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February 17, 2008
Google Maps' new StreetView feature is proving to be a very powerful addition to their mapping suite. However, it currently falls short of its full potential. The biggest problem with the service today is that StreetView doesn't point at the...
February 15, 2008
Navigating the University of Minnesota can be tricky for first-timers due to the name 1-way streets and intersections. Luckily, Google Maps marks the direction of each street. But they also go one step further by marking the 1-way directions for...
January 31, 2008
It just became a lot easier to find custom Google Maps that users have created. A quick click of the "Show Search Options" and selecting User-created content will give you a list of custom maps created by Google's users along...
December 11, 2007
Minneapolis gained big-city legitimacy today by joining the list of cities with Google Maps relatively new StreetView functionality. Map viewer now had the option to view their location of interest from a street map, aerial photos, or from a street...
November 18, 2007
GrubHub.com, a Chicago based food delivery mapping service - they help you figure out who delivers to your address - has received $1.1 million in funding from Origin Ventures. We first met the GrubHub founders a year ago at Tech...
October 8, 2007
What can you do if you've been somewhere but can't remember where it was you were? Okay, that's pretty vague. How about if you went to a store or restaurant, but can't remember the name of it when you're trying...
July 5, 2007
TaxiWiz.com has launched a site that calculates the approximate fare for taxi rides between two addresses. It uses Google Maps to plot and calculate the driving distance between two points and uses that information to calculate the fare. For example,...
May 30, 2007
Google announced the launch of a new way to customize your Google Maps at Where 2.0 called Mapplets. Mapplets allow you to personalize your Google Maps experience by overlaying data that is of interest to you. That could be anything...
November 7, 2006
Today is Election Day in the United States, so I thought it would be a fitting day to take a look at where we'll be sending our elected officials to: Washington, DC. Or more precisely, the US Capitol. That's what...
October 18, 2006
"That's where they got that Picasso." -Jake Blues - The Blues Brothers Jake Blues' proved to be more than your average convict musician with his comment about the artwork in Richard J. Daley Plaza. He was referring to this:...
October 3, 2006
Google Earth Blog is reporting that Google Earth has made a large update to their imagery. The beauty of streaming imagery like that used by Google Earth is they can continuously update the underlying data without having to push any...
September 23, 2006
Steve Rubel posted a review of Fortune's cover story on Google that includes this interesting quote: Fortune magazine has a lengthy cover story on the chaotic way Google runs. What's clear from the piece is that Google is desperately working...
March 6, 2006
Once a month, I receive a series of emails from the community service officer with the Minneapolis Police Department reporting on criminal activity in the five neighborhoods closest to my home. The reports are delivered as screen shots from a crime reporting system called GeoMaster:
January 17, 2006
The web is abuzz today with a theory that businesses are painting logos on their rooftops in order to gain exposure on Google Maps. Interesting theory.
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