From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Google offers free turn-by-turn GPS
Ryan Kim
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Google is at it again, giving people a much sought-after free service, while taking a swipe at an entire industry.
Samsung 3Q profit triples to record as sales jump 10.30.09
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This time the Mountain View company is updating its Google [...]
Want to see where Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Systems have been installed? There is a new initiative from the DOE to do just that. I hope it will help us with our LA County Solar Map – http://solarmap.lacounty.gov
Here is the site: http://openpv.nrel.gov/
It has some pretty cool mapping and analytical tools for the cost of solar over [...]
The City of LA DOT has a new site with live (AVL – automatic vehicle locator) bus status and routes. It’s a trip planner too. It’s a Google Mashup.
Take a look at: http://dtdash.com
-Nick F
Fred Dominguez was able to attend the recent URISA conference in Anaheim, and passed a very nice presentation along discussing the integration of Twitter and GIS.
Thanks Fred!
Here is the presentation.
Social Media & the GIS Professional.pdf
I wanted to pass this along to folks who are using Google Maps …
Dear Premier customers, We just made some changes to our map data for the United States that may affect your applications. Please read the post on the Google LatLong blog for full details, and the note below for more info [...]
ESRI founder Jack Dangermond recently made it for the first time to the Forbes 400 – he is worth approximately $2 billion. That’s a lot of ArcGIS licenses!! The conference next year should be fanastic!
