The leaders’ market share increased from 78 percent in the first quarter to 84 percent in the fourth quarter of 2005. However, Siemens was beaten out of sixth place by a fast rising BenQ, which had 4.7 percent of unit shipments in Q4, according to Gartner.
“As competition continues to drive price pressure in the low-end, and a design and technology ‘arms race’ in the high-end, the survival of the fittest depends more and more on economies of scale, or very carefully cut out niche markets,” said Milanesi.
“The industry experienced record sales due to continued strong growth in emerging markets, where falling prices for cellular connectivity — phones and subscriptions — resulted in higher-than-expected sales. In more mature markets, such as Western Europe and North America, replacement sales were driven by users that gave into the charm of highly fashionable devices,” Milanesi said in the same statement.
Market leader Nokia has a market share that is more than double that of its nearest competitor in Europe and Asia, and more than three times its nearest competitor in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. After a difficult 2004, Nokia was able to introduce popular products and bounce back. It took the lead in the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) market with products such as the n70.
Samsung’s static performance in third place was because it preferred to favor margins over market share and a decision not to enter price wars in the emerging markets, Gartner said.
In Western Europe, sales of mobile phones totaled 49.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 164 million units in 2005.
In Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), as first time subscribers continued to join networks, mobile phone sales for the year reached 153.5 million units. In North America fourth quarter mobile phone sales reached 41.3 million units and 2005 sales reached 148.4 million units. Sales of mobile phones in Latin America reached nearly 102 million units in 2005, a 40 percent increase from 2004.
In Asia/Pacific, mobile phone sales reached 56.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 204 million units in 2005. Sales in the region were fuelled by key markets such as China and India. Mobile phone sales in Japan totaled 11.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2005, and totaled 45 million units for the year. Music player functionality fuelled replacement sales especially by young users.
Looking ahead to results for the first quarter of 2006 Ms Milanesi said, “Chinese New Year, prolonged Christmas and New Year sales promotions in Western Europe and North America, as well as continued growth in emerging markets, will all contribute to strong sales in the first quarter of 2006.
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Research Group Warns Of New Mobile Device Threat | February 28, 2006
The proof-of-concept Crossover virus is named for its ability to cross-infect a Windows Mobile Pocket PC from a desktop computer, and then delete files on the mobile device.
By Elena Malykhina
InformationWeek
Feb 28, 2006 12:00 PM
The Mobile Malware Researchers Association, a non-profit organization of professional researchers, says it discovered the first virus that can be transferred from a PC to a mobile device and delete files.
The researchers association received an anonymous alert about malware dubbed the "Crossover" virus for its ability to cross-infect a Windows Mobile Pocket PC from a desktop computer running the Windows operating system. It's the first virus of its kind, according to the alert.
The virus makes a copy of itself and puts a startup command to the copy in the registry. It then quietly waits for an ActiveSync connection, which synchronizes data between a PC and a mobile device. Each time a PC is rebooted, the virus repeatedly copies itself into the registry. This could slow down the PC's performance or even stop it altogether.
The virus copies itself to a Pocket PC running the Windows CE or the Windows Mobile operating and erases files in a device's My Documents directory.
But mobile users shouldn't panic just yet. The Crossover virus, like most of the mobile device malware that's surfaced in recent years, is a proof-of-concept virus. However, it shows a realistic scenario of how easily malware can spread from a desktop computer to a mobile device. And the alert was evaluated and posted by a vendor-neutral organization of researchers and doesn't appear to be an attempt by an anti-virus vendor to sell its security products.
Such threats will carry more weight as devices come standard with more features and run on faster wireless networks, leading to faster file downloads. And it's only a matter of time before hackers get more inventive with mobile viruses.
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The proof-of-concept Crossover virus is named for its ability to cross-infect a Windows Mobile Pocket PC from a desktop computer, and then delete files on the mobile device.
By Elena Malykhina
InformationWeek
Feb 28, 2006 12:00 PM
The Mobile Malware Researchers Association, a non-profit organization of professional researchers, says it discovered the first virus that can be transferred from a PC to a mobile device and delete files.
The researchers association received an anonymous alert about malware dubbed the "Crossover" virus for its ability to cross-infect a Windows Mobile Pocket PC from a desktop computer running the Windows operating system. It's the first virus of its kind, according to the alert.
The virus makes a copy of itself and puts a startup command to the copy in the registry. It then quietly waits for an ActiveSync connection, which synchronizes data between a PC and a mobile device. Each time a PC is rebooted, the virus repeatedly copies itself into the registry. This could slow down the PC's performance or even stop it altogether.
The virus copies itself to a Pocket PC running the Windows CE or the Windows Mobile operating and erases files in a device's My Documents directory.
But mobile users shouldn't panic just yet. The Crossover virus, like most of the mobile device malware that's surfaced in recent years, is a proof-of-concept virus. However, it shows a realistic scenario of how easily malware can spread from a desktop computer to a mobile device. And the alert was evaluated and posted by a vendor-neutral organization of researchers and doesn't appear to be an attempt by an anti-virus vendor to sell its security products.
Such threats will carry more weight as devices come standard with more features and run on faster wireless networks, leading to faster file downloads. And it's only a matter of time before hackers get more inventive with mobile viruses.
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Google Widens Search Lead As Growth Slows | February 28, 2006
Google's share of the search market reached 41.4% in January, up more than 6 percentage points from a year earlier. Yahoo, MSN, and Time Warner Network all lost market share.
By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
Feb 28, 2006 05:00 PM
Google increased its market share lead over search competitors Yahoo, MSN, and Time Warner Network, even as it issued a warning that its growth was slowing.
Internet audience measurement service comScore Networks said that Google's share of the search market reached 41.4 percent in January, up more than 6 percentage points from a year earlier. Meanwhile, Google CFO George Reyes warned of slowing growth for his company at a Merrill Lynch investment conference in New York Tuesday,
Yahoo, MSN, and Time Warner Network all lost market share during that period, according to comScore. Yahoo saw the number of searches conducted on its network decline 3.1 percent, leaving its search market share in January at 28.7%. MSN lost 2.3 percent, leaving it with 13.7 percent of the search market. Time Warner slipped 1.7 percent to 7.9 percent.
Ask Jeeves, which recently ditched its fusty butler mascot, re-branded itself Ask.com, and rolled out new search technology as part of an ongoing effort to improve its standing, managed to attract more searches, gaining 0.5 percent to reach 5.6 percent.
Interestingly, Google and Yahoo are neck and neck when it comes to searches that originate in browser tool bars. Some 49.5 percent of toolbar searches went to Google in January while 45.5 percent went to Yahoo. MSN's toolbar generated only 3.1 percent of toolbar searches in January. Of those 5.48 billion searches in January, 646 million of them came from toolbars.
But comScore's report does confirm the assertion by Reyes that growth in the search market is slowing overall. Although Americans conducted 11 percent more searches in January 2006 -- 5.48 billion of them -- than they did the previous year, that's significantly less of a rise than the 42 percent growth reported by comScore between January 2005 and January 2004.
Nonetheless, Dr. Magid Abraham, president and CEO of comScore Networks offered an optimistic assessment of the slowdown. “The good news for search companies is that the utilization of search queries for advertising purposes continues to increase," he said in a statement. "In December 2005, 57.2 percent of search query results included a sponsored advertisement, up from 49.1 percent a year earlier."
Pointing to 34 percent growth in searches internationally, Abraham said, "Search revenue growth will significantly outpace search query growth."
For Google, as Merrill Lynch analyst Lauren Rich Fine suggests in a research note, that means increasing reliance on new products like Google Base and Google Video to drive growth. For Yahoo, MSN, Time Warner, and Ask.com, the challenge is similar, but as the growth in search queries slow, they're all certain to be looking for ways to win market share back from Google.
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Google's share of the search market reached 41.4% in January, up more than 6 percentage points from a year earlier. Yahoo, MSN, and Time Warner Network all lost market share.
By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
Feb 28, 2006 05:00 PM
Google increased its market share lead over search competitors Yahoo, MSN, and Time Warner Network, even as it issued a warning that its growth was slowing.
Internet audience measurement service comScore Networks said that Google's share of the search market reached 41.4 percent in January, up more than 6 percentage points from a year earlier. Meanwhile, Google CFO George Reyes warned of slowing growth for his company at a Merrill Lynch investment conference in New York Tuesday,
Yahoo, MSN, and Time Warner Network all lost market share during that period, according to comScore. Yahoo saw the number of searches conducted on its network decline 3.1 percent, leaving its search market share in January at 28.7%. MSN lost 2.3 percent, leaving it with 13.7 percent of the search market. Time Warner slipped 1.7 percent to 7.9 percent.
Ask Jeeves, which recently ditched its fusty butler mascot, re-branded itself Ask.com, and rolled out new search technology as part of an ongoing effort to improve its standing, managed to attract more searches, gaining 0.5 percent to reach 5.6 percent.
Interestingly, Google and Yahoo are neck and neck when it comes to searches that originate in browser tool bars. Some 49.5 percent of toolbar searches went to Google in January while 45.5 percent went to Yahoo. MSN's toolbar generated only 3.1 percent of toolbar searches in January. Of those 5.48 billion searches in January, 646 million of them came from toolbars.
But comScore's report does confirm the assertion by Reyes that growth in the search market is slowing overall. Although Americans conducted 11 percent more searches in January 2006 -- 5.48 billion of them -- than they did the previous year, that's significantly less of a rise than the 42 percent growth reported by comScore between January 2005 and January 2004.
Nonetheless, Dr. Magid Abraham, president and CEO of comScore Networks offered an optimistic assessment of the slowdown. “The good news for search companies is that the utilization of search queries for advertising purposes continues to increase," he said in a statement. "In December 2005, 57.2 percent of search query results included a sponsored advertisement, up from 49.1 percent a year earlier."
Pointing to 34 percent growth in searches internationally, Abraham said, "Search revenue growth will significantly outpace search query growth."
For Google, as Merrill Lynch analyst Lauren Rich Fine suggests in a research note, that means increasing reliance on new products like Google Base and Google Video to drive growth. For Yahoo, MSN, Time Warner, and Ask.com, the challenge is similar, but as the growth in search queries slow, they're all certain to be looking for ways to win market share back from Google.
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Microsoft Windows Mobile for Automotive Launches with Fiat System
Microsoft Corp.’s Automotive Business Unit introduced Windows Mobile for Automotive during the 2006 Geneva International Motor Show.
The software platform and hardware reference design helps the automotive industry speed the development of in-car infotainment systems for drivers and passengers.
Microsoft and Fiat Auto Group unveiled Blue&Me, the first in-car infotainment system based on Windows Mobile for Automotive. Blue&Me allows motorists to use voice commands and a push-to-talk button to operate their mobile phones, digital music players and other devices in the car.
The system supports hands-free communication for more than 140 types of mobile phones via a Bluetooth connection, and through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port it can connect with a wide variety of personal music players and other devices.
The software is upgradeable, so it can be refreshed to accommodate consumers’ changing needs supporting future devices and new industry standards. The system supports nine languages and is available to drivers and passengers throughout Europe in the company’s Fiat Grande Punto, Alfa Romeo 159, Alfa Romeo Spider and Alfa Romeo Brera models.
Microsoft Windows Mobile for Automotive provides the industry with an open, standardized platform for in-car infotainment system development. Automakers developing in-car infotainment systems using the platform can tailor functionality for specific models or desired price points.
For example, a navigation system in an economy car might only provide voice prompts and a heads-up display, while a luxury model may offer a full-color LCD display featuring maps and real-time traffic information.
