While I’ve been searching for real-time weather and imagery KMLs I’ve also generated some output of the results I’ve had using Google Earth. These images are now featured at my photoblog at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gisuser/. Also of interest is the real-time stream flow data and gauge readings available from the USGS – these data are useful for tracking hurricane flooding. You can find out about it here http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/6733/. Those looking to download Google Earth KMLs of HNC (national hurricane center) data can find listings in our downloads section at GISuser.com. Finally, best wishes to all of our friends and associates in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and anywhere else that may be affected by Katrina.
Entries from August 2005
Google’s Address Geocoding patent
August 25, 2005 · Leave a Comment
That’s right.. details of the pattent are as follows… A geocoding component generates geographic coordinate information, such as latitude and longitude values, for postal addresses. A table includes a number of rows, each corresponding to one or more addresses. The geocoding component can quickly locate a particular row in the table based on a number of input address identifiers as the intersection of the sets rows that correspond to each of the address terms. The geocoding component may operate on addresses that are received by the geocoding component or extracted from documents. See http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=google$.ASNM.&OS=an/google$&RS=AN/google$ for complete details of the patent
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Google’s Address Geocoding patent
August 25, 2005 · Leave a Comment
That’s right.. details of the pattent are as follows… A geocoding component generates geographic coordinate information, such as latitude and longitude values, for postal addresses. A table includes a number of rows, each corresponding to one or more addresses. The geocoding component can quickly locate a particular row in the table based on a number of input address identifiers as the intersection of the sets rows that correspond to each of the address terms. The geocoding component may operate on addresses that are received by the geocoding component or extracted from documents. See http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=google$.ASNM.&OS=an/google$&RS=AN/google$ for complete details of the patent
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Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial Data
August 24, 2005 · Leave a Comment
A new petition is now online, the Topic – “Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial Data”. The creators of the initiative state the following: “We are collecting signatures from spatial data users and GIS software developers worldwide to help demonstrate broad support for open access to geodata policies.” So far they have collected more than 150 names. See http://okfn.org/geo/manifesto.php#signup
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Protecting Our Homeland with Geospatial Intelligence
August 24, 2005 · Leave a Comment
FYI, The July/August 2005 issue of the Pathfinder is now available on line. The theme of this issue is “Protecting Our Homeland with Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT).” Pathfinder is the bi-monthly magazine produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to promote public awareness and understanding of the discipline of geospatial intelligence. See http://www.nga.mil
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The Virtual Earth movie!
August 22, 2005 · Leave a Comment
What is Virtual Earth? This amusing video from MSN features Steve Lombardi (from the Microsoft MapPoint crew) and answers the question… What is Virtual Earth? It’s definitely amusing and effective… See http://www.virtualearthinfo.com/video.asp
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Nanaimo BC using Google Earth & Google Map APIs
August 17, 2005 · Leave a Comment
The City of Nanaimo, British Columbia recently started using FME Suite’s KML support to provide residents with access to some of its geographic information via Google Earth. Using FME Suite, the City’s web site is providing KML links to visitors. KMLs include a virtual tour of the downtown core, 3D building models, and links to downtown businesses as well as orthophoto data for the Nanaimo region. We’re pleased to take a closer look at these cool applications taking advantage of the latest API’s made avvailable from Google. For some coll examples of what the city is doing check out the full article at http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/6647/28/. This is a very cool story of a city’s testing of the waters, so to speak. The applications are not a replacement of the city’s fine efforts to date in mainating an eccellent webmapping service. It is, however, an example of how the APIs can be used to extend the reach of their GIS.
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Draft primer on Free/Open Source Software
August 17, 2005 · Leave a Comment
UNDP-APDIP’s International Open Source Network has produced a draft primer on Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards. The primer provides existing case studies on the polices and initiatives of governments implementing open standards policies. It also covers current patent and licensing issues with Open Standards implementations. Download the primer: * Open Document format (111KB) – http://www.iosn.net/open-standards/foss-open-standards-primer/foss-openstds-v01-1.odt or * PDF format (485KB) – http://www.iosn.net/open-standards/foss-open-standards-primer/foss-openstds-v01-1.pdf
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Comparing high-res imagery to images served via Google Earth and Virtual Earth
August 15, 2005 · Leave a Comment
A tip from someone at geosage led me to this resource. They’ve created a webpage demonstrating examples of improving and enhancing imagery at Google Maps or MSN Virtual Earth … The eval shows a nice high-res image for an area and then compares it to imagery from the same area being served up via Google Maps and Virtual Earth. Check it out at http://www.geosage.com/highview/comparisons_google.html
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Google MapsMania
August 10, 2005 · 2 Comments
Developers and google map enthusasts should take note of this great resource/weblog. The site posts regular news updates and information about who’s doing what with the Google map API. Follow some interesting news including details of how the developer of Chicago Crime Maps maphack was hired by the Washington Post… very cool! See http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
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