Posts with tag ”googlemaps”
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Review: Prisoners of Geography
It’s been a few years since I read Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall, but 2020 seems like a particularly appropriate moment to drag it off the shelf again.
Walking across America
Many of us have watched Matt Harding dance his way around the planet, proving that questionable choreography becomes strangely compelling once you add enough countries.
The world of digital map mashups
There was a time when a map was a map. A large sheet of paper folded according to some ancient geometrical system designed to ensure you could never get it back into its original shape. You bought one at a gas station, spilled coffee on it and argued with whoever was sitting in the passenger seat about whether you had already missed the exit.
Accessibility issues with Ajax
The word Ajax has been buzzing around the web industry for the last couple of months like somebody suddenly discovered fire. The term was coined by Jesse James Garrett at Adaptive Path in February 2005 and is usually explained as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
Google Maps goes photographic
Yesterday Google quietly added another weapon to its growing arsenal: satellite photography in Google Maps. Images from DigitalGlobe and Earthsat now cover the United States and Canada, allowing anyone with internet to play amateur spy from the comfort of their desk.