tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61773726613802948842024-02-19T11:46:06.272+05:30Spatial News !!Welcome to the Home of Open Source GIS Mapping News !! I am sharing my experiences, observations, execution tips and news with all my readers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-85750511019353107052009-11-19T02:52:00.001+05:302009-11-19T02:54:07.372+05:30BIGMaps is live on FacebookHey,<br /><p><br />Finally BIGMaps is live on Facebook via an application. This is the first time on web you can see the 'Search' and 'Maps' combo feature provided by BIGMaps.<br /><br />The URL : <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/bigmaps">http://apps.facebook.com/bigmaps</a><br /><br />The Application profile says:<br /><br />"You can use this application to map your home, office or even your favorite restaurant and add it to your profile. You can also use it to make your profile more interesting by adding the location of your college or university. You can even point out your next vacation spot. Add this application and have fun."<br /><br />"BIGMaps is a local search platform. Along with local information services, BIGMaps offers directions, movies and events. It is currently available on one of the India's largest mobile network and can be accessed through SMS, Mobile browser and the mobile client. The platform is integrated with GIS, Search, Advertising and UGC and it will be available across web, voice and PNDs. BIGMaps Platform will be open to public very soon. <a href="http://www.bigmaps.com/">http://www.bigmaps.com</a>"<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PhhlKkClRNvkx4At45Q6vN9PrlqJQLHN6ATIsfGH6EsycEMnM4PTj3E_2UI5evfVSGDfrSlUtFYyYRyjeOvdtEjBLnkhNZhXKadcTYF-uOb-bdCiqdDh3vztANRj8igvXz1LDQq3DVM/s1600/fbapp1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 457px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PhhlKkClRNvkx4At45Q6vN9PrlqJQLHN6ATIsfGH6EsycEMnM4PTj3E_2UI5evfVSGDfrSlUtFYyYRyjeOvdtEjBLnkhNZhXKadcTYF-uOb-bdCiqdDh3vztANRj8igvXz1LDQq3DVM/s400/fbapp1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405557323590296482" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br />BIGMaps is now entering into each and every field on Web and Mobile. The intentions are crystal clear.. proliferate and rule the web :)<br /><br /><br />Cheers !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-80229683218580114602009-09-10T19:38:00.001+05:302009-09-10T19:39:43.385+05:30BIGMaps is finally Launched on mobile<span> <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(33, 117, 188); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(33, 117, 188); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >Reliance Mobile</span><span> has launched BIGMaps service on its GSM network. Reliance Communications is the first telecom operator to offer BIGMaps service. The BIGMaps service allows search across <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(33, 117, 188); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(33, 117, 188); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >Business</span><span>, Directions, Events and Movies by organising <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(33, 117, 188); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(33, 117, 188); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >local information</span> on a pan-India basis. At present it’s available on mobile through SMS, WAP and downloads. Plans are afoot to offer the service through internet in the near future.</span></span></span> <p><span>With the launch of BIGMaps service, <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Reliance Mobile</span> intends to offer world-class local search platform for India with maps data across 15 zoom levels and real time landmark based routing.</span></p> <p><span>Once public beta is opened on web, the platform will allow rich mobile-web experience leveraging on the best in class maps and geo-coded <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(33, 117, 188); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(33, 117, 188); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >yellow pages</span> information for India. BIGMaps service is available on RWorld for download and WAP search.</span></p> <p><span>Commenting on the launch of the new service, Mr Krishna Durbha, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications said, “Our BigMap service reiterates our focus of driving VAS leadership through innovative offerings. This service will increase the usage of device based search & navigation. <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Business</span>, Event, Direction and PointnFind search are for the serious users, while Friend finder adds the fun element”.</span></p> <p><span>Mr Manav Sethi, COO, BIGMaps <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(33, 117, 188); text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(33, 117, 188); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >added</span> that this is just a beginning and whole lot of unique features on the platform and across data are in store. He <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">added</span><span> “ BIGMaps has best Maps data and geo-coded <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">yellow pages</span> information with 20+ Mn geoc-coded buildings across India which once opened on web allows for most accurate search and user generated content. The missing restaurant could be </span><span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">added</span> on the exact building and its possible to search café around atlantis building in Bandra. We are also ready with the mapmaker tool where in a missing building could be <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">added</span> next to the one on the map”.