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Last year Microsoft and InfoNow announced a partnership where InfoNow would begin using the Virtual Earth platform to supply mapping and other location services to their customers. InfoNow provides Channel Management solutions to some of the worlds top brands like Maytag, American Express, and HP. You can learn more about InfoNow’s products in [...]

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Yesterday i promised a great new 3D feature for developers so here it is. In December a minor rev of the Virtual Earth Map Control v6 was released. For those that aren’t software developers, the VE map control is a JavaScript library providing developers a unified interface for adding traditional mapping as well [...]

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I saw this yesterday at Christian Spanring’s blog , and didn’t really understand it. He suggests Apple is getting into pedestrian navigation.
After reading this from Tech Radar, I’m still confused. It suggests that mapping would be delivered like podcasts and somehow be provided based on location, though no use of Wi-Fi, GPS or a network [...]

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Ghana launched a National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) yesterday in part to help grow its salt industry. Annual production of salt, some 250,000 metric tons, could be much higher, say officials, up to 2.5 to 3.0 million metric tons said officials. While inefficient production methods, obsolete machinery, and lack of capital are contributing factors, so [...]

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