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Google invests in web to fight disaster
News That message could then be broadcast to anyone subscribed to his messages, including aid workers at Unicef or InStedd's headquarters, which could show his location and note on a Google Earth... [17 Jan 2008]
iPhone gets location savvy
News The app also offers a hybrid map view - enabling street maps to be overlaid on satellite imagery in the style of Google Earth. Apple has released a software update for the iPhone which puts fresh focus... [16 Jan 2008]
Ordnance Survey opens up mapping code
News The data will be available in different mapping scales and cover the whole of Great Britain and promises to be more detailed than that included in other map mash-ups such as Google Maps. The Ordnance... [14 Dec 2007]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News Meanwhile, Nokia made moves on mapping - plotting a massive $8.1bn acquisition of digital-map supplier Navteq and talking up location-based services; Vodafone made moves on India, snaffling network operator Hutchison... [13 Dec 2007]
Tougher times ahead for social networks
News The Datamonitor report - entitled The Future of Social Networking: understanding market strategic and technological developments - predicts growth in the number of people signing up to be a part of the cultural phenomenon which has put... [19 Oct 2007]
Google Maps Hacks: Add a Google Map to Your Web Site
White Paper Once the user got a Google Map on his or her page, adding points to it is easy. This paper shows a pretty Google Map replacing the TIGER map. The user... [10 Oct 2007]
Location, location, location...
Comment Location intelligence solutions extend beyond simply visually representing data on a map. Through combining the geographic dimension of business data together with external geographic data - such as road networks, place... [09 Oct 2007]
Nokia maps $8.1bn Navteq buy
News Nokia has said it plans to buy digital-map supplier Navteq for $8.1bn in one of its largest acquisitions ever. Using the handset's embedded software, consumers can view their current location on a... [02 Oct 2007]
Photos: Inside the malware hunters' den
Photo One tool used by the team is World Map (pictured) - which gives a visual representation of which IP addresses of customers using F-Secure products have been infected, and where in the world they are. Pictured is the... [28 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... DNA database, lie detector tech, sat-nav blunders...
Comment It only needs one option to say "Avoid routes unsuitable for HGVs", and provided the map data is correct all will be fine. For the few times you go somewhere different - print the instructions from... [07 Sep 2007]
London hottest for online card fraud
News By tracking the postcodes of addresses where fraudulently obtained goods are delivered fraud information group Early Warning has created a map showing the worst offending regions in the country. G is for... [05 Sep 2007]
Google: Personalisation is the future
News You can say 'map it' and it sends you an SMS message with a link to the map," she said. Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience,... [23 Aug 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo Pictured is a possible Mapplet use - a Google map showing which cinemas in New York are currently showing the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie, instead of just providing movie-goers with an online list. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: Google mashes up its developer day
Photo Mapplets lets developers add more functionality to any Google Maps mash-ups appearing on their websites - for example by adding news or weather reports to the online map. Parsons said 80 per cent of the... [01 Jun 2007]
Ordnance Survey CTO resigns
News The OpenSpace project will give individuals access to OS' mapping data and allow them to develop non-commercial applications with Google Maps-style features such as the click-and-drag 'slippy' map,... [11 Jan 2007]