<br /></span></p><p>Source: PTI<br /><span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-7512389807143787102009-08-13T14:11:00.003+05:302009-08-13T14:15:27.067+05:30Bhuvan .. The Google Earth of India<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/index_files/ban1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 95px;" src="http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/index_files/ban1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span align="justify" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Thursday, August 13, 2009: ISRO yesterday launched the beta version of its over-hyped mapping service '<a href="http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/" target="_blank">Bhuvan</a>' . The Bhuvan platform allows users to use information on basic maps resources in the geospatial domain, mostly the images and thematic information.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Bhuvan displays satellite images of varying resolution of India's surface, allowing users to visually see things like cities and important places of interest looking perpendicularly down or at an oblique angle, with different perspectives and can navigate through 3D viewing environment.<br /><br />Snips from ET:<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">"With <a href="http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/">Bhuvan</a>, one can: access, explore and visualise 2D and 3D image data along with thematic information on soil, wasteland, water resources etc; visualise multi-resolution, multi-sensor, multi-temporal image data; superpose administrative boundaries of choice on images as required; visualisation of AWS (Automatic Weather Stations) data/information in a graphic view and use tabular weather data of user choice; navigation using the 3D view Pop-up menu (Fly-in, Fly out, jump in, jump around, view point); 3D Fly through (3D view to fly to locations, objects in the terrain, and navigate freely using the mouse or keyboard); drawing 2D and 3D objects; snapshot creation; measurement tools; and shadow analysis."</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-2847326201305524872009-08-11T16:15:00.002+05:302009-08-11T16:21:47.221+05:30Combo : Satnav and Survey of India<p>SatNav & Survey of India (SOI) will enable SoI maps and build value added products for consumers. </p><p><br /></p><p>The deal will allow SatNav to launch SOI digital maps and map content for business use in a fields of navigation and location-based solutions (LBS) in India.<br /> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;"><b><span style="color:#000000;">Survey Of India, The National Survey and Mapping Organisation of the country under the Department of Science & Technology, is the OLDEST SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVT. OF INDIA. It was set up in 1767 and has evolved rich traditions over the years. In its assigned role as the nation's Principal Mapping Agency, Survey of India bears a special responsibility to ensure that the country's domain is explored and mapped suitably, provide base maps for expeditious and integrated development and ensure that all resources contribute with their full measure to the progress, prosperity and security of our country now and for generations to come.</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>SatNav Technologies, one of India’s early starters in the IT Products space, offers a wide array of Products both Off-the-shelf as well as customizable, for both the B2B and the B2C markets. These products were developed when the management team of SatNav Technologies working together since the year 2000 was a part of a large Indian IT company. It was spun off as a separate entity in the year 2004. SatNav aims to grow exponentially and be a Billion Dollar entity by 2012. SatNav has strategic alliances with the experts in the Industry and is consistently developing its market intelligence and approach. This has led it to become a Market Leader from a Pioneer in the field of GPS Maps and Navigation.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;"><b><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></b></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-4442907991005817882009-06-03T14:22:00.001+05:302009-06-03T14:22:46.093+05:30Geo NamesGeoNames contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 features codes.<br /><br />source: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT178"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.geonames.org/">http://www.geonames.org/</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-45127209875024684922009-03-19T15:11:00.001+05:302009-03-19T15:13:39.785+05:30Lost? Need Directions? Call Us!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.satguide.in/StaticPages/images/htc-P3300_172x250.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.satguide.in/StaticPages/images/htc-P3300_172x250.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here is what they say on their website : <br /><br />"We have launched India's 1st Voice based Navigation Directions service LCU (Lost? Need Directions? Call Us!), the latest variant our popular GPS navigation product, SatGuide. The service is available from 6:30am - 11:30pm throughout the week. LCU is presently available in Andhra Pradesh and will cover the entire country over by March 2009."