Google Released MapIconFactory Code for Better Map Mashup

Posted by Charles | March 27, 2008 .

Google Map as the best GeoWeb visualization client and the AJAX RIA pioneer is constantly gotten infusion of UI goodies from Goolge Map API people. This week they put the MapIconMakerFactory 1.0 to Google Code.
The MapIconFactory is actually a JavaScript library that can be used in conjunction with regular GMap API. What you need to […]

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A New Flex Web Map API is Coming

Posted by Charles | March 20, 2008 .

At ESRI’s Developer Summit, Mansour Raad revealed the new Flex API for ArcGIS server. ESRI had a Flex API for the ArcWeb Service, which is in ActionScript 2 for Flex 2. We posted the mashup series awhile ago, which used that Flex API. Now the new Flex is totally revised in ActionScript 3, which I’m […]

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Finally, GeoWeb is Complete and Born

Posted by Moxie | March 19, 2008 .

What’s is the best RIA application ever created? If your answer is something around Flex or Flash, then it’ll be wrong answer. The right answer is Google Map. It’s Google Map makes AJAX known and RIA a reality. Google even goes above and beyond claimed the term “GeoWeb“. However, up till now, Google Map is […]

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Get Your Flex Map API from the source

Posted by Moxie | October 22, 2007 .

I’ve received some emails asking about the Flex API (ESRI ArcWeb Explorer Flex API) I’ve used, since my posts about a Flex mashup. Charles and me won’t be able to answer all the questions. However, there are two places to get more information:

The official ArcWeb Service web site.
Mansour Raad’s blog ThunderHead Explorer. Mansour is one […]

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Flash Earth the All in One Mapping Utility

Posted by Charles | August 22, 2007 .

Lately I found myself more often head directly to flash earth for my mapping needs. There are not whole lots to talk about this mapping site except it pulls 8 online mapping tools under one roof, in Flash. The UI is very simple Flash with radio button to toggle the choice among Google Maps, Microsoft VE […]

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How Google Earth Really Works

Posted by Charles | July 26, 2007 .

Google Earth is probably one of the great data visualization tools around. Regardless we are with Flex, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Silverlight or Sun JavaFX, or even the purist AJAX camp, we all can learn something from it.
One of the co-founders of Keyhole who helped build the virtual globe which later became Google Earth is Avi […]

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GARMIN opens up GPS APIs - with Flash too

Posted by Charles | July 5, 2007 .

The biggest North American GPS vendor GARMIN opens up their GPS APIs for developers.
MotionBased User Interface Library
Gain access to a set of utilities and controls, written in Flash and JavaScript, for adding MotionBased components to web applications.

Garmin Navigationssysteme kaufen sie bei Dantotec. Die Navis von Garmin bestechen durch sehr gutes Kartenmaterial. Die […]

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Microsoft Live Local Map SUV sighting

Posted by Charles | June 22, 2007 .

Seems there are quite a few mapping automobiles around our cities. We know Tele Atlas is busy. Immersive Media is cute with Beatle map car (shown below). Google doing 360 degree street with family van. Now there comes Microsoft’s mapping SUV. Man! our planet is hot.

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Tele Atlas 3D road mapping van close-up shots

Posted by Charles | June 19, 2007 .

Tele Atlas sends out a fleet of the colorful 3D mapping van around this country and Europe to capture 3D street maps. There are this van sightings. Here are the close-up photos I took today.

Look those image capture device there. They even have laser imagery stuffs there to capture building materials etc.

A fairly good size server in […]

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