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Whether my subjective opinion of their projects is positive or negative, I’m always intrigued by the work of Stamen Designs. Like a piece of art, i don’t always know how to feel about it on first encounter but am compelled to dig further into it and develop an opinion. Within their somewhat experimental UI’s usually lies a nugget of genius worth panning for. Their latest effort for Trulia, the Snapshot Geo-Photo viewer, has that in spades. I initially felt powerless against the undulating wiggly-armed photo monsters, but after playing with the slider and options at the bottom it started to feel pretty comfortable even reminding me of a few elements of the Photosynth UI. Techcrunch describes it as being Jello-like. shop around for homes in your area to give it a try.

My thanks to Tom Carden of Stamen for sending this my way. Some comments from Tom-

It’s an alternative view of the homes currently listed for sale on trulia.com, and first and foremost it’s about browsing photos on a map in a playful way. You can search for any city in the USA and either click around the map, scroll the slider or just hit the big play button and sit back and watch!

Once again we’re using Virtual Earth imagery in Flash and we’re really pleased with effect we came up with. We think the black inverted maps really make the photos pop out.

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Matthew Quinlan from our office in the UK brings news of Mashed 08 this June 21st-

We’re delighted to announce that we’re partners for Mashed 08, and the next 100 tickets are available exclusively through Multimap and Microsoft. The event promises to be a great blend of hacking and mixing, with maybe even some sleeping thrown in. If you didn’t attend Hack Day last year, you missed out. I’d encourage you to make your way to Alexandra Palace on Saturday 21st June and get mashed.

So, the important bit. We have 100 tickets now available here. You’ll need the code, which is “microsoft”.

If you miss out, keep watching because more tickets will be released over the coming weeks. Hope to see you there.

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Garmin Edge 705 GPS

Type-A training tweakers, metrics maniacs, peripatetic two-wheeled geo-cachers and the geographically challenged now have something to collectively rally around: the Garmin Edge 705. This latest fitness offering from the GPS giant has more than a little somethin’ somethin’ for the can’t stay put, always get lost, urban treasure hunting, serious bike training, [...]

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The company Nokia announced the release of the final version of navigational applications Nokia Maps 2.0. Since last February beta program has been downloaded 240000 times, said the company. The updated version of Nokia Maps includes several new features, such as media guides for cities, satellite maps, treatment for pedestrians and new interface. Download the [...]

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It’s being developed at Harvard.

The CEGRP website is a gateway to maps, GIS data, and GIS analysis to facilitate and to share research efforts focused on the recent earthquakes in China.

Building upon the Task Force initiative of Bao Shuming (China …

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Clickz reports on this, the paper’s 25th widget called Washington Area Apartment Finder:
Apartment hunters in the Washington Metro area can use the widget, which is being sponsored exclusively by residential real estate company The Bozzuto Group, to fi…

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