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-45329158175259525432009-03-05T00:40:00.003+05:302009-03-05T00:49:37.223+05:30Giagantic GISGIS in India is proliferating at jet speed !! And not only GIS, but more products are taking birth with solutions built around it. Mostly in Local Search , classifieds, LBS and mapping solutions. <br /><br />Recently <a href="http://maps.rediff.com">rediff maps</a> came into picture. It was a huge disappointment after looking at this beta product. It looks like they were in real hurry to push this product live without even thinking to correct their basics right. Its a crap, and we know it.<br /><br />Giants in Indian mapping like <a href="http://maps.google.com">google maps</a>, <a href="http://in.maps.yahoo.com">yahoo maps</a>, <a href="http://mapmyindia.com">mapmyindia</a> are steadily progressing at a slower pace. As such, no new innovations are visible, but they are not at all quiet. They are adding up the data on daily basis. Mostly, yahoo maps are pushing more detailed tiles for 2nd, 3rd tier cities of India. Google is more into launching their routing solutions for India. Looking at directions in India on google maps will be fun. Hopefully, the routing features will be similar as they provide on US maps. <br /><br /><a href="http://vidteq.com">Vidteq</a> has come up with a brilliant product for Bangalore Junta. Showing videos of roads and traffic while searching a route is the best feature a user can demand for. Good luck ! Vidteq team :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-53184557073998484142008-07-28T15:04:00.000+05:302008-07-28T15:05:46.189+05:30Thematic MappingThematic Mapping Engine (TME) enables you to visualise global statistics on Google Earth. The primary data source is UNdata.<br /><br />The engine returns a KMZ file that you can open in Google Earth or download to your computer.<br /><br /><br />http://thematicmapping.org/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-36967577774422228402008-07-17T21:01:00.002+05:302008-07-17T21:03:36.630+05:30The World's Best GIS at an Unbeatable Price<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.manifold.net/png/release_logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.manifold.net/png/release_logo.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> Manifold® System Release 8 delivers the world's most powerful, most full-featured and most modern Geographic Information System (GIS) package as a fully-integrated application at one low price. By using modern software technology and leveraging mainstream Microsoft standards, Manifold System can deliver more capabilities, more power, greater quality and greater ease of use in the $395 Manifold Enterprise Edition than old-fashioned GIS products costing tens of thousands of dollars. <br /><br /><br /><br />Manifold also includes a world-class Internet Map Server (IMS), full object library and development environment to create custom applications and GIS-enabled web sites. No need to buy expensive extras or to struggle to integrate separate products. One package, Manifold System, scales from personal use on the desktop to enterprise use within the largest organizations deploying thousands of users simultaneously editing terabytes of data. Get Release 8 now, from $245 for Personal Edition!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-35254635520598085112008-07-14T18:20:00.000+05:302008-07-14T18:21:26.797+05:30WorldKit - easy web mappingworldKit is an easy to use and flexible mapping application for the Web. Light weight GIS. It's a SWF based app, configured by XML, data fed by RSS. Stand-alone use or integration in larger projects.<br /><br /><br />Features<br />Check out the Documentation for more detail on features. Features include ...<br /><br /> * Ubiquitous use in the Flash Player and with RSS feeds.<br /> * Highly configurable look and feel. Can use images for marking annotations.<br /> * Integrates with weblogging tools, and any software producing RSS.<br /> * Displays photos within the map.<br /> * Zoom & Pan. Integrates with Zoomify for high resolution images, and WMS Sources.<br /> * Lines and Polygons. Time Navigation.<br /> * Accepts input for Collaborative Cartography & GeoWiki.<br /> * Annotations are categorizable. Javascript interface for GIS layer functionality.<br /> * GPS track routes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-34443019079602235902008-07-08T21:20:00.000+05:302008-07-08T21:22:30.356+05:30Did you ever wish you could display a Google Maps map view—with custom data—on your own web page?Did you ever wish you could display a Google Maps map view—with custom data—on your own web page? No? Well, maybe you should go take up geocaching or something. On the other hand, if it sounds like something you'd like to do, read on...<br /><br />New: myGmaps enables you to create, save and host custom data files and display them with Google Maps.<br />Visit <a href="http://www.myGmaps.com">www.myGmaps.com</a> for custom Google Maps.<br /><br />Note: The Unofficial Google Maps Embedding How To now demonstrates how you can embed or include a Google Maps viewer widget in your own web page. In most cases you will probably want to use the base technique described there. This page still has useful information though.