Google Street View Meets Second Life? 0

I have been reading about a virtual world based on Google Street View imagery combined with Google Sketch Up for a while now:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/24/google-preping-a-second-life-competitor/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9783723-7.html

 I have just received some super-duper lidar 3d building models that I will be draping Google Street View Imagery over.  Has anyone done this before?  Has anyone heard anymore on Google or Microsoft creating a virtual environment using this data?

 Look forward to your comments!

Adobe PDF now supports “Geospacial” functionality… 0

Hmmm…Leave it to Adobe to come up with new GIS spelling:

Adobe PDF goes GIS

GPS for Dummies… 0

This is a great article to send to your friends who have no idea what GPS is:

http://gizmodo.com/392326/giz-explains-an-easy-primer-on-gps

Google Street View cars now capturing 3d data via Laser… 0

This is a great article discussing the potential uses of true Google Street View in 3d:

http://www.educatingsilicon.com/2008/04/18/google-street-view-soon-in-3d/

Laser scanning robot creates 3D map of silver mine… 0

3d mine mapper robot

Here is a cool gadget that the GIS’ers in the mining industry might find interesting…

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/laser-scanning-robot-creates-3d-map-of-silver-mine/

‘Revolutionary’ CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources 0

Great mapping project!

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36834/167/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJpj8UUMTaI

Google maps give close-up view of UN refugee camps 0

This is an interesting article outlining how Google Earth is deploying GIS to people that have no idea what GIS is…

 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL08664025

New Mashup Using Google Maps to Display and Query Building Plans 0

I have just posted a new Google Maps Mashup that I think is an “outside of the box” way to utilize the Google Maps API. 

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Basically the idea is to take floor plan drawings and display them via Google Maps.  Then, georeference point of interest on the floor plan.  Pretty simple.  Take a look at a couple of demos here:

http://www.laudontech.com/officeplans 

http://www.laudontech.com/mall/mall.html

Comments? 

Google adds Street View Imagery for 13 New Metropolitan Areas - and a National Park! 0

Just over a month ago, we brought you a dozen new cities in Street View, and now I’m excited to say we’re topping that. We’ve added imagery for 13 new metropolitan areas - and a national park! We have expanded our coverage in 6 of our existing cities. Among the new areas are:

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Anchorage, AK
  • Austin, TX
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Fairbanks, AK
  • Little Rock, AR
  • Madison, WI
  • Nashville, TN
  • Rockford, IL
  • Richmond, VA
  • Spokane, WA
  • St. Petersburg, FL
  • Tampa, FL
  • Yosemite National Park, CA

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/03/street-view-expanding-our-horizons.html

Finally, GeoWeb is Complete and Born c/o FLEX RIA 0

Here is a great article summarizing how Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth have truly become a “GeoWeb” application with the addition of the ESRI javascript API:

 http://www.flex888.com/2008/03/19/finally-geoweb-is-complete-and-born.html

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