Because the software is upgradeable, support for new devices, applications and industry standards can be added to increase functionality for drivers and passengers over the life of the car. Software upgrades can be easily deployed by the dealer via the wireless connection or USB port.
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Microsoft Corp.’s Automotive Business Unit introduced Windows Mobile for Automotive during the 2006 Geneva International Motor Show.
The software platform and hardware reference design helps the automotive industry speed the development of in-car infotainment systems for drivers and passengers.
Microsoft and Fiat Auto Group unveiled Blue&Me, the first in-car infotainment system based on Windows Mobile for Automotive. Blue&Me allows motorists to use voice commands and a push-to-talk button to operate their mobile phones, digital music players and other devices in the car.
The system supports hands-free communication for more than 140 types of mobile phones via a Bluetooth connection, and through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port it can connect with a wide variety of personal music players and other devices.
The software is upgradeable, so it can be refreshed to accommodate consumers’ changing needs supporting future devices and new industry standards. The system supports nine languages and is available to drivers and passengers throughout Europe in the company’s Fiat Grande Punto, Alfa Romeo 159, Alfa Romeo Spider and Alfa Romeo Brera models.
Microsoft Windows Mobile for Automotive provides the industry with an open, standardized platform for in-car infotainment system development. Automakers developing in-car infotainment systems using the platform can tailor functionality for specific models or desired price points.
For example, a navigation system in an economy car might only provide voice prompts and a heads-up display, while a luxury model may offer a full-color LCD display featuring maps and real-time traffic information.
Because the software is upgradeable, support for new devices, applications and industry standards can be added to increase functionality for drivers and passengers over the life of the car. Software upgrades can be easily deployed by the dealer via the wireless connection or USB port.
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GPS firm sees more location-based services in mobile phones
SiRF Technology to release platform so developers can write GPS apps for mobile operators
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service
February 24, 2006 E-mail Printer Friendly Version
SiRF Technology Holdings plans to release a software platform for phone operators later this year that it hopes will accelerate the use of location-based services in mobile phones, the company's president and chief executive officer said.
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SiRF sells chips and software for use in consumer GPS (global positioning system) products. It thinks 60 percent of mobile phones will include GPS capabilities in the next three years or so, but a key challenge is getting operators to offer location-based services to their subscribers, SiRF CEO Michael Canning said in an interview this week. Less than 10 percent of phones have GPS capabilities today, he estimated.
Location-based services had several false starts because the technology wasn't accurate enough and applications were poor, according to Canning. But he said interest is building this year from mobile operators who are looking for new ways to generate revenue.
To help drive the market, SiRF is creating a platform on which third-party developers can write applications for operators. The platform will not be dependent on a particular cellular technology and will work with CDMA (code division multiple access), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and other standards, Canning said.
SiRF, of San Jose, California, is also offering a developer environment called SiRFstudio, which includes APIs (application programming interfaces) and tools. It also offers developers an online testing environment for pre-commercial trials.
The client applications available today are mainly for mobile phones with a lot of memory, said Ashu Pande, vice president for marketing for the wireless segment at SiRF. They include a child-locator, for helping parents keep track of their children. The application is being offered by S.K. Telecom of Korea, in a child's phone made by Bellwave, also of Korea.
SiRF's strategy is to integrate other functions into its GPS chips that are often available in mobile devices but typically require separate chips. Last month it introduced its SiRFLinkI chip, for example, which combines GPS and Bluetooth capabilities.
About a dozen radio technologies could potentially go into mobile phones, including FM broadcast, GPS, Wi-Fi, and WiMax. The opportunity for SiRF is to incorporate these into its GPS chips, which would reduce power consumption and the cost of making phones, Canning said.
If the company wants to add capabilities like Wi-Fi and digital video to its chips it would have to acquire companies with the technology, Canning said. "If it is a key thrust for you, you need to acquire, otherwise you find yourself in a cost model where licensing fees can be a nuisance," he said.
In December, SiRF acquired Impulsesoft, a Bluetooth embedded software company in Bangalore, India. It also bought Kisel Microlectronics last year, a Swedish company specialized in RF (radio frequency) circuit design.
SiRF Technology to release platform so developers can write GPS apps for mobile operators
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service
February 24, 2006 E-mail Printer Friendly Version
SiRF Technology Holdings plans to release a software platform for phone operators later this year that it hopes will accelerate the use of location-based services in mobile phones, the company's president and chief executive officer said.
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SiRF sells chips and software for use in consumer GPS (global positioning system) products. It thinks 60 percent of mobile phones will include GPS capabilities in the next three years or so, but a key challenge is getting operators to offer location-based services to their subscribers, SiRF CEO Michael Canning said in an interview this week. Less than 10 percent of phones have GPS capabilities today, he estimated.
Location-based services had several false starts because the technology wasn't accurate enough and applications were poor, according to Canning. But he said interest is building this year from mobile operators who are looking for new ways to generate revenue.
To help drive the market, SiRF is creating a platform on which third-party developers can write applications for operators. The platform will not be dependent on a particular cellular technology and will work with CDMA (code division multiple access), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and other standards, Canning said.
SiRF, of San Jose, California, is also offering a developer environment called SiRFstudio, which includes APIs (application programming interfaces) and tools. It also offers developers an online testing environment for pre-commercial trials.
The client applications available today are mainly for mobile phones with a lot of memory, said Ashu Pande, vice president for marketing for the wireless segment at SiRF. They include a child-locator, for helping parents keep track of their children. The application is being offered by S.K. Telecom of Korea, in a child's phone made by Bellwave, also of Korea.
SiRF's strategy is to integrate other functions into its GPS chips that are often available in mobile devices but typically require separate chips. Last month it introduced its SiRFLinkI chip, for example, which combines GPS and Bluetooth capabilities.
About a dozen radio technologies could potentially go into mobile phones, including FM broadcast, GPS, Wi-Fi, and WiMax. The opportunity for SiRF is to incorporate these into its GPS chips, which would reduce power consumption and the cost of making phones, Canning said.
If the company wants to add capabilities like Wi-Fi and digital video to its chips it would have to acquire companies with the technology, Canning said. "If it is a key thrust for you, you need to acquire, otherwise you find yourself in a cost model where licensing fees can be a nuisance," he said.
In December, SiRF acquired Impulsesoft, a Bluetooth embedded software company in Bangalore, India. It also bought Kisel Microlectronics last year, a Swedish company specialized in RF (radio frequency) circuit design.
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I used to think that wifi phone will be a real threat to cellphone providers in urban areas as we see things such as urban wifi networks take off. For a fixed fee you could get a phone number from a company such as Vonage or Skype and make all the calls you want. Wifi also gives you added functions such as location-based services and all the features of browser-based internet access such as access to your RSS feeds, a podcast client, shared address books and calendars, etc.
Then it occured to me that the form factor of wifi phones have a major hurdle to overcome. If they're ever going to be a threat, they'll need to make it dead easy to connect to wifi networks. Wifi networks all feature WEP encryption or some other sort of access control. Because there is no standard and unless you have a T-Mobile account and are standing in a Starbucks, there is no real nationwide wifi network so you'll need to enter a new key depending upon where your wifi access point is located.
So the challenge is simply this. How do you enter a 128-bit encrypted WEP key on phone keypad without going crazy?
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Major challenge for WiFi phones
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I used to think that wifi phone will be a real threat to cellphone providers in urban areas as we see things such as urban wifi networks take off. For a fixed fee you could get a phone number from a company such as Vonage or Skype and make all the calls you want. Wifi also gives you added functions such as location-based services and all the features of browser-based internet access such as access to your RSS feeds, a podcast client, shared address books and calendars, etc.
Then it occured to me that the form factor of wifi phones have a major hurdle to overcome. If they're ever going to be a threat, they'll need to make it dead easy to connect to wifi networks. Wifi networks all feature WEP encryption or some other sort of access control. Because there is no standard and unless you have a T-Mobile account and are standing in a Starbucks, there is no real nationwide wifi network so you'll need to enter a new key depending upon where your wifi access point is located.
So the challenge is simply this. How do you enter a 128-bit encrypted WEP key on phone keypad without going crazy?
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Interactive Earth: Using Google Earth as an Emergency Response Viewer (info)
http://interactiveearth.blogspot.com/2006/02/using-google-earth-as-emergenc y.html
Posted by Declan to disasters GIS on Tue Feb 28 2006 at 21:17 UTC
Introducing GeoEye, the largest commercial remote sensing company in the world. (info)
http://www.geoeye.com/
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LeadDog Consulting, LLC: Worldwide GIS Mapping (info)
http://www.goleaddog.com/index.html
Posted by Declan to Developing countries data GIS on Tue Feb 28 2006 at 08:56 UTC
Ogle Earth: Global Biodiversity data in Google Earth (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/global_biodiver.html
Posted by Declan to gbif GIS on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 20:02 UTC
Google Earth Noteables (info)
http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/google-earth-notables/current.html
Posted by Declan to Ge GIS flumaps on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 19:57 UTC
GeoNetwork- The portal to spatial data and information (info)
http://vam.wfp.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home
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Ogle Earth: ArcGIS Explorer roadshow: London (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/arcgis_explorer.html
Posted by Declan to databases GIS age on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 08:32 UTC
Ogle Earth: Géoportail update (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/geoportail_upda.html
France's Google Monde
Posted by Declan to Ge France GIS on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 08:30 UTC
Géoportail (info)
http://www.ign.fr/telechargement/P.I/ActusAgenda/Presse/2006/DP_geoportail. pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to France GIS on Sat Feb 25 2006 at 13:04 UTC
Petition - Public Geo Data (info)
http://rejectinspire.publicgeodata.org/
Petition to reform the EU Inspire geospatial directive
Posted by Declan to open data legislation data EU GIS on Fri Feb 24 2006 at 10:41 UTC
ORBIMAGE Completes Acquistion of Space Imaging; Changes Brand Name to GeoEye (info)
http://www.geoeye.com/news/2006_geoEye.htm
Posted by Declan to imagery GIS on Fri Feb 24 2006 at 10:29 UTC
GeoWorld - Jan 2006 - POSITION: Gaming Platforms Drive Digital Reality (info)
http://www.geoplace.com/uploads/featurearticle/0601pos.asp
Posted by Declan to gaming GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 18:42 UTC
TIME.com: The TIME Global Health Blog - Using Google Earth to Guard the Hen House (info)
http://time.blogs.com/global_health/2006/02/using_google_ea.html
Posted by Declan to AvianFlu GIS science on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 18:39 UTC
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Al Gore at the TED 2006 conference (info)
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004139.html
Posted by Declan to ted al gore climate change GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 18:19 UTC
Why Europe Needs to Provide its Own Public Geodata - Articles (info)
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2107&trv=1
"The national mapping agencies (NMA) of Europe sometimes seem to be living in the colonial past. Public geodata are kept under lock and key, through copyright and commercial licensing terms that are prohibitive to ordinary citizens and spare-time, free-software enthusiasts who want to undertake amateur GIS projects. "
Posted by Declan to EU data GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 10:00 UTC
visualcomplexity.com | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks (info)
http://visualcomplexity.com/vc/index.cfm
Posted by Declan to metrics visualization networks GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 09:25 UTC
Matchmakers (info)
http://www.gcn.com/24_30/news/37183-1.html
Posted by Declan to AvianFlu Epidemiology GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 08:39 UTC
~ Arc2Earth - Convert ArcGIS Data and Publish on Google Earth ~ (info)
http://www.arc2earth.com/
Arc2Earth has its own site...