<br /><br />First up, read the disclaimer, no web page should be without one! Then, check out the Gmaps standalone mode demonstration (Update: New demo--also features two views on one page) featuring custom XML data and XSL stylesheet.<br /><br />[content taken from http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/gmaps-standalone/]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-44345256927211878492008-06-25T20:48:00.003+05:302008-06-25T21:26:47.471+05:30Cartographic Boundary Files<b>Download <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/scale.html">Generalized</a> Cartographic Boundary Files</b><br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">Click on the year/vintage next to the boundary file type you want to download.<br /><br /></span><p align="left"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Alaska Native Regional Corporations: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/an2000.html"><b>2000<br /> </b></a>American Indian Areas/Alaska Native Areas/Hawaiian Home Lands: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/na2000.html">2000</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/na1990.html">1990</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> American Indian Tribal Subdivisions: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ts2000.html"><b>2000</b></a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Census Block Groups: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bg2000.html">2000</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bg1990.html">1990</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Census Divisions: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/dv2000.html"><b>2000</b></a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Census Regions: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/rg2000.html"><b>2000</b></a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Census Tracts: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/tr2000.html">2000</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/tr1990.html">1990</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Congressional Districts: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd110.html">110th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd109.html">109th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/gen108cd.html">108th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd107.html">107th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd106.html">106th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd105.html">105th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd104.html">104th</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd103.html">103rd</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Consolidated Cities: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cc2000.html"><b>2000</b></a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> County and County Equivalent Areas: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/co2000.html">2000</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/co1990.html">1990</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> County Subdivisions: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cs2000.html">2000</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cs1990.html">1990</a></b><br /> Incorporated Places/Census Designated Places: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pl2000.html"><b>2000</b></a><b> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pl1998.html">1998</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pl1990.html">1990</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/mmsa2003.html"> 2003</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ma1999.html">1999</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ma1998.html">1998</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ma1996.html">1996</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ma1990.html">1990</a></b> </span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> New England County Metropolitan Areas: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ne2000.html">2000</a></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> New England City and Town Areas: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/nect2003.html"><b>2003</b></a><br />Oregon Urban Growth Areas: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ou2000.html">2000</a><br /></b> Public Use Microdata Areas - 1 Percent: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pu1_2000.html">2000</a> </b><br /> Public Use Microdata Areas - 5 Percent: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pu5_2000.html">2000</a> </b><br /> School Districts - Elementary: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/se2000.html">2000</a></b><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">School Districts - Secondary:<b> <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ss2000.html">2000</a></b><br /> School Districts - Unified: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/sn2000.html">2000</a></b><br /> State and State Equivalent Areas: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/st2000.html">2000</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/st1990.html">1990</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> State Legislative Districts - Lower/House: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/sl2006.html">2006</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/sl2000.html">2000</a></b><br />State Legislative