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TomTom and Google Maps work together to send business info to TomTom users
TomTom is teaming up with Google Maps so that users can search for and send business addresses
directly from the Google Maps’ website to TomTom devices.
In fact, Google Maps local search pages have expanded their ‘Send to’ feature with the option ‘Send to GPS’. With one click TomTom users can benefit from this service without needing to download complicated zip files. The selected information is then transferred to the TomTom device when the device is connected to the Internet via TomTom HOME. Drivers can then navigate to their new destination, as well as view the location on the map of the TomTom device or save it as a ‘favorite’ on the device for later use. This is really cool !
See the video below for more information :
Google Moon updated
Google has released a new version of "Google Moon". This new version includes higher-resolution map imagery, text search, photos and stories from Apollo landings and also a street view-style panoramas of the moon's surface, taken by the Apollo astronauts.
Click here to check Google Moon. It looks like this :
Google Earth Flight Simulator
Here's Gearthblog's video showing some tips of Google Earth's new flight simulator mode. Interested ? You can see his basic flying tips article here.
user created content on google maps
When you search a thing on google maps it's now possible to see also the user generated content : Red pins appear first, that's normal-they indicates google maps data and when you scroll down to the bottom of the list there is a link titled "See user generated content", results showed by blue pins and pulled from a variety of "geo web" sources. To see different exemples of how Geo Search can help, visit google maps mania.
New feature of Google Maps: Google Mapplets
Google has added Mapplets to Google Maps: it's a a new feature of Google Maps that
combines the Google Gadgets API with the Google Maps API that you can embed within a Google Maps site. Standard Mapplets available are real estate search,
current weather conditions, and distance measurement. Click here to find Google Mapplets in this special Developer Preview version
of Google Maps. And a video for more info :
Picasa on Google Maps, Picasa on your mobile
Two good news : Google's Picasa Web albums lets you now georeference photos from inside the browser, using Google Maps.
The process is very simple : you just click on the "Add location" link, which leads to a Google Maps popup on the page, then you search for a place and you tweak the exact location for a photo. See Ogle Earth's for details.
And the second good news: Google has launched the first version of Picasa Web Albums built specifically for mobile devices. You can now carry around all your snapshots and you can even keep track of photo updates from your contacts -- it's possible to leave a quick comment on their photos, using your phone. Thumbnails and photos are automatically re-sized for your device's screen, so pictures look good and download fast; find more info here.
ps. Have you noticed that on Google Maps you can now click & drag to change destinations along your route ? If not, see the Google video and have a look here !
Google supports geo-tagging of YouTube's videos
New feature from Google : When you upload a video to YouTube, you can now give coordinates for the associated video, in other words, you can give lat/long coordinates of the video to point its location on Google Maps.
There is no explanation on Youtube's blog for the moment but according to Gearthblog, the idea is to create KML files associated with the locations of the videos in order to be able to show videos tied to a search for a location.
See all details here.
Google Maps Street View
Here is a funny video of the Google Maps new feature : Street View. Try it, It allows you to quickly and easily view and navigate high-resolution, with 360 degree street level images of various cities in the US.
Create your maps with Google Maps
Google has released a new update to Google Maps : it allows to creat your maps "mashups" with placemarks, paths, or shapes and upload also picture or videos. The best is when you creat your maps, you can click on the "KML" in the upper right of the map to view the content in Google Earth !
See Google Earth Blog for details.
Let's geotag our photos !
Geomentary is a new Google Map and Google Video Mashup site, a "one man show" (only ONE developper involved in the project ) to put some regional context to video documentary. He hasn't choose yet to release it as open source or not, but If you have a video that you want on Geomentary, you can upload it on Google Video website then come back on the site, search and tag it.
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And here is another geotagging photo site ! To see the value of using locr, look through your photos stored on your hard drive and ask yourself "where was I when I took that photo ?" Then you can upload your photos, the locr software assists in adding the location information either manually prompting the user to locate it using Google Maps, or linking to existing geo-data (from the GPS data devices). It is integrated with Wikipedia and GoogleMaps. Cool, isn't it?
Interested ? Have a look to this article (GpsPassion) for more info about geotagging photos.
Photos on Google Maps !
Big news : Google has added photos to Google Maps "to help users match a mapped destination to a place in the real world more easily"
Google pulls the images from online pictures indexed by its internet image search, or from photos uploaded to the map service. Business owners can also submit their photos for use in Google Maps by uploading them to the company's Local Business Center directory service ! More info on Google Blog and here.
technorati tags: Google Maps Local Business
Google Maps + BMW
Google Maps is working with BMW to setup a system where one can send Google Maps directions from a computer to a BMW navigation system. Product Manager Thai Tran explains the new feature in this Google Blog Post: Users in Germany can send a business listing found on Google Maps directly to cars enabled with the BMW Assist service. Drivers can set it as the destination for the in-car navigation system, or they can call the business from within the car. No more having to write down the address and re-enter it in the car -- now you can just click and drive! More info here and here.
Google Maps Live Traffic
Google Maps has now a new feature : Live Traffic Conditions. It's a new overlay for cities in the US showing real-time traffic information for major roads and highways. The data is available by clicking the new Traffic button to the left of "Map - Satellite - Hybrid":
When zoomed out you also see a little traffic signal placemark icon for cities which have live traffic available. A fair number of larger cities have the data, but not all cities. And the data is also available in the Google Maps Mobile version. More info here and here. See also the Google's announcement of the new traffic feature : They say we can now have traffic conditions for more than 30 major U.S. cities.
Google Maps for Windows Mobile
Google has released Google Maps for Windows Mobile ! Google Maps for Mobile is a Google Maps service that allows you to view maps and satellite imagery, find local businesses and get traffic updates from your mobile device. And now it's available for Windows Mobile users who can download Google Maps to their devices from their phone or PC from www.google.com/gmm. To try out an online demo of Google Maps for mobile, click here. But remember : you dont use Google Maps while driving, instead you give your passengers something fun to do :-)
