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OpenSpace API - More Examples Please

15/02/2008
Keep them coming… (and keep asking the OS for 1:25,000 Explorer Mapping!)

http://www.geothings.net/openspace/index.html

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OpenSpace API - More Examples Please

A few weeks on from the Ordnance Survey releasing the OpenSpace API there are a few that are taking up the small challenge and using the API to full effect.

Very Clever
http://wheresthepath.googlepages.com/wheresthepath.htm
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A Google tutorial shows you how to enter data in an on-line spreadsheet to generate a set of markers in Google Earth and Maps and Google Maps API. Google Docs’ web-based, collaborative editing allows your team members to simultaneously enter data and instantly publish updates.
“Using this tool you could: showcase your organization’s projects, [...]

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Two blogs in one…. “Nokia aiming to banish paper maps” & Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta (pre-release)

BBC News Technology
“Nokia expects to sell 35 million mobile phones equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System) in 2008″
Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta (pre-release)
What is new?

Pedestrian mode

Enhanced driving navigation mode

Satellite maps

Hybrid (satellite and important map features overlayed)

Vastly improved [...]

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Carmenta Mobile
‘The future of maps in mobile phones’
“Carmenta Mobile is a high performance map engine for mobile phones, targeting companies that want to provide advanced Location Based Services applications around maps, routing and geocoding”
Carmenta Mobile can be easily embedded into a mobile application as it provides a rich set of features such as:

2D [...]

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Popular Baby Names World Map (Beta)

http://www.babynamemap.com/
Guy Davis has updated a very clear and fast map of popular names around the world.
“I wanted to send out a big Thank You to the Google Maps developers for creating a great tool and making it easy to build applications upon. Ever since the API was announced [...]

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London Low Emission Zone Maps

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) commenced on 4 February 2008.

bigger than you thought?
Image source page 10
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/
“The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) affects older, diesel-engined lorries, buses, coaches, large vans (exceeding 1.205 tonnes unladen weight) and minibuses (over eight seats and below 5 tonnes).”

The LEZ does not apply to cars [...]

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Nokia Location Tagger
(georeferencing your phone camera photos)
“What is it all about? Nokia Location Tagger is a small application running on “selected” S60 3rd devices that allows you to tag pictures captured from Camera application with geographical coordinates from GPS. The tagging process itself is sometimes called geotagging or geocoding (see also this article [...]

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Nokia GPS Internal vs External
“The Nokia Bluetooth GPS Module LD-4W is for you if you’re looking for a navigation solution to send you effortlessly on your way. The lightweight, slim design makes this technology a great travelling companion” (AND DON’T HAVE AN INTERNAL GPS BUILT TO YOUR MOBILE PHONE)

Nokia GPS Module - it’s [...]

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Microsoft has planned the launch of Visual Studio (VS) 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 for Feb 27th. One thing to note: SQL Server 2008, the version geo folks have been waiting for, due to its geospatial support, will be late.
SQL Server was set to ship later than Windows Server or Visual Studio, [...]

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