Posted by Declan and 1 other to ESRI kml Software GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 23:04 UTC
Space-System-Based Disaster Management, Telemedicine and Near-Earth Objects to be Discussed at UN Conference | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference (info)
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19027
Posted by Declan and 1 other to disasters GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 20:23 UTC
Enabling a Global Grid (info)
http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2005/12/digital_earth.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to gbif science GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 19:28 UTC
SAGA GIS :: A System for an Automated Geographical Analysis (info)
http://www.saga-gis.uni-goettingen.de/html/index.php
Posted by Declan and 2 others to Software GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 18:21 UTC
OpenJUMP (info)
http://openjump.org/wiki/show/HomePage
Posted by Declan and 1 other to open source Software GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 18:19 UTC
USGS National Wildlife Health Center - Avian Influenza Maps (info)
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/avian_influenz a_maps.jsp
Posted by Declan and 2 others to maps GIS AvianFlu on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 16:35 UTC
Ogle Earth: Swedish archeological database experiments with Google Earth (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/swedish_archeol.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to archaeology GIS science on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 15:56 UTC
Home - User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (info)
http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home
"The User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) is both a GeoSpatial application and a platform through which developers can create new, derived applications. uDig is a core element in an internet aware Geographic Information System."
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software open source GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 15:00 UTC
A9.com Maps (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to maps GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:19 UTC
Africa Statistics on the Internet (info)
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/statistics.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to data Africa GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:19 UTC
GIS Site of the Week (info)
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/gis/siteofweek.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to resources data GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:17 UTC
Greenwich Emotion Map - Christian Nold (info)
http://www.emotionmap.net/project.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to smartdust GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:14 UTC
ArcGIS Explorer FAQs (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to age Software GIS on Tue Feb 21 2006 at 19:35 UTC
Spherical Geodesic Grids (info)
http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu:16080/BUGS/groupPIX/ross/ross1/ross1.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to geodesic grids science GIS on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 19:54 UTC
John.pdf (application/pdf Object) (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to AvianFlu GIS on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 16:40 UTC
GISCafe Downloads - Technical Papers (info)
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An excellent resource. Technical papers on almost every aspect of GIS.
Posted by Declan and 1 other to papers GIS science on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 11:51 UTC
CLIMATEMODELING WITH SPHERICAL GEODESIC GRIDS (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to geodesic grids climate change GIS science on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 10:19 UTC
Spherical Geodesic Grids: A New Approach to Modeling the Climate (info)
http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu/BUGS/geodesic/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS geodesic grids on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 10:13 UTC
Spherical Geodesic Grids (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to geodesic grids GIS on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 10:09 UTC
MJR42 Thoughts (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to open source GIS on Mon Feb 13 2006 at 07:28 UTC
Cory's Eicher GIS Blog: Everybody's Doing It (info)
http://www.eicher-gis.com/Blog/2006/02/everybodys-doing-it.html
Posted by Declan and 2 others to blogs GIS on Mon Feb 13 2006 at 07:28 UTC
goodchild_rgs_sept03.pdf (application/pdf Object) (info)
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Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:50 UTC
Open Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies (info)
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/ppgis/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=7146
Posted by Declan and 1 other to forums GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:43 UTC
GIS: Tool or Science? (info)
http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/annals.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:42 UTC
Geographic Information Systems and Science - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (info)
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/gis/volumes.html
Free chapters of the "Big Book1& of GIS
Posted by Declan and 1 other to books science GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:16 UTC
Google Earth Community: Greenwich Longitude off by 106m in Keyhole? (info)
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/30500/page//vc/1
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS WGS84 on Sat Feb 11 2006 at 15:44 UTC
Ogle Earth: Google Earth Mac... Now for OS X 10.3.9 (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/google_earth_ma_2.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to mac Ge GIS on Sat Feb 11 2006 at 13:29 UTC
Google Earth Quad Tiling (info)
http://www.mapdex.org/blog/1/2006/02/Google-Earth-Quad-Tiling.cfm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to kml hacks Ge GIS on Sat Feb 11 2006 at 09:39 UTC
GBIF portal: New Tools for Biodiversity Analysis Soon Available via GBIF (info)
http://www.gbif.org/Stories/STORY1137509545/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to biodiversity science GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 18:59 UTC
The Quiet Revolution: Biodiversity Informatics and the Internet (info)
Frank A. Bisby
Science 289 (5488), 2309-12 (29 Sep 2000)
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 18:58 UTC
Geography 2.0: Virtual Globes: Mapping non-spherical worlds (info)
http://geography2.blogspot.com/2006/02/mapping-non-spherical-worlds.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 12:17 UTC
5th International Symposium on Digital Earth - SF2007 (info)
http://www.isde5.org/index.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to events GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 12:13 UTC
Marine data in Google Maps / Google Earth (info)
http://www.justmagic.com/GM-GE.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 12:10 UTC
GELink.pdf (application/pdf Object) (info)
http://extranet.mapinfo.com/documentation/software/mapinfo_pro/english/Tool s/GELink.pdf
Mapinfo GE link utility
Posted by Declan and 1 other to mapinfo Software converters kml GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 08:38 UTC
SmartUpdate: MapInfo Professional's Link Utility for Google Earth (info)
http://extranet.mapinfo.com/smartupdate/googleearth.cfm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software mapinfo converters kml GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 08:36 UTC
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Facility (info)
http://geospatial.amnh.org/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 08:33 UTC
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) (info)
http://www.opengeospatial.org/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to standards GIS on Thu Feb 09 2006 at 20:21 UTC
CLS: Argos System (info)
http://www.cls.fr/html/argos/welcome_en.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Thu Feb 09 2006 at 20:19 UTC
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (info)
http://osgeo.org/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software open source GIS on Thu Feb 09 2006 at 11:08 UTC
Free Multi-Address Geocoder (info)
http://www.batchgeocode.com/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to geocoding tools GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 19:48 UTC
USES OF PRIMARY SPECIES OCCURRENCE data (info)
http://dalcin.org/referencias/pdf/910.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to biodiversity science GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 10:43 UTC
Nat'l Academies Press: Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum (info)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11019.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to education science GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:47 UTC
My World Overview (info)
http://myworldgis.org/myworld/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software education GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:46 UTC
Research Publications (info)
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/partnerships/research/publication s/index.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:27 UTC
Mapping the Media in the Americas - Breakthrough interactive and Web-based maps (info)
http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/8089/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to democracy GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:26 UTC
Volume 15, Access and Participatory Approaches (APA) Number 2 (info)
http://www.urisa.org/Journal/protect/APANo2/JrnlContents15-APA2.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to democracy GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 22:31 UTC
Volume 15, Access and Participatory Approaches (APA) Number 1 (info)
http://www.urisa.org/Journal/protect/APANo1/JrnlContents15-APA1.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to democracy GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 22:30 UTC
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program | Earthquake Center | Latest Earthquakes - World | Catalogs | Latest Earthquakes: Feeds & Data | (info)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/catalogs/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Ge GIS science on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 15:55 UTC
Manifold System - The ultimate GIS and Mapping Product! (info)
http://www.manifold.net/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:37 UTC
International Partnership Completes Decade-Long Conversion to Worldwide, Digital Vector Data (info)
http://www.nga.mil/NGASiteContent/StaticFiles/OCR/nga0602.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to vmap1 data GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:25 UTC
:: mapAbility.com :: Map Resources, Mapping Info, Overlay Mapping, SVG Maps (info)
http://www.mapability.com/index1.html?http&&&www.mapability.com/info/vmap1_ intro.html
"The VMAP1 data is divided into a rather complex global mosaic of 234 geographic zones, with each available on a single CD-ROM. However at the present time, NIMA are only releasing 55 selected areas of the VMAP1 dataset, even though the whole dataset has been de-classified, is in the public domain, and could be made available via FTP at minimum cost. Some of the excuses given include the protection of cartographic monopolies of it's overseas partners, that it is not ready for the public to see it, that their security office has not approved it, and that NIMA is afraid the public might "misuse" it. They are currently ignoring FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) petitions to release the data. There are even a number of organisations offering to host the data if NIMA does not wish to provide sufficient FTP facilities; so far this offer has not been taken up. If you would like to find out more about this, or learn how to attempt a request under the Freedom Of Information Act, visit Here or Here. "
Posted by Declan and 1 other to foia data GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:19 UTC
:: mapAbility.com :: Map Resources, Mapping Info, Overlay Mapping, SVG Maps (info)
http://www.mapability.com/index1.html?http&&&www.mapability.com/info/vmap1_ download.html
VMAP1 downloads
Posted by Declan and 1 other to vmap1 data GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:12 UTC
Worldwatch Institute: Natural Disasters & Peacemaking (info)
http://www.worldwatch.org/features/disasters/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to disasters GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 10:22 UTC
Web map of automated external defibrillators planned : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) (info)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060206TDY19001.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to defribillators public hhealth GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 10:10 UTC
GeoTraceAgri - Geographical Traceability in Agriculture (info)
http://www.geotraceagri.net/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to EU GIS science on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 10:05 UTC
IST Results - Tracking food products from farm to the fork (info)
Interactive Earth: Using Google Earth as an Emergency Response Viewer (info)
http://interactiveearth.blogspot.com/2006/02/using-google-earth-as-emergenc y.html
Posted by Declan to disasters GIS on Tue Feb 28 2006 at 21:17 UTC
Introducing GeoEye, the largest commercial remote sensing company in the world. (info)
http://www.geoeye.com/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to disasters companies imagery data GIS on Tue Feb 28 2006 at 09:57 UTC
LeadDog Consulting, LLC: Worldwide GIS Mapping (info)
http://www.goleaddog.com/index.html
Posted by Declan to Developing countries data GIS on Tue Feb 28 2006 at 08:56 UTC
Ogle Earth: Global Biodiversity data in Google Earth (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/global_biodiver.html
Posted by Declan to gbif GIS on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 20:02 UTC
Google Earth Noteables (info)
http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/google-earth-notables/current.html
Posted by Declan to Ge GIS flumaps on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 19:57 UTC
GeoNetwork- The portal to spatial data and information (info)
http://vam.wfp.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home
Posted by Declan to data GIS on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 16:37 UTC
Ogle Earth: ArcGIS Explorer roadshow: London (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/arcgis_explorer.html
Posted by Declan to databases GIS age on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 08:32 UTC
Ogle Earth: Géoportail update (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/geoportail_upda.html
France's Google Monde
Posted by Declan to Ge France GIS on Mon Feb 27 2006 at 08:30 UTC
Géoportail (info)
http://www.ign.fr/telechargement/P.I/ActusAgenda/Presse/2006/DP_geoportail. pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to France GIS on Sat Feb 25 2006 at 13:04 UTC
Petition - Public Geo Data (info)
http://rejectinspire.publicgeodata.org/
Petition to reform the EU Inspire geospatial directive
Posted by Declan to open data legislation data EU GIS on Fri Feb 24 2006 at 10:41 UTC
ORBIMAGE Completes Acquistion of Space Imaging; Changes Brand Name to GeoEye (info)
http://www.geoeye.com/news/2006_geoEye.htm
Posted by Declan to imagery GIS on Fri Feb 24 2006 at 10:29 UTC
GeoWorld - Jan 2006 - POSITION: Gaming Platforms Drive Digital Reality (info)
http://www.geoplace.com/uploads/featurearticle/0601pos.asp
Posted by Declan to gaming GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 18:42 UTC
TIME.com: The TIME Global Health Blog - Using Google Earth to Guard the Hen House (info)
http://time.blogs.com/global_health/2006/02/using_google_ea.html
Posted by Declan to AvianFlu GIS science on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 18:39 UTC
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Al Gore at the TED 2006 conference (info)
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004139.html
Posted by Declan to ted al gore climate change GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 18:19 UTC
Why Europe Needs to Provide its Own Public Geodata - Articles (info)
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2107&trv=1
"The national mapping agencies (NMA) of Europe sometimes seem to be living in the colonial past. Public geodata are kept under lock and key, through copyright and commercial licensing terms that are prohibitive to ordinary citizens and spare-time, free-software enthusiasts who want to undertake amateur GIS projects. "
Posted by Declan to EU data GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 10:00 UTC
visualcomplexity.com | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks (info)
http://visualcomplexity.com/vc/index.cfm
Posted by Declan to metrics visualization networks GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 09:25 UTC
Matchmakers (info)
http://www.gcn.com/24_30/news/37183-1.html
Posted by Declan to AvianFlu Epidemiology GIS on Thu Feb 23 2006 at 08:39 UTC
~ Arc2Earth - Convert ArcGIS Data and Publish on Google Earth ~ (info)
http://www.arc2earth.com/
Arc2Earth has its own site...
