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Google Maps coverage expands… 54 more countries covered.
Update 18/09/2007
Pamela Fox (Google Maps API Team) introduces Google Spreadsheets New Features that use your data (xml, html, csv, tsv, as well as RSS and Atom based)
In combination with the Google Maps API you can now view the new tiles via her mashup.

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Mapserver 5.0.0 Released
“Beyond browsing GIS data, MapServer allows you create “geographic image maps”, that is, maps that can direct users to content”

Example Screenshot of Mapserver
New features in Mapserver Version 5.0.0:
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- MS RFC 19: Added Style and Label attribute binding
- MS RFC 21: Raster Colour Correction via colour lookup table
- MS RFC 27: Added [...]

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Posted by Pamela Fox, Maps API Team
In the coming week, the Maps API geocode limit will change from a key-based system to an IP-based system, with a new limit of 15,000 queries per day. If you’re a developer with a website that’s using client-side geocoding via the GClientGeocoder object, this change means that [...]

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ArcWeb Explorer (Beta) 2.0
ArcWeb Explorer 2.0 application, which offers powerful Web map rendering with desktop-like functionality.

source: ESRI
The rotating map is a clever bit of code - the text flips (renders) itself when it goes beyond 180 degrees.

ArcWeb Explorer 2.0 Application

ArcWeb Explorer 2.0 Flex API

ArcWeb Explorer 2.0 JavaScript API

Exposes ArcWeb Services functionality through easy-to-use [...]

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Route Scanner - Incidents and Delay Map
This is a fantastic UK Route Planner that works out delays, incidents and tells you the speed/traffic light camera locations along your own route.

Paul Clark has developed a clean and informative results page - Colour coded to severity (shades of red).
Uses the Google Maps API Driving Directions [...]

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As with Google Maps, in certain areas, you can view live traffic conditions in Google Earth. To enable this, first navigate to the appropriate location. In the Layers panel, check Traffic. Traffic conditions are denoted by colored dotted lines (green = all clear, yellow = slowish, red = call in to tell them [...]

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I just came back from a two-week trip to Australia, where I spent my daytime hanging out with all the awesome Maps API Engineers at the Google Sydney office and my nighttime sampling the local restaurants and stores. Now, since I think about the Maps API 24/7, I found myself wondering “Can I [...]

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