Districts - Upper/Senate: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/su2006.html">2006</a> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/su2000.html">2000</a></b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Subbarrios (Puerto Rico Only): <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/sb2000.html"><b>2000</b></a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Traffic Analysis Zones: </span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/tz2000.html">2000</a></b><br /> Tribal Block Groups: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/tb2000.html">2000</a> </b></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b><br /> </b> Tribal Census Tracts:<b> <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/tt2000.html">2000</a> </b></b><b><br /> </b> Urban Areas: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ua2000.html">2000</a><i> </i></b><b> | <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ua1990.html">1990</a></b><b><br /> </b> Voting Districts: <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/vt2000.html">2000</a></b> <b><br /> </b> 3-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs): <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/z32000.html">2000</a> <br /> </b> 5-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs):<b> <b><a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/z52000.html">2000</a> </b></b></span></p>The above information is taken from : http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bdy_files.html<br />This information is only targeting gis developers across the web.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 6/25/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "8250311172";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-61059726898394753832008-05-19T16:12:00.006+05:302008-06-25T21:27:08.204+05:30Mapserver Kick start for newbies :)I met many <a href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/">mapserver</a> enthusiasts (esp students) who wants to see a map quickly by using mapserver. All though mapserver has an abundance in terms of docs and tutorials, I never found a sinlge straightway solution which can help you to do this :<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >AIM: Write your first map file, and see the rendered map on the browser. </span><br /><br />I suggest few easy steps to show a map using your shapefile. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Remember YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE ONE AND ONLY ONE MAPFILE. nothing else :) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Steps</span>:<br /><br />a. Download ms4w(For windows). Else install FOSS for Linux<br />b. Open a notepad (or anyother text editor). Write your first map file which will look like this:<br /><snip><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:78%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">MAP</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">NAME "mapfilename" <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">#write your map file name here</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">STATUS ON</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">SIZE 512 512 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">imagetype png</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">SHAPEPATH "/ms4w/data" <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">#path where you kept your shapefiles</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">EXTENT 68.1271 6.75621 97.4023 37.0675 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">#(extent of shapefile. you can get this info by using arcgis, qgis, etc)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">FONTSET "C:\ms4w\YourDirectory\fonts.txt" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> PROJECTION</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'proj=longlat' #projection</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'ellps=WGS84' #ellipsoid</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'datum=WGS84' #surface of the earth</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'no_defs'</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> END</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">DEBUG ON</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "C:\Temp\mapserver.log"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">OUTPUTFORMAT</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> NAME png</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> DRIVER "GD/PNG"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> MIMETYPE "image/png"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> IMAGEMODE RGB</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> EXTENSION "png"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">END </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">WEB</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> IMAGEPATH "/ms4w/YourTempDir/tmp/"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> IMAGEURL "/tmp/" </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">END</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">LAYER</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> NAME "your_layer_name"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> DATA "/ms4w//data/shapefileName" <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">#name of your shapefile</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> TYPE