Posted by Declan and 1 other to ESRI kml Software GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 23:04 UTC
Space-System-Based Disaster Management, Telemedicine and Near-Earth Objects to be Discussed at UN Conference | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference (info)
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19027
Posted by Declan and 1 other to disasters GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 20:23 UTC
Enabling a Global Grid (info)
http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2005/12/digital_earth.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to gbif science GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 19:28 UTC
SAGA GIS :: A System for an Automated Geographical Analysis (info)
http://www.saga-gis.uni-goettingen.de/html/index.php
Posted by Declan and 2 others to Software GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 18:21 UTC
OpenJUMP (info)
http://openjump.org/wiki/show/HomePage
Posted by Declan and 1 other to open source Software GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 18:19 UTC
USGS National Wildlife Health Center - Avian Influenza Maps (info)
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/avian_influenz a_maps.jsp
Posted by Declan and 2 others to maps GIS AvianFlu on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 16:35 UTC
Ogle Earth: Swedish archeological database experiments with Google Earth (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/swedish_archeol.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to archaeology GIS science on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 15:56 UTC
Home - User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (info)
http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home
"The User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) is both a GeoSpatial application and a platform through which developers can create new, derived applications. uDig is a core element in an internet aware Geographic Information System."
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software open source GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 15:00 UTC
A9.com Maps (info)
http://maps.a9.com/?ypLoc=Broadway%20and%2046th%2C%20New%20York%2C%20NY
Posted by Declan and 1 other to maps GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:19 UTC
Africa Statistics on the Internet (info)
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/statistics.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to data Africa GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:19 UTC
GIS Site of the Week (info)
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/gis/siteofweek.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to resources data GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:17 UTC
Greenwich Emotion Map - Christian Nold (info)
http://www.emotionmap.net/project.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to smartdust GIS on Wed Feb 22 2006 at 12:14 UTC
ArcGIS Explorer FAQs (info)
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/about/faqs.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to age Software GIS on Tue Feb 21 2006 at 19:35 UTC
Spherical Geodesic Grids (info)
http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu:16080/BUGS/groupPIX/ross/ross1/ross1.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to geodesic grids science GIS on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 19:54 UTC
John.pdf (application/pdf Object) (info)
http://cfao.ucolick.org/EO/internshipsnew/akamai/abstracts/2005/John.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to AvianFlu GIS on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 16:40 UTC
GISCafe Downloads - Technical Papers (info)
http://www10.giscafe.com/link/display_links.php?category_id=4114
An excellent resource. Technical papers on almost every aspect of GIS.
Posted by Declan and 1 other to papers GIS science on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 11:51 UTC
CLIMATEMODELING WITH SPHERICAL GEODESIC GRIDS (info)
http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu/DOE_Cooperative_Agreement/pdf/CISE.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to geodesic grids climate change GIS science on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 10:19 UTC
Spherical Geodesic Grids: A New Approach to Modeling the Climate (info)
http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu/BUGS/geodesic/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS geodesic grids on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 10:13 UTC
Spherical Geodesic Grids (info)
http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu/BUGS/groupPIX/ross/ross1/ross1.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to geodesic grids GIS on Tue Feb 14 2006 at 10:09 UTC
MJR42 Thoughts (info)
http://mjr42thoughts.blogspot.com/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to open source GIS on Mon Feb 13 2006 at 07:28 UTC
Cory's Eicher GIS Blog: Everybody's Doing It (info)
http://www.eicher-gis.com/Blog/2006/02/everybodys-doing-it.html
Posted by Declan and 2 others to blogs GIS on Mon Feb 13 2006 at 07:28 UTC
goodchild_rgs_sept03.pdf (application/pdf Object) (info)
http://www.csiss.org/aboutus/presentations/files/goodchild_rgs_sept03.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:50 UTC
Open Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies (info)
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/ppgis/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=7146
Posted by Declan and 1 other to forums GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:43 UTC
GIS: Tool or Science? (info)
http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/annals.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:42 UTC
Geographic Information Systems and Science - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (info)
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/gis/volumes.html
Free chapters of the "Big Book1& of GIS
Posted by Declan and 1 other to books science GIS on Sun Feb 12 2006 at 16:16 UTC
Google Earth Community: Greenwich Longitude off by 106m in Keyhole? (info)
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/30500/page//vc/1
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS WGS84 on Sat Feb 11 2006 at 15:44 UTC
Ogle Earth: Google Earth Mac... Now for OS X 10.3.9 (info)
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/02/google_earth_ma_2.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to mac Ge GIS on Sat Feb 11 2006 at 13:29 UTC
Google Earth Quad Tiling (info)
http://www.mapdex.org/blog/1/2006/02/Google-Earth-Quad-Tiling.cfm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to kml hacks Ge GIS on Sat Feb 11 2006 at 09:39 UTC
GBIF portal: New Tools for Biodiversity Analysis Soon Available via GBIF (info)
http://www.gbif.org/Stories/STORY1137509545/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to biodiversity science GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 18:59 UTC
The Quiet Revolution: Biodiversity Informatics and the Internet (info)
Frank A. Bisby
Science 289 (5488), 2309-12 (29 Sep 2000)
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 18:58 UTC
Geography 2.0: Virtual Globes: Mapping non-spherical worlds (info)
http://geography2.blogspot.com/2006/02/mapping-non-spherical-worlds.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 12:17 UTC
5th International Symposium on Digital Earth - SF2007 (info)
http://www.isde5.org/index.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to events GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 12:13 UTC
Marine data in Google Maps / Google Earth (info)
http://www.justmagic.com/GM-GE.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to GIS science on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 12:10 UTC
GELink.pdf (application/pdf Object) (info)
http://extranet.mapinfo.com/documentation/software/mapinfo_pro/english/Tool s/GELink.pdf
Mapinfo GE link utility
Posted by Declan and 1 other to mapinfo Software converters kml GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 08:38 UTC
SmartUpdate: MapInfo Professional's Link Utility for Google Earth (info)
http://extranet.mapinfo.com/smartupdate/googleearth.cfm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software mapinfo converters kml GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 08:36 UTC
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Facility (info)
http://geospatial.amnh.org/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Fri Feb 10 2006 at 08:33 UTC
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) (info)
http://www.opengeospatial.org/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to standards GIS on Thu Feb 09 2006 at 20:21 UTC
CLS: Argos System (info)
http://www.cls.fr/html/argos/welcome_en.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to science GIS on Thu Feb 09 2006 at 20:19 UTC
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (info)
http://osgeo.org/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software open source GIS on Thu Feb 09 2006 at 11:08 UTC
Free Multi-Address Geocoder (info)
http://www.batchgeocode.com/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to geocoding tools GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 19:48 UTC
USES OF PRIMARY SPECIES OCCURRENCE data (info)
http://dalcin.org/referencias/pdf/910.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to biodiversity science GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 10:43 UTC
Nat'l Academies Press: Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum (info)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11019.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to education science GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:47 UTC
My World Overview (info)
http://myworldgis.org/myworld/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software education GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:46 UTC
Research Publications (info)
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/partnerships/research/publication s/index.html
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:27 UTC
Mapping the Media in the Americas - Breakthrough interactive and Web-based maps (info)
http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/8089/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to democracy GIS on Wed Feb 08 2006 at 09:26 UTC
Volume 15, Access and Participatory Approaches (APA) Number 2 (info)
http://www.urisa.org/Journal/protect/APANo2/JrnlContents15-APA2.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to democracy GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 22:31 UTC
Volume 15, Access and Participatory Approaches (APA) Number 1 (info)
http://www.urisa.org/Journal/protect/APANo1/JrnlContents15-APA1.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to democracy GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 22:30 UTC
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program | Earthquake Center | Latest Earthquakes - World | Catalogs | Latest Earthquakes: Feeds & Data | (info)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/catalogs/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Ge GIS science on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 15:55 UTC
Manifold System - The ultimate GIS and Mapping Product! (info)
http://www.manifold.net/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to Software GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:37 UTC
International Partnership Completes Decade-Long Conversion to Worldwide, Digital Vector Data (info)
http://www.nga.mil/NGASiteContent/StaticFiles/OCR/nga0602.pdf
Posted by Declan and 1 other to vmap1 data GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:25 UTC
:: mapAbility.com :: Map Resources, Mapping Info, Overlay Mapping, SVG Maps (info)
http://www.mapability.com/index1.html?http&&&www.mapability.com/info/vmap1_ intro.html
"The VMAP1 data is divided into a rather complex global mosaic of 234 geographic zones, with each available on a single CD-ROM. However at the present time, NIMA are only releasing 55 selected areas of the VMAP1 dataset, even though the whole dataset has been de-classified, is in the public domain, and could be made available via FTP at minimum cost. Some of the excuses given include the protection of cartographic monopolies of it's overseas partners, that it is not ready for the public to see it, that their security office has not approved it, and that NIMA is afraid the public might "misuse" it. They are currently ignoring FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) petitions to release the data. There are even a number of organisations offering to host the data if NIMA does not wish to provide sufficient FTP facilities; so far this offer has not been taken up. If you would like to find out more about this, or learn how to attempt a request under the Freedom Of Information Act, visit Here or Here. "
Posted by Declan and 1 other to foia data GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:19 UTC
:: mapAbility.com :: Map Resources, Mapping Info, Overlay Mapping, SVG Maps (info)
http://www.mapability.com/index1.html?http&&&www.mapability.com/info/vmap1_ download.html
VMAP1 downloads
Posted by Declan and 1 other to vmap1 data GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 14:12 UTC
Worldwatch Institute: Natural Disasters & Peacemaking (info)
http://www.worldwatch.org/features/disasters/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to disasters GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 10:22 UTC
Web map of automated external defibrillators planned : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) (info)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060206TDY19001.htm
Posted by Declan and 1 other to defribillators public hhealth GIS on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 10:10 UTC
GeoTraceAgri - Geographical Traceability in Agriculture (info)
http://www.geotraceagri.net/
Posted by Declan and 1 other to EU GIS science on Tue Feb 07 2006 at 10:05 UTC
IST Results - Tracking food products from farm to the fork (info)
Windows Live Local - Virtual Earth Technology Preview
LUCKY IT WASN'T RAINING IN SEATTLE when they took the photos
LUCKY IT WASN'T RAINING IN SEATTLE when they took the photos
Department of Lands NSW,GeoSpatial Portal
Welcome to the Lands GeoSpatial Portal(GSP).This portal is an multi-service interface, providing access to Department of Lands spatial data and spatial related applications. It enablesintegration,viewingandsearchingof spatial data over NSW,including cadastral and topographic data. The GSP also provides access toTopographic MapsandAerial Photographyonline, with secure credit card transactions soon to be released. External datacan also be viewed in the application,including remote sensing data and geology.
