Links List 4.4.08
April 4th, 2008by Sean Gorman
The All Points Blog points us to a story from India where Yahoo Maps has added mapping capabilities in nine languages as well as many features including "key landmarks along the route (ATMs, hospitals, etc.), the walking direction." However, this may be a moot point since much of the country has limited internet access.
The AnyGeo Blog shows us ways that people can match up their assets on Google Maps, including using information from a cemetery and an office floor plan.
Dave Bouwman has an interesting post on the gap between client expectations of the ArcGIS server, and the realities. Does the marketing match the product?
Mapufacture shares a presentation on emerging mass market geo standards. Mapufacture is a huge proponent of supporting and sharing data via standards - especially ones that encourage broad adoption.
GIS Lounge gives us an example of a non-geographic use for geographic technology in the form of Zkimmer, which uses the “visual web” to promote reading of magazines through Google Maps.
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