POLYGON</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> STATUS ON</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> PROJECTION</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'proj=longlat' #projection</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'ellps=WGS84' #ellipsoid</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'datum=WGS84' #surface of the earth</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> 'no_defs'</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> END #projection</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> CLASS</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Name 'your_class_name'</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> COLOR 0 0 0</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> STYLE # thick outline (could use a circle symbol with size too)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> OUTLINECOLOR 255 218 185</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> WIDTH 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ANTIALIAS FALSE</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> END #style</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> END # Class</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">END # Layer </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">END#map end</span></span><br /><br /></snip><br /><br />3. Save this map file (eg. test.map) in ms4w/apache/cgi-bin/<br />4. On command line, run this command:<br /> C:\ms4w\apache-install.bat<br /> C:\ms4w\apache-restart.bat<br />5. Open up a browser (IE,Opera,FF) and write this url :<br /><br />http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=test.map&layers=your_layer_name&mode=map<br /><br /><br />Thats all !! You will see a map rendered using the shapefile you wished.<br /><br />Reading Recommendations:<br />1. <a href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/">Mapserver </a><br />2. <a href="http://openlayers.org/">OpenLayers</a><br />3. <a href="http://postgis.org/">PostGIS</a><br />4. <a href="http://biometry.gis.umn.edu/tutorial/">Mapserver tutorial</a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 6/25/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "8250311172";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-34754309906963206642008-05-16T01:51:00.000+05:302008-05-16T01:52:03.459+05:30MADEIRA GPS<h1><a href="http://www.madeiragps.com">MADEIRA GPS</a></h1><br />MADEIRA GPS, a company that started in 2005, with a simple project in mind: Deliver PDA-based navigation, with autorouting, for Madeira Island's tourism. We've achieved that goal and more... Since then our company evolved to provide full fleet management solutions and is currently making business as far as Brasil. All thanks to PostgreSQL and, of course, PostGIS.<br /><br />All our geographic data (maps) is stored with PostGIS and it serves hundreds of requests per minute providing street name resolution for vehicles locations.<br /><br />We used OpenJump as our preferred application to edit our geo-data. This application, combined with the PostGIS plugin, capable of reading/writing to/fro PgSQL DBs, proved to be a 'killer' combination.<br /><br />Why did we choose PostGIS? Simple enough:<br />-Power<br />-Robustness<br />-Effectiveness<br />-Extendability<br />-Speed<br />-FreeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-88001854211811875382008-05-16T01:45:00.000+05:302008-05-16T01:47:16.218+05:30Globexplorer<a href="http://www.globexplorer.com/">GlobeXplorer</a> provides web services access to satellite and aerial imagery over the internet. GlobeXplorer manages relationships with dozens of source imagery providers and then provides simple web access to a multi-terrabyte unified collection of images.<br /><br />GlobeXplorer clients range from individual end-users with Web Map Server (WMS) clients to consumer-oriented web portals serving millions of hits a day. This high-load, high-volume environment requires a very reliable technical solution that scales up efficiently to support millions of requests per day.<br /><br />The GlobeXplorer (GX) architecture does not store imagery inside the database itself, but uses the database to store metadata about available imagery. The GX middleware handles incoming image requests by first querying the database to determine image availability, then retrieving the actual images from storage and delivers them to the client. So, each image request generates one or more database hits on the database metadata.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-66818705372318283462008-05-02T23:11:00.003+05:302008-05-03T00:32:57.844+05:30Mapnik<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mapnik.org"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://media.mapnik.org/images/mapnik-logo.