GeoSpatial Portal Interface
The GSP interface usesthree main datasetsto help you search and navigate around NSW.These are:
Cadastral(DCDB) Cadastral information displayed in the GSP is sourced from the most upto date DCDB available. Data are shown as polygons with addressing and lot and plan information available for each land parcel along with some property extent information. The data is presented as a continuous fabric of grey polygons,covering NSW. Survey control used in the Geodetic Network for NSW is also provided with the cadastre.
Topographic(DTDB) Topographic information displayed in the GSP comes from the Lands Department's delivery database which has updates posted on an ongoing basis. It contains point, line and polygon features. Feature level attributes include feature classification, name and reliability date.
Imagery State hill shading and 'woody/non-woody' vegetation are currently shown, with plans to include orthophoto imagery shortly where available.
location based services LBS
Welcome to the Lands GeoSpatial Portal(GSP).This portal is an multi-service interface, providing access to Department of Lands spatial data and spatial related applications. It enablesintegration,viewingandsearchingof spatial data over NSW,including cadastral and topographic data. The GSP also provides access toTopographic MapsandAerial Photographyonline, with secure credit card transactions soon to be released. External datacan also be viewed in the application,including remote sensing data and geology.
GeoSpatial Portal Interface
The GSP interface usesthree main datasetsto help you search and navigate around NSW.These are:
Cadastral(DCDB) Cadastral information displayed in the GSP is sourced from the most upto date DCDB available. Data are shown as polygons with addressing and lot and plan information available for each land parcel along with some property extent information. The data is presented as a continuous fabric of grey polygons,covering NSW. Survey control used in the Geodetic Network for NSW is also provided with the cadastre.
Topographic(DTDB) Topographic information displayed in the GSP comes from the Lands Department's delivery database which has updates posted on an ongoing basis. It contains point, line and polygon features. Feature level attributes include feature classification, name and reliability date.
Imagery State hill shading and 'woody/non-woody' vegetation are currently shown, with plans to include orthophoto imagery shortly where available.
location based services LBS
New Sony Ericsson 3G and Edge Handsets
Europe : Sony Ericsson takes digital imaging in camera phones to new heights today with the launch of the K800 and K790 phones, the first handsets to carry the Cyber-shot™ brand, a true mark of imaging quality. Both handsets look physically the same as above.
Both are highly capable mobile phones with integrated 3.2 Megapixel digital cameras with Autofocus, Xenon flash and BestPic™ - Sony Ericsson’s unique imaging technology that allows you to capture exactly the moment you desire. K800 and K790 combine advanced image capture capabilities with high speed data transfer, making them perfect tools for shooting and sharing high quality pictures and videos. K800 is a dual-mode UMTS/GPRS phone and the K790 is a Tri Band EDGE phone. Both are available from Q2 2006.
"With the Cyber-shot™ phone we aim to create a new lifestyle of ‘imaging communication’ by combining Sony Ericsson’s unique mobile applications and Sony digital imaging technologies,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, Senior Vice President, Product and Application Planning, Sony Ericsson. "Our aim has always been to innovate and create new values for the mobile life, and with the Cyber-shot™ phone we will enable anyone to enjoy an entirely new level of communication –taking quality pictures of anything, anytime and anywhere, and sharing their precious moments with others."
The handsets have a classic Sony Ericsson design, with a large screen and responsive, tactile keypad with a sleek and stylish dual front phone design. Turn the phones horizontally and there you have a digital still camera. Simply slide the active lens cover downwards and a user interface similar to that of a Cyber-shot™ camera automatically appears.
A completely new feature developed by Sony Ericsson is BestPic™, which ensures that you never ‘miss’ an important picture. Press the shutter button once and get 9 full quality 3.2 megapixel pictures to choose from in a time sequence – 4 pictures before and 4 pictures after the actual image you captured. All 9 pictures are displayed as icons on the display. Simply scroll backwards and forwards through the 9 images and save the ones you like best.
The K800 and K790 offer full support for a complete digital imaging lifestyle. Printing is possible without the need for a PC thanks to PictBridge™, a feature that transfers pictures directly to a printer by using a USB cable. Storing and managing image files on your PC are made easy with the supplied Adobe software, and the phones are among the first to feature fully integrated Picture Blogging Blogging is growing exponentially as a way of sharing personal experiences with words and images, and Picture Blogging in K800 and K790 allows users to create and update personal blogs directly from the phone in just a few clicks.
Business users will find the K800 and K790 valuable work tools while out of the office and the sleek Velvet Black casing fits neatly with the professional image. Full HTML browsing with RSS feeds and Google Search give you high-speed, graphic-rich Internet use. Support for standard push email and a connectivity suite comprising Bluetooth® 2.0, USB 2.0 and Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) means that keeping in touch is effortless. A complete entertainment package including music player, 3D gaming and an RDS FM radio are also provided for business downtime or relaxation.
The Sony Ericsson K800 is a dual-mode UMTS handset while K790 is a Tri Band EDGE handset. Both products will be commercially available in Velvet Black and start shipping globally during Q2 2006. The variants in the market will be:
K800i - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
K800c - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China. (Launch dependent on availability of 3G services.)
K790i Tri Band EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Asia Pacific, Americas
K790a Tri Band EDGE 850/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
K790c Tri Band EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China
K800 and K790 – Features at a glance:
Imaging & Messaging
3.2 Mega pixel with Auto Focus Camera
Xenon Flash
BestPic™
Video and image stabilizer function
2.0” QVGA 262K TFT display
Active lens cover
Photo keys
Cyber-shot™ user interface
Memory for 100 pictures (at 3.2MP), 64 MB internal user memory
Video recording/playback
Adobe picture/video PC SW
16x Digital zoom
Auto red eye reduction
DPOF & PictBridge
Time line view of pictures
Picture Blogging (powered by Blogger)
PictureDJ ™ and VideoDJ™
Standard push e-mail (P-IMAP) support
VGA camera for Video Telephony (no VGA camera in K790)
Entertainment
Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ support)
Video Player
Music DJ™
OMA DRM phase 1.x
Streaming Audio/Video
3D games
A/B buttons for horizontal games support
RDS FM radio
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0
IrDA
HTML Full Browser with RSS readers
USB 2.0 Mass storage
External antenna connector
Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot
Flight mode
Multitasking
USB cable, stereo portable handsfree and PC software in the box
Talk time: up to 7 hours GSM/2.5 hours UMTS
Standby time: up to 350 hours
Size: 106 x 47 x 18 (22) mm
Weight: 115 grams
location based services LBS LADS
Europe : Sony Ericsson takes digital imaging in camera phones to new heights today with the launch of the K800 and K790 phones, the first handsets to carry the Cyber-shot™ brand, a true mark of imaging quality. Both handsets look physically the same as above.
Both are highly capable mobile phones with integrated 3.2 Megapixel digital cameras with Autofocus, Xenon flash and BestPic™ - Sony Ericsson’s unique imaging technology that allows you to capture exactly the moment you desire. K800 and K790 combine advanced image capture capabilities with high speed data transfer, making them perfect tools for shooting and sharing high quality pictures and videos. K800 is a dual-mode UMTS/GPRS phone and the K790 is a Tri Band EDGE phone. Both are available from Q2 2006.
"With the Cyber-shot™ phone we aim to create a new lifestyle of ‘imaging communication’ by combining Sony Ericsson’s unique mobile applications and Sony digital imaging technologies,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, Senior Vice President, Product and Application Planning, Sony Ericsson. "Our aim has always been to innovate and create new values for the mobile life, and with the Cyber-shot™ phone we will enable anyone to enjoy an entirely new level of communication –taking quality pictures of anything, anytime and anywhere, and sharing their precious moments with others."
The handsets have a classic Sony Ericsson design, with a large screen and responsive, tactile keypad with a sleek and stylish dual front phone design. Turn the phones horizontally and there you have a digital still camera. Simply slide the active lens cover downwards and a user interface similar to that of a Cyber-shot™ camera automatically appears.
A completely new feature developed by Sony Ericsson is BestPic™, which ensures that you never ‘miss’ an important picture. Press the shutter button once and get 9 full quality 3.2 megapixel pictures to choose from in a time sequence – 4 pictures before and 4 pictures after the actual image you captured. All 9 pictures are displayed as icons on the display. Simply scroll backwards and forwards through the 9 images and save the ones you like best.
The K800 and K790 offer full support for a complete digital imaging lifestyle. Printing is possible without the need for a PC thanks to PictBridge™, a feature that transfers pictures directly to a printer by using a USB cable. Storing and managing image files on your PC are made easy with the supplied Adobe software, and the phones are among the first to feature fully integrated Picture Blogging Blogging is growing exponentially as a way of sharing personal experiences with words and images, and Picture Blogging in K800 and K790 allows users to create and update personal blogs directly from the phone in just a few clicks.
Business users will find the K800 and K790 valuable work tools while out of the office and the sleek Velvet Black casing fits neatly with the professional image. Full HTML browsing with RSS feeds and Google Search give you high-speed, graphic-rich Internet use. Support for standard push email and a connectivity suite comprising Bluetooth® 2.0, USB 2.0 and Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) means that keeping in touch is effortless. A complete entertainment package including music player, 3D gaming and an RDS FM radio are also provided for business downtime or relaxation.
The Sony Ericsson K800 is a dual-mode UMTS handset while K790 is a Tri Band EDGE handset. Both products will be commercially available in Velvet Black and start shipping globally during Q2 2006. The variants in the market will be:
K800i - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
K800c - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China. (Launch dependent on availability of 3G services.)
K790i Tri Band EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Asia Pacific, Americas
K790a Tri Band EDGE 850/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
K790c Tri Band EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China
K800 and K790 – Features at a glance:
Imaging & Messaging
3.2 Mega pixel with Auto Focus Camera
Xenon Flash
BestPic™
Video and image stabilizer function
2.0” QVGA 262K TFT display
Active lens cover
Photo keys
Cyber-shot™ user interface
Memory for 100 pictures (at 3.2MP), 64 MB internal user memory
Video recording/playback
Adobe picture/video PC SW
16x Digital zoom
Auto red eye reduction
DPOF & PictBridge
Time line view of pictures
Picture Blogging (powered by Blogger)
PictureDJ ™ and VideoDJ™
Standard push e-mail (P-IMAP) support
VGA camera for Video Telephony (no VGA camera in K790)
Entertainment
Music Player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ support)
Video Player
Music DJ™
OMA DRM phase 1.x
Streaming Audio/Video
3D games
A/B buttons for horizontal games support
RDS FM radio
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0
IrDA
HTML Full Browser with RSS readers
USB 2.0 Mass storage
External antenna connector
Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot
Flight mode
Multitasking
USB cable, stereo portable handsfree and PC software in the box
Talk time: up to 7 hours GSM/2.5 hours UMTS
Standby time: up to 350 hours
Size: 106 x 47 x 18 (22) mm
Weight: 115 grams
location based services LBS LADS
MapChart Presents Appropriate Solutions for Business-GIS Outsourcing Online at CeBIT
NewswireToday - Dresden, Germany, The MapChart GmbH will present it’s portfolio for web-based spatial tools ans services (MapChart Geomanager, MapChart EarthAtlas & MapChart Fleetpoint) at the CeBIT 2006, the leading global IT-fair in Germany, in exhibition hall 4 booth F 60.
This year the focus of the MapChart participation is upon system-based solutions for spatial questions in the field of marketing, distribution and location based services (LBS). Instead of the need for high investments in an obsolete desktop GIS application, IT-decisions makers are able to use the clever web based services of MapChart.com especially for outsourcing of business geographic information systems and processes.
