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Posted by Pamela Fox, Maps API Team
In the next two months, we’ll be holding several events at the Googleplex that we want local Geo/Javascript developers to attend. First, we have our Google Geo Developer Series, kickstarting on Wednesday, Feb. 20th with a hands-on workshop on “Quick & Dirty KML Creation” led by Mano [...]

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Update (via Bill): Official word from Google Lat/Lon Blog.
From Search Engine Land:
Yesterday Google told us that users will now be able to edit any of the details about a business or location or add new businesses even if they’re not the business owner. The capability doesn’t appear to be live yet however.
Greg Sterling asked about [...]

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CNN Money reports that both pending acquisitions of Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ have “lost their bearings.” NAVTEQ’s stock is trading almost $10 below the $78 per share offer from Nokia.
Yesterday was the deadline for TomTom to respond to EU questions about the acquisition. What did the EU ask?
Whether:
(1) TomTom and Tele Atlas would keep sensitive [...]

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LightPole is another company offering a solution to do the work of taking your Web app and making it available with geo-context, on a cell phone. It’s akin on first look to uLocate’s WHERE platform in my mind, but the Industry Standard says it competes with: “Where, ULocate, Google Maps and Yahoo Local, which is [...]

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The goal is to get more eyeballs on the U.S. television network’s local news content. CBS will allow bloggers and hyperlocal news websites to offer up video on their sites, along with ads. The hosting sites get a cut of the ad revenue. Three sites have signed up thus far - all all Boston focused. [...]

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Some interesting tidbits came out of the discussion between Stephen Johnson CEO of outside.in, a hyperlocal news site, and Henry Jenkins at SXSW (South by Southwest, the tech/music/arts event held in Austin last week) Jenkins is Co-Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT.
“[outside.in CEO] Johnson took the opportunity to describe his recent [...]

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I really don’t know why Imperial Valley News reviewed the new version of Maptitude. The review, titled “Maptitude Software - Exceeds Expectations - Product Review,” gives me pause. It’s quite vague and it does not sound like the reviewers did much more than open the box (to find out how many pages were in the [...]

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Just after the final session was held at GITA’s Annual Conference, Executive Director Bob Samborski sat down with Editor-in-chief Joe Francica to review the association’s new emphasis on infrastructure and its special track dedicated to emergency response. Samborski shared his thoughts on how the change affected this year’s event planning and the conscious effort to [...]

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A while back I asked: What’s most likely to sway you to push to attend a geo conference? We had 39 respondents. Bottom line: geography matters.
Location close by 34%
Must see program 16%
Reputation of event 13%
Availability of training 11%
Low cost 11%
Rec. of respected 8%
Something else 6%
Location that’s exciting 3%
Next up: Where do you turn for tech [...]

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