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p> <a href="http://mapnik.org/">Mapnik</a> is a <a href="http://mapnik.org/licence/">Free</a> Toolkit for developing mapping applications. It's written in C++ and there are <a href="http://python.org/">Python</a> bindings to facilitate fast-paced agile development. It can comfortably be used for both desktop and web development, which was something I wanted from the beginning. </p> <p> Mapnik is about making beautiful maps. It uses the <a href="http://www.antigrain.com/">AGG</a> library and offers world class anti-aliasing rendering with subpixel accuracy for geographic data. It is written from scratch in modern C++ and doesn't suffer from design decisions made a decade ago. When it comes to handling common software tasks such as memory management, filesystem access, regular expressions, parsing and so on, Mapnik doesn't re-invent the wheel, but utilises best of breed industry standard libraries from <a href="http://boost.org/">boost.org</a> </p><br /><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-4088302-2";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 5/2/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "5236430286";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-31629860298444686152008-04-29T14:49:00.001+05:302008-05-03T00:19:48.642+05:30holyApp<h3><a href="http://holyapp.org/">holyApp</a> is a pure javascript framework for building desktop-like applications in a browser. It provides a rich environment of services, an ever-growing library of constructors for complex GUI elements, and some big ideas that tie them all together. It was released under the Clear BSD license by MetaCarta in November of 2007.</h3> <div class="comments"> <p>This framework - and the rich client applications built with it - follow a set of general principles:</p> <ol><li>The UI works like a desktop app, not a Web site. There is one rich and dynamic workspace, not multiple pages.</li><li>The code is object-oriented software, not dynamic HTML. Instead of generating HTML strings and injecting them into the document with document.write and innerHTML, holyApp uses the Document Object Model's ECMAScript bindings to directly create, destroy, and manipulate interface elements.</li><li>Data, logic and UI are separate. There are distinct data and UI layers in the code. UI components known as Viewers are coupled with data structures to allow users to view and interact with data.</li><li>The 2 Trees: Javascript and the DOM. We create a Javascript reference to every DOM element as it's created. That way, DOM elements will persist while added and removed from the DOM. These JS references are organized in a JS tree - with enough resemblance to the DOM tree that the connections between the 2 trees are intuitive.</li><li>Because all elements are referenced through the JS tree, there is no need to reference by their HTML id property, as is the common practice. This is a big improvement because HTML ids are a one-dimensional namespace, and the multidimensional namespace of the JS tree is very well suited to the complex components being generated by constructors. Also, using getElementById() can slow down processing.</li><li>All layout data (images, colors, dimensions and properties) is defined in CSS. Having it all in one place is organized. And we can change skins on the fly by swapping stylesheets</li><li>The client runs the show, not the server. The server does not sent commands to the client. It sends only libraries and data. The server should know nothing about the client's internal workings. It should act only as a data store, network proxy, and occasionally a Web service for processes that cannot be done on the client.</li></ol> </div><br /><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-4088302-2";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 5/2/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "1680416211";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-2824311179100257992008-04-28T14:09:00.001+05:302008-05-03T00:20:10.692+05:30CartoWeb : Advanced Geographical Information System for the Web<p><a href="http://cartoweb.org/">CartoWeb</a> is a comprehensive and ready-to-use Web-GIS (Geographical Information System) as well as a convenient framework for building advanced and customized applications.</p> <p>Developed by <a href="http://www.camptocamp.com/">Camptocamp SA</a>, it is based on the <a href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/">UMN MapServer</a> engine and is released under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License (GPL)</a>.</p> <p>Written using innovative language PHP5, CartoWeb is highly modular and customizable thanks to its object-oriented architecture. It runs evenly on Windows or Unix-like platforms and shows its real power when associated to PostgreSQL/PostGIS.</p><br /><p>* Beginners can follow a simple workshop on CartoWeb by follwoing this link : http://cartoweb.org/cwiki/Foss4g07Lab</p><p>This is supported by good documents and presentations. <br /></p><br /><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-4088302-2";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 5/2/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "1680416211";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-1552812811183832222008-04-26T18:54:00.001+05:302008-05-03T00:20:31.869+05:30spatialnews on www.opengeospatial.org<b>This blog have a footprint on www.opengeospatial.org<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/newsletters/200710/#C3">http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/newsletters/200710/#C3</a><br /><br /></b><snip><b><br />NEWS AND OPINION FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE</b><br /><br />Below are some of the discussions of OGC specifications in the blogosphere since the last edition of this newsletter: <p>17 October: <a href="http://www.edparsons.com/?p=551" target="_blank" title="edparsons.com">Ed Parsons blogged</a> that, based on Microsoft rejoining OGC, "Along with the new support for KML in virtual earth, I would say that the geoweb is beginning to develop quite nicely!"