Only one year after the official start the MapChart business idea, which was rewarded in the context of the business plan competition “futuresax 2005”, has evolved into a growing success story. The potential of growth for such business mapping services is resulting from the equity of available geo- and attribute data and the demand for online based GIS-solutions, which experts estimate to be around eight billion Euro in Germany alone.
Overview of the presented product innovations and modules, MapChart Geomanager with new extended features
MapChart.com, the web-geomanagement system of the MapChart GmbH, is based on the idea, to provide, publish and analyze spatial market research data and socio-demographic data (geodata), online, transparent and „easy-to-use“. The online-platform is including appropriate tools, to visualize market and business data in digital maps. By the evaluation, the perception and the analysis of the data, decision makers can detect spatial complexities and market potentials faster. Therefore strategic decisions based on spatial market knowledge are more reliable and easier to realize. For example marketing professionals can visualize their customers (turnover, scoring, value) in a business map, can localize their target group and can join these received information for an optimized media campaign planning. MapChart.com is an one-of-a-kind decision guidance for spatial questions in respect of business planning and controlling.
MapChart EarthAtlas available
MapChart EarthAtlas is the new interactive atlas for statistics – provided as a free online service.
Users can benefit of a permanent increasing library of statistical and geographical information, which are provided as thematic maps for almost all countries and regions. They can find out more about topics like demography, environment, economy, health and many more. Thanks to the unique web-mapping technology of MapChart.com, the EarthAtlas could also be implemented into individual web applications. Of course these solutions are converted into the clients corporate identity.
Modules for mobile tracking solutions – MapChart Fleetpoint
MapChart Fleetpoint is the innovative online application for visualization of position information of mobile objects (people, cars). The digital cartographic basis includes current road maps (vector based) for Europe, provided by the map specialist TeleAtlas. MapChart Fleetpoint can be conveniently integrated in existing vehicle tracking solutions. By using open interfaces the online mapping service is adaptable according to individual system requirements.
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The claim the online GIS solution provider MapChart GmbH (Germany) is: Just rent the software, don’t buy the whole application! The up-to-date ASP- approach features clear advantages for the clients: The detailed pan-European TELE-ATLAS streets maps, latest databases, competitive handling, fast communication, optimized marketing offer an increased benefit to all users of spatially based businesses.
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NewswireToday - Dresden, Germany, The MapChart GmbH will present it’s portfolio for web-based spatial tools ans services (MapChart Geomanager, MapChart EarthAtlas & MapChart Fleetpoint) at the CeBIT 2006, the leading global IT-fair in Germany, in exhibition hall 4 booth F 60.
This year the focus of the MapChart participation is upon system-based solutions for spatial questions in the field of marketing, distribution and location based services (LBS). Instead of the need for high investments in an obsolete desktop GIS application, IT-decisions makers are able to use the clever web based services of MapChart.com especially for outsourcing of business geographic information systems and processes.
Only one year after the official start the MapChart business idea, which was rewarded in the context of the business plan competition “futuresax 2005”, has evolved into a growing success story. The potential of growth for such business mapping services is resulting from the equity of available geo- and attribute data and the demand for online based GIS-solutions, which experts estimate to be around eight billion Euro in Germany alone.
Overview of the presented product innovations and modules, MapChart Geomanager with new extended features
MapChart.com, the web-geomanagement system of the MapChart GmbH, is based on the idea, to provide, publish and analyze spatial market research data and socio-demographic data (geodata), online, transparent and „easy-to-use“. The online-platform is including appropriate tools, to visualize market and business data in digital maps. By the evaluation, the perception and the analysis of the data, decision makers can detect spatial complexities and market potentials faster. Therefore strategic decisions based on spatial market knowledge are more reliable and easier to realize. For example marketing professionals can visualize their customers (turnover, scoring, value) in a business map, can localize their target group and can join these received information for an optimized media campaign planning. MapChart.com is an one-of-a-kind decision guidance for spatial questions in respect of business planning and controlling.
MapChart EarthAtlas available
MapChart EarthAtlas is the new interactive atlas for statistics – provided as a free online service.
Users can benefit of a permanent increasing library of statistical and geographical information, which are provided as thematic maps for almost all countries and regions. They can find out more about topics like demography, environment, economy, health and many more. Thanks to the unique web-mapping technology of MapChart.com, the EarthAtlas could also be implemented into individual web applications. Of course these solutions are converted into the clients corporate identity.
Modules for mobile tracking solutions – MapChart Fleetpoint
MapChart Fleetpoint is the innovative online application for visualization of position information of mobile objects (people, cars). The digital cartographic basis includes current road maps (vector based) for Europe, provided by the map specialist TeleAtlas. MapChart Fleetpoint can be conveniently integrated in existing vehicle tracking solutions. By using open interfaces the online mapping service is adaptable according to individual system requirements.
About the MapChart GmbH
The claim the online GIS solution provider MapChart GmbH (Germany) is: Just rent the software, don’t buy the whole application! The up-to-date ASP- approach features clear advantages for the clients: The detailed pan-European TELE-ATLAS streets maps, latest databases, competitive handling, fast communication, optimized marketing offer an increased benefit to all users of spatially based businesses.
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Sony Ericsson and Google Collaborate on Integration of Blogger and Google Search into Handsets
28 February 2006, London, UK- Sony Ericsson and Google today announced that they have worked closely together to integrate Google's Blogger and Web Search features on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The two companies are the first in the industry to provide a pre-loaded blog application with a tight integration to the mobile camera and intuitive automatic set-up for consumers who do not already have a personal blog. The first Sony Ericsson products to offer the new service are the recently announced K610 UMTS phone and new flagship imaging handsets, the K800 and K790, announced today and available in Q2 2006.
Integrating Blogger and Google Web Search in the Sony Ericsson handsets will provide a completely new experience for consumers. Icons leading to Google Web Search have been integrated into the phones user interface to provide easy access to the information that Google Web Search can provide.
"We are seeing exponential growth in blogging and consumers are turning more and more often to the Internet as a means of sharing information or images in personal blogs," said Jan Wäreby, Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing, Sony Ericsson. "By working with Google, we're able to offer a quick and easy way for people users to blog as they discover how convenient it is as a way to share words and pictures with friends, family and beyond. We are also delighted to collaborate with Google, the undisputed leader in Web Search, to provide our end users with relevant Internet information directly to their Sony Ericsson handsets."
"By providing users with direct access to features like mobile search and blogging, we're able to create a more personalized, user-friendly experience," said Nikesh Arora, vice president, European Operations, Google Inc. "Today's tech-savvy consumers are becoming increasingly more mobile and demand access to information on-the-go, whether it's the latest news headlines or directions to a favourite restaurant."
Additionally, commencing today Google will become the standard search engine for all new Sony Ericsson Internet-capable phones. It has been tightly integrated into the phone's web experience with multiple intuitive access points. For instance, users can directly activate a Google Web Search option from whichever page they are viewing without the need to launch a new web page to complete a search. With one click, users will be able to quickly and easily access the information they need.
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28 February 2006, London, UK- Sony Ericsson and Google today announced that they have worked closely together to integrate Google's Blogger and Web Search features on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The two companies are the first in the industry to provide a pre-loaded blog application with a tight integration to the mobile camera and intuitive automatic set-up for consumers who do not already have a personal blog. The first Sony Ericsson products to offer the new service are the recently announced K610 UMTS phone and new flagship imaging handsets, the K800 and K790, announced today and available in Q2 2006.
Integrating Blogger and Google Web Search in the Sony Ericsson handsets will provide a completely new experience for consumers. Icons leading to Google Web Search have been integrated into the phones user interface to provide easy access to the information that Google Web Search can provide.
"We are seeing exponential growth in blogging and consumers are turning more and more often to the Internet as a means of sharing information or images in personal blogs," said Jan Wäreby, Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing, Sony Ericsson. "By working with Google, we're able to offer a quick and easy way for people users to blog as they discover how convenient it is as a way to share words and pictures with friends, family and beyond. We are also delighted to collaborate with Google, the undisputed leader in Web Search, to provide our end users with relevant Internet information directly to their Sony Ericsson handsets."
"By providing users with direct access to features like mobile search and blogging, we're able to create a more personalized, user-friendly experience," said Nikesh Arora, vice president, European Operations, Google Inc. "Today's tech-savvy consumers are becoming increasingly more mobile and demand access to information on-the-go, whether it's the latest news headlines or directions to a favourite restaurant."
Additionally, commencing today Google will become the standard search engine for all new Sony Ericsson Internet-capable phones. It has been tightly integrated into the phone's web experience with multiple intuitive access points. For instance, users can directly activate a Google Web Search option from whichever page they are viewing without the need to launch a new web page to complete a search. With one click, users will be able to quickly and easily access the information they need.
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Ekahau and Symbol Technologies Team to Location-Enable Passive RFID Tags
RFID World – Dallas, TX – February 27, 2006 – Ekahau Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. (NYSE:SBL), The Enterprise Mobility Company™, today announced a solution to help organizations more efficiently track the location of inventory and assets with radio frequency identification (RFID). The first implementation of this new application will use Symbol's MC9000 mobile computing RFID reader, which incorporates Ekahau location-enabling software designed to locate where RFID tags are being read.
The RFID location-enabled Symbol mobile computers are aimed at the retail and supply chain markets and can be extended to pharmaceutical, healthcare, government and other industries where there is strong adoption for Electronic Product Code (EPC) RFID.
The Symbol MC9000-G RFID mobile computer integrates Ekahau's location-tracking software which, in conjunction with a computer running the Ekahau Positioning Engine 3.1 (EPE) application, uses existing Wi-Fi networks to show in real-time the location of the devices. The combined solution will enhance the functionality of passive RFID tags by tracking the location of the mobile computer when in use and converting the location information into EPC RFID data in the supply chain. This unique approach marries the benefits of real-time location systems (RTLS) and RFID by extending the tracking capabilities of RTLS to RFID.
"Symbol rugged mobile computers embedded with Ekahau's Wi-Fi-enabled, location-tracking solution are powerful tools for retailers and other companies that rely heavily on passive RFID tags to manage inventory, and can benefit from knowing where those products reside at any given time," said Tuomo Rutanen, vice president of business development at Ekahau. "Staff can reduce the time searching large warehouses or retail facilities, and more quickly find the RFID-tagged items, which allow them to better attend to customers' needs."
"Supply chain management can become much more streamlined with Symbol's new location-enabled RFID mobile computers," said Phil Lazo, vice president and general manager of Symbol RFID infrastructure. "The ability to monitor the location of their RFID-tagged products provide our customers with a distinct advantage over their competitors – from being able to improve their ability to fill orders to cutting costs associated with manual tracking activities."
Symbol MC9000-G RFID Mobile Computers
The Symbol MC9000-G RFID mobile computer extends visibility into customers' supply chain for the insight companies need to manage exception handling in the supply chain. Combining RFID, bar code reading, imaging and wireless connectivity in a rugged design, this rugged computer allows customers to efficiently capture, move, and manage their information at the point of business activity. With real-time access to transaction activity, organizations are able to make better-informed decisions to improve processes and more confidently and accurately respond to customer demand.
The Ekahau EPE 3.1 is the only software-based real-time location system on the market today. The EPE leverages existing Wi-Fi networks, and with its patented positioning technology based on site calibration, can identify the location of tracked objects within a few meters.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi based RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators, and international OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S. based corporation, with offices in Saratoga, CA; Reston, VA; Helsinki, Finland and Hong Kong, China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit at www.ekahau.com
About Symbol Technologies
Symbol Technologies Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company™, is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time to and from the point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and world-class services programs under the Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services brand. Symbol enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies. For more information, please visit www.symbol.com.