</p> <p>10 October: <a href="http://spatialnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/search-for-public-wms-layers.html" target="_blank" title="spatialnews.blogspot.com">Ritesh Ambastha</a> identified a tool, "<a href="http://exploreourpla.net/gis/maps/" target="_blank" title="http://exploreourpla.net/gis/maps/">Explore Our Planet</a>," to search for public WMS layers. 30,000+ WMS layers from 200+ servers are indexed. Predefined searches are available for a quick look.</p> <p>30 September: Johannes Kebeck posted his paper "<a href="http://cid-42e1f70205ec8a96.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Integrating%20WMS%20in%20VE.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://cid-42e1f70205ec8a96.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Integrating%20WMS%20in%20VE.pdf">Integrating OGC-Compliant Web Mapping Services into Virtual Earth</a>" online for public access . His example is for Virtual Earth used as a WMS client (not server).</p><p></snip><br /></p><br /><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-4088302-2";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 5/2/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "1680416211";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-48406016571345184422008-04-14T19:22:00.001+05:302008-05-03T00:21:27.599+05:30Set Map Web GIS SolutionsSetMap is evolving as one of the best Web-GIS solution. <br /><br />Evolution of SetMap can be understood by looking at the evolution of Blogger. SetMap is planning to release the first version of Web-GIS solution with limited feature set. The way you feel your own space in a blog site, the way you can customize your blog site, you can do the same on SetMap. <br /><br />Features of SetMap:<br />1. For GIS-Data Providers. Now they can host their own web-based GIS solution using SetMap. They can customize L&F of their map, can share UGC's, etc.<br />2. No need of Google maps, Yahoo maps, etc. Enjoy the freedom of your "own maps"<br />3. Freedom of sharing Inter-user-generated-content<br />4. Host your mapping site with 4-5 clicks. Add your GIS data in few clicks, and feel the freedom<br />etc<br /><br />SetMap is set to launch the product free-of-cost in next couple of months.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-4088302-2";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-4784432978257506";<br />/* 728x90, created 5/2/08 */<br />google_ad_slot = "1680416211";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-31241788999697633642007-11-30T19:15:00.001+05:302007-11-30T19:16:03.718+05:30Welcome to Newsmap<span class="gray"> <ul><li>Clicking on a country/region retrieves news about that country.</li><li>Switch clickly to another continent by clicking on the continent links in the header.</li><li>Zooming in one level will retrieve news at the state/provincial level. </li><li>Currently state level news is available for US, Canada, UK(Home Nations) and Australia.</li><li>Zooming in a second time will retrieve city news for large cities.</li><li>Over 3000 large cities are in the database. </li><li>Zooming out again will retrieve news at the respective level.</li></ul>source:<br><a href="http://muti.co.za/static/newsmap.html">http://muti.co.za/static/newsmap.html</a><br> </span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-88434202290093512262007-11-30T19:11:00.001+05:302007-11-30T19:16:03.718+05:30Sachin Tendulkar's Journey<span class="text"><b><i><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Sachin Tendulkar's Journey to Record Breaking <br>Test Centuries on Google Maps<br></span></font></i></b></span> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="65" width="474"><col width="392"> <col width="82"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" height="33" nowrap valign="top"><span class="text"><b><i><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Begin by clicking Marker #1 or Marker #35. Once you close the popup <br>window, the map will recenter on to the next test century location.</span></font></i></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br>Source: <a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/cricket/sachintestrecord.html">http://www.mibazaar.com/cricket/sachintestrecord.html </a><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-74115316536600076102007-11-30T19:10:00.001+05:302007-11-30T19:16:03.719+05:30Men in blue mapped<a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/cricket/meninblue.html"><img src="http://mikepegg21.googlepages.com/indiagmm.jpg" style="border: medium none ; padding: 15px;" align="right"></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"> </span>Virender Ajmani maps the birthplaces of all players on the Indian National Cricket Team. Vital stats for each player and a YouTube video is available.<br><br>Source: <a href="http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/search/label/India">http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/search/label/India</a><br><br><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lastingnews.com/maps/maharashtra_terror.php"> <br></a></span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-54997372331878955822007-11-29T17:46:00.001+05:302008-05-02T23:18:55.948+05:30Yahoo Maps API<table class="refGrid" summary="Yahoo Maps Mashups" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/8zero2">8zero2</a></td><td>Easy to use mashup for finding Free and Pay WiFi hotspots in the US. Search by address or browse by double clicking on the map. Extensive listings. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/acid">