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RFID World – Dallas, TX – February 27, 2006 – Ekahau Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. (NYSE:SBL), The Enterprise Mobility Company™, today announced a solution to help organizations more efficiently track the location of inventory and assets with radio frequency identification (RFID). The first implementation of this new application will use Symbol's MC9000 mobile computing RFID reader, which incorporates Ekahau location-enabling software designed to locate where RFID tags are being read.
The RFID location-enabled Symbol mobile computers are aimed at the retail and supply chain markets and can be extended to pharmaceutical, healthcare, government and other industries where there is strong adoption for Electronic Product Code (EPC) RFID.
The Symbol MC9000-G RFID mobile computer integrates Ekahau's location-tracking software which, in conjunction with a computer running the Ekahau Positioning Engine 3.1 (EPE) application, uses existing Wi-Fi networks to show in real-time the location of the devices. The combined solution will enhance the functionality of passive RFID tags by tracking the location of the mobile computer when in use and converting the location information into EPC RFID data in the supply chain. This unique approach marries the benefits of real-time location systems (RTLS) and RFID by extending the tracking capabilities of RTLS to RFID.
"Symbol rugged mobile computers embedded with Ekahau's Wi-Fi-enabled, location-tracking solution are powerful tools for retailers and other companies that rely heavily on passive RFID tags to manage inventory, and can benefit from knowing where those products reside at any given time," said Tuomo Rutanen, vice president of business development at Ekahau. "Staff can reduce the time searching large warehouses or retail facilities, and more quickly find the RFID-tagged items, which allow them to better attend to customers' needs."
"Supply chain management can become much more streamlined with Symbol's new location-enabled RFID mobile computers," said Phil Lazo, vice president and general manager of Symbol RFID infrastructure. "The ability to monitor the location of their RFID-tagged products provide our customers with a distinct advantage over their competitors – from being able to improve their ability to fill orders to cutting costs associated with manual tracking activities."
Symbol MC9000-G RFID Mobile Computers
The Symbol MC9000-G RFID mobile computer extends visibility into customers' supply chain for the insight companies need to manage exception handling in the supply chain. Combining RFID, bar code reading, imaging and wireless connectivity in a rugged design, this rugged computer allows customers to efficiently capture, move, and manage their information at the point of business activity. With real-time access to transaction activity, organizations are able to make better-informed decisions to improve processes and more confidently and accurately respond to customer demand.
The Ekahau EPE 3.1 is the only software-based real-time location system on the market today. The EPE leverages existing Wi-Fi networks, and with its patented positioning technology based on site calibration, can identify the location of tracked objects within a few meters.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi based RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators, and international OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S. based corporation, with offices in Saratoga, CA; Reston, VA; Helsinki, Finland and Hong Kong, China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit at www.ekahau.com
About Symbol Technologies
Symbol Technologies Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company™, is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time to and from the point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and world-class services programs under the Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services brand. Symbol enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies. For more information, please visit www.symbol.com.
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Make Way for 3G Networks - Wireless Internet -: "Microsoft will play a greater role in helping enterprises go mobile. Several new PDAs are planned, most with WAN and Wi-Fi built in. And Windows Mobile 5.0 and Service Pack 2 will provide for push e-mail capabilities and better synchronization with Exchange, finally making Microsoft a viable contender for mobile e-mail.
2006 is shaping up as the year when data-optimized cellular wireless networks could become the preferred method for I.T. executives to provide remote access to their mobile workforces.
The three leading cellular wireless operators -- Cingular, Sprint Nextel and Verizon -- are all in the process of deploying 3G networks, which offer average throughput rates of 400 to 700 Kbps.
This major network upgrade is being accompanied by an expanding array of business-class devices designed to take advantage of 3G.
For example, we are seeing the first 3G BlackBerry, a 3G Treo running Windows, and several exciting new enterprise-centric devices from Nokia featuring Symbian OS and BlackBerry Connect for wireless e-mail.
In addition, Microsoft will play a greater role in helping enterprises go mobile. Several new PDAs are planned, most with WAN and Wi-Fi built in. And Windows Mobile 5.0 and Service Pack 2 will provide for push e-mail capabilities and better synchronization with Exchange, finally making Microsoft a viable contender for mobile e-mail.
Two other developments also could take enterprise mobile to the next level.
The first is fixed-mobile convergence. You can expect to see the first mainstream mobile devices that feature both WAN and Wi-Fi chipsets, which will allow for even higher-speed data in certain locations, plus the potential to leverage the broadband network for voice to address in-building coverag"
2006 is shaping up as the year when data-optimized cellular wireless networks could become the preferred method for I.T. executives to provide remote access to their mobile workforces.
The three leading cellular wireless operators -- Cingular, Sprint Nextel and Verizon -- are all in the process of deploying 3G networks, which offer average throughput rates of 400 to 700 Kbps.
This major network upgrade is being accompanied by an expanding array of business-class devices designed to take advantage of 3G.
For example, we are seeing the first 3G BlackBerry, a 3G Treo running Windows, and several exciting new enterprise-centric devices from Nokia featuring Symbian OS and BlackBerry Connect for wireless e-mail.
In addition, Microsoft will play a greater role in helping enterprises go mobile. Several new PDAs are planned, most with WAN and Wi-Fi built in. And Windows Mobile 5.0 and Service Pack 2 will provide for push e-mail capabilities and better synchronization with Exchange, finally making Microsoft a viable contender for mobile e-mail.
Two other developments also could take enterprise mobile to the next level.
The first is fixed-mobile convergence. You can expect to see the first mainstream mobile devices that feature both WAN and Wi-Fi chipsets, which will allow for even higher-speed data in certain locations, plus the potential to leverage the broadband network for voice to address in-building coverag"
GPS firm sees more location-based services in phones - Computerworld: "FEBRUARY 24, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. plans to release a software platform for phone operators later this year that it hopes will accelerate the use of location-based services in mobile phones, the company's president and CEO said.
SiRF sells chips and software for use in consumer Global Positioning System (GPS) products. It thinks 60% of mobile phones will include GPS capabilities in the next three years or so, but a key challenge is getting operators to offer location-based services to their subscribers, SiRF CEO Michael Canning said in an interview this week. Fewer than 10% of phones have GPS capabilities today, he estimated.
Location-based services had several false starts because the technology wasn't accurate enough and applications were poor, according to Canning. But he said interest is building this year from mobile operators that are looking for new ways to generate revenue.
To help drive the market, SiRF is creating a platform on which third-party developers can write applications for operators. The platform will not be dependent on a particular cellular technology and will work with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and other standards, Canning said.
The San Jose-based company is also offering a developer environment called SiRFstudio, which includes application programming interfaces and tools. It also offers developers an online testing environment for precommercial trials.
The client applications available today are mainly for mobile phones with a lot of memory, said Ashu Pande, vice president of marketing for the wireless segment at SiRF. They include a child-locator, for helping parents keep track of their children. The appli"
SiRF sells chips and software for use in consumer Global Positioning System (GPS) products. It thinks 60% of mobile phones will include GPS capabilities in the next three years or so, but a key challenge is getting operators to offer location-based services to their subscribers, SiRF CEO Michael Canning said in an interview this week. Fewer than 10% of phones have GPS capabilities today, he estimated.
Location-based services had several false starts because the technology wasn't accurate enough and applications were poor, according to Canning. But he said interest is building this year from mobile operators that are looking for new ways to generate revenue.
To help drive the market, SiRF is creating a platform on which third-party developers can write applications for operators. The platform will not be dependent on a particular cellular technology and will work with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and other standards, Canning said.
The San Jose-based company is also offering a developer environment called SiRFstudio, which includes application programming interfaces and tools. It also offers developers an online testing environment for precommercial trials.
The client applications available today are mainly for mobile phones with a lot of memory, said Ashu Pande, vice president of marketing for the wireless segment at SiRF. They include a child-locator, for helping parents keep track of their children. The appli"
Results of LATAM Survey Suggest 2006/2007 Big Years for LBS : "Madrid, Spain, February 23, 2006 � Despite years of build-up and hype, location based services were still in an early stage of slow growth at the beginning of 2005. From about the year 2000, only a handful of operators worldwide had launched location based services for their enterprise and individual subscribers. However, the recent introduction of 3G network technology in many markets (and many more to come) coupled with the emphasis on boosting data revenues, it seems like the stage is finally set for widespread rollouts during 2006 and 2007.
This analysis is backed up by the results of a recent survey carried out by Genasys in the Latin American telecoms market. According to respondents, 62% of operators are currently evaluating LBS services, vendors, and business models in preparation for roll-outs to take place in the next 12-24 months. Highlights of the survey include:
Only 31% of respondents who do not currently offer LBS are interested in a 100% onsite installation financed by infrastructure investments. The rest are interested a mixed-model solution that requires lower capex investment offset by higher opex.
Mobile Resource (or Fleet) Management applications, like the TrackWell TracScape, are the most in demand while local chat seems to holds the least appeal in the markets where these solutions have yet to be imlemented.
Usability ranked highest as a key factor for the uptake of location-based application. It was followed closely by reasonable cost and practicality/usefulness.
Fernando Lalanda, Genasys VP of Business Development explains: �We decided to carry out this survey to bring us closer to the market�s needs, priorities, and concerns. We had been working on our direct experience with several regional operators and, as "
This analysis is backed up by the results of a recent survey carried out by Genasys in the Latin American telecoms market. According to respondents, 62% of operators are currently evaluating LBS services, vendors, and business models in preparation for roll-outs to take place in the next 12-24 months. Highlights of the survey include:
Only 31% of respondents who do not currently offer LBS are interested in a 100% onsite installation financed by infrastructure investments. The rest are interested a mixed-model solution that requires lower capex investment offset by higher opex.
Mobile Resource (or Fleet) Management applications, like the TrackWell TracScape, are the most in demand while local chat seems to holds the least appeal in the markets where these solutions have yet to be imlemented.
Usability ranked highest as a key factor for the uptake of location-based application. It was followed closely by reasonable cost and practicality/usefulness.
Fernando Lalanda, Genasys VP of Business Development explains: �We decided to carry out this survey to bring us closer to the market�s needs, priorities, and concerns. We had been working on our direct experience with several regional operators and, as "
TomTom finds its coffee at Dunkin� Doughnuts | GPS Lodge.com: "TomTom announced that it has incorporated the Dunkin� Doughnuts franchises into its Point of Interest (POI) database for its GPS products. This means adding over 4,400 Dunkin� Doughnut outlets and over 2,700 Baskin-Robbins outlets nationally. That�s a lot of doughnuts and ice cream outlets. So if you have a TomTom unit and go to the Plus services area of their website, you�ll be able to download the Dunkin� Doughnut�s POI database onto your unit.
So, the GPS Lodge is based in Massachusetts (where I swear they have half the Dunkin� Doughnut�s franchises) just like TomTom�s US offices, and the headquarters of Dunkin� Doughnuts, so we don�t see it as a surprise that these two companies struck a deal. Up here in Massachusetts, you can�t drive too far without seeing a Dunk�s, as most people affectionately know it, and often times you see them almost across the street from each other. Don�t think that people are buying doughnuts only there, as only a small fraction of their revenue is from the delicious little delights � oh no, the revenue comes from the coffee. A lot of people are pretty rabid fans of the coffee from Dunk�s so it�s no surprise that people would rely on their GPS to find their Dunk�s Coffee. Chances are that Jocelyn Vigreux, President, TomTom USA passes by a few Dunkin� Doughnut�s on the way to work.
John Gilbert, VP of Marketing for Dunkin� Donuts commented, �We continually strive to make Dunkin� Donuts chains more accessible to our on-the-go customers who rely on their daily cup of coffee. Because TomTom is becoming a household name in navigation, we see fantastic exposure and opportunity in having our corporate logo appear on everyday driving routes of TomTom customers.�
TomTom is always happy to serve their customers, and the downlo"
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So, the GPS Lodge is based in Massachusetts (where I swear they have half the Dunkin� Doughnut�s franchises) just like TomTom�s US offices, and the headquarters of Dunkin� Doughnuts, so we don�t see it as a surprise that these two companies struck a deal. Up here in Massachusetts, you can�t drive too far without seeing a Dunk�s, as most people affectionately know it, and often times you see them almost across the street from each other. Don�t think that people are buying doughnuts only there, as only a small fraction of their revenue is from the delicious little delights � oh no, the revenue comes from the coffee. A lot of people are pretty rabid fans of the coffee from Dunk�s so it�s no surprise that people would rely on their GPS to find their Dunk�s Coffee. Chances are that Jocelyn Vigreux, President, TomTom USA passes by a few Dunkin� Doughnut�s on the way to work.
John Gilbert, VP of Marketing for Dunkin� Donuts commented, �We continually strive to make Dunkin� Donuts chains more accessible to our on-the-go customers who rely on their daily cup of coffee. Because TomTom is becoming a household name in navigation, we see fantastic exposure and opportunity in having our corporate logo appear on everyday driving routes of TomTom customers.�
TomTom is always happy to serve their customers, and the downlo"
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Microsoft buys mobile-search company
Microsoft buys mobile-search company
Timo Poropudas
26 Feb 2006 at 20:22
Microsoft has purchased MotionBridge, a Paris-based company that specializes in mobile search. This is a part of Microsoft agenda where mobility plays major part.
The move comes amid an increased focus on search generally and as Microsoft prepares to launch mobile-search capabilities as part of its overall Windows Live services effort.
“The emerging field of mobile search is strategically important and crucial to delivering on our vision for Windows Live of providing a seamless and rich information experience for individuals and businesses across devices,” MSN corporate vice president Christopher Payne said in a statement.
“With MotionBridge, we are excited to continue to offer mobile operators the tools to maximize the value of their content and data networks, and provide a powerful search engine for mobile users,” MSN corporate vice president Christopher Payne said in a statement issued at 3GSM World.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft said it plans to continue offering MotionBridge’s current services, which are used by cell phone operators such as Sprint Nextel, O2 and Orange. Microsoft also plans to use the company’s people and technology to expand the mobile capabilities of Windows Live.
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Microsoft buys mobile-search company
Timo Poropudas
26 Feb 2006 at 20:22
Microsoft has purchased MotionBridge, a Paris-based company that specializes in mobile search. This is a part of Microsoft agenda where mobility plays major part.
The move comes amid an increased focus on search generally and as Microsoft prepares to launch mobile-search capabilities as part of its overall Windows Live services effort.
“The emerging field of mobile search is strategically important and crucial to delivering on our vision for Windows Live of providing a seamless and rich information experience for individuals and businesses across devices,” MSN corporate vice president Christopher Payne said in a statement.
“With MotionBridge, we are excited to continue to offer mobile operators the tools to maximize the value of their content and data networks, and provide a powerful search engine for mobile users,” MSN corporate vice president Christopher Payne said in a statement issued at 3GSM World.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft said it plans to continue offering MotionBridge’s current services, which are used by cell phone operators such as Sprint Nextel, O2 and Orange. Microsoft also plans to use the company’s people and technology to expand the mobile capabilities of Windows Live.
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Tracky
Tracky is a great navigation utility for many outdoor activities, like hiking, (mountain)biking, skiing, driving, sailing, and even golf, city trips, and geo-caching.
You have full insight in where you were, where you are, and how to get where you like to be.
Information like altitude, speed, and distance is available at any moment. You can store the location of you favorite Points Of Interest (POIs), e.g., home, nice view points, etc. Tracky draws the track you are traveling, together with previously recorded and downloaded tracks. By projecting the tracks onto your favorite maps from e.g. Google Earth or TerraExplorer, you can follow tracks and navigate to any POI. Most features are already useful without maps.
Tracky computes the distance to your POIs. E.g., golfers can measure the length of there strokes, or the remaining distance to the hole or any hazard. The advanced compass is a powerful tool for e.g. geo-caching. You can analyze tracks with speed/altitude/G-force/etc. graphs and export this data to e.g. MS Excel. Check its features, you may be surprised by some unique features like a slope and a G-force meter.
Tracky runs on any PocketPC (PDA) with an NMEA-0183 compatible GPS receiver (wired, BlueTooth, or built-in). It supports several de facto standards for tracks, POIs, and maps. You can share these with your friends and you can even down- and upload them to the many existing internet sites, and profit from the wide availability of tools for editing and analysis.
"Try before you buy" : download Tracky for free!
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Tracky is a great navigation utility for many outdoor activities, like hiking, (mountain)biking, skiing, driving, sailing, and even golf, city trips, and geo-caching.
You have full insight in where you were, where you are, and how to get where you like to be.
Information like altitude, speed, and distance is available at any moment. You can store the location of you favorite Points Of Interest (POIs), e.g., home, nice view points, etc. Tracky draws the track you are traveling, together with previously recorded and downloaded tracks. By projecting the tracks onto your favorite maps from e.g. Google Earth or TerraExplorer, you can follow tracks and navigate to any POI. Most features are already useful without maps.
Tracky computes the distance to your POIs. E.g., golfers can measure the length of there strokes, or the remaining distance to the hole or any hazard. The advanced compass is a powerful tool for e.g. geo-caching. You can analyze tracks with speed/altitude/G-force/etc. graphs and export this data to e.g. MS Excel. Check its features, you may be surprised by some unique features like a slope and a G-force meter.
Tracky runs on any PocketPC (PDA) with an NMEA-0183 compatible GPS receiver (wired, BlueTooth, or built-in). It supports several de facto standards for tracks, POIs, and maps. You can share these with your friends and you can even down- and upload them to the many existing internet sites, and profit from the wide availability of tools for editing and analysis.
"Try before you buy" : download Tracky for free!
location based services LBS
Rent a GoCar for full or half-day tours of San Francisco. GPS-guided storytelling cars let a tourist experience San Francisco on a driving tour: "Fold up your map, put away the guidebook, and see the San Francisco most visitors never see! Zip all over town in a GoCar � and let this little yellow car take you on a GPS-guided tour of the city.
GoCars are easy and fun to drive. They're guided by GPS (Global Positioning System) � which means that the car always knows where you are, even if you don't. As you drive, it tells you where to turn and what you're passing, and it waits patiently if you want to stop. As soon as you turn your GoCar back on, the tour picks up where it left off.
Our tour can take anywhere from one hour to a full day. That's the best thing about it�you're on your own schedule, not a tour bus operator's. Just take a car, see what you want and bring it back when you're done. If you find that you're having the time of your life, keep going! After all, it's not often you've got a convertible yellow talking car at your disposal.
The GoCar tour begins at either our Union Square or Fisherman's Wharf location. The one-of-a-kind tour takes you past the most spectacular San Francisco sites - from the bay, to the ocean, to the famous parks, neighborhoods and streets in between.
Our GoCars are learning to speak new languages every day. Ask for a foreign-language tour and rent a car that speaks Italian, Spanish, German, French, or English.
GoCars can be rented by the hour, or by the day. Best of all, you don't have to decide before you leave how long you'll be gone. To rent a GoCar, it costs $39.99 for the first hour, $29.99 for the second and $20.00 per hour after that. After 5 hours, there are no additional charges. We even round down to the nearest 15-minutes so you don't pay for tim"
GoCars are easy and fun to drive. They're guided by GPS (Global Positioning System) � which means that the car always knows where you are, even if you don't. As you drive, it tells you where to turn and what you're passing, and it waits patiently if you want to stop. As soon as you turn your GoCar back on, the tour picks up where it left off.
Our tour can take anywhere from one hour to a full day. That's the best thing about it�you're on your own schedule, not a tour bus operator's. Just take a car, see what you want and bring it back when you're done. If you find that you're having the time of your life, keep going! After all, it's not often you've got a convertible yellow talking car at your disposal.
The GoCar tour begins at either our Union Square or Fisherman's Wharf location. The one-of-a-kind tour takes you past the most spectacular San Francisco sites - from the bay, to the ocean, to the famous parks, neighborhoods and streets in between.
Our GoCars are learning to speak new languages every day. Ask for a foreign-language tour and rent a car that speaks Italian, Spanish, German, French, or English.
GoCars can be rented by the hour, or by the day. Best of all, you don't have to decide before you leave how long you'll be gone. To rent a GoCar, it costs $39.99 for the first hour, $29.99 for the second and $20.00 per hour after that. After 5 hours, there are no additional charges. We even round down to the nearest 15-minutes so you don't pay for tim"
ZoneTag: "Locations tags in Flickr
How do you know my location?
When you upload your photo to Flickr through your mobile phone, ZoneTag is able to detect which cellular tower your phone is using to connect. Your service provider assigns a unique cell ID to that cellular tower. At this point, that�s all we know about your location. We don�t really know where the cellular tower is.
We use two methods to learn the actual location (city, state, zip code) that correlates with that cellular ID. First, if you use ZoneTag with a Bluetooth GPS device, the GPS coordinates of the photo will be uploaded as well as the cell ID. We are now able to learn that this cell ID corresponds to the city, state and zip of those GPS coordinates. Subsequently, if another photo is uploaded with the same cell ID, we will be able to associate the correct city, state and zip code tag to that photo.
Second, and most importantly, we are able to learn the correct location of the cell ID if users update their Flickr photos with zip code or city tags. If even one user updates their Flickr photo with the zip or city tag, we will be able to learn it and subsequent photos uploaded with the same cell ID will have the correct city, state and zip code tags automatically associated with the photo.
What is the 'cell ID' in my location tags?
The cell ID corresponds to the cellular tower that your phone connected to in order to upload your photo to Flickr. Each cellular tower that your carrier uses has a unique ID.
I don't want my location tags to be displayed on Flickr.
No problem. If you choose to upload your photo to Flickr, you will see a menu option, 'Apply location tags?'. Select 'No' to this option and your location tags will not show up on Flickr. ZoneTag will remember this setting for subsequent photo uploads.
I changed my mind and I want my location"
How do you know my location?
When you upload your photo to Flickr through your mobile phone, ZoneTag is able to detect which cellular tower your phone is using to connect. Your service provider assigns a unique cell ID to that cellular tower. At this point, that�s all we know about your location. We don�t really know where the cellular tower is.
We use two methods to learn the actual location (city, state, zip code) that correlates with that cellular ID. First, if you use ZoneTag with a Bluetooth GPS device, the GPS coordinates of the photo will be uploaded as well as the cell ID. We are now able to learn that this cell ID corresponds to the city, state and zip of those GPS coordinates. Subsequently, if another photo is uploaded with the same cell ID, we will be able to associate the correct city, state and zip code tag to that photo.
Second, and most importantly, we are able to learn the correct location of the cell ID if users update their Flickr photos with zip code or city tags. If even one user updates their Flickr photo with the zip or city tag, we will be able to learn it and subsequent photos uploaded with the same cell ID will have the correct city, state and zip code tags automatically associated with the photo.
What is the 'cell ID' in my location tags?
The cell ID corresponds to the cellular tower that your phone connected to in order to upload your photo to Flickr. Each cellular tower that your carrier uses has a unique ID.
I don't want my location tags to be displayed on Flickr.
No problem. If you choose to upload your photo to Flickr, you will see a menu option, 'Apply location tags?'. Select 'No' to this option and your location tags will not show up on Flickr. ZoneTag will remember this setting for subsequent photo uploads.
I changed my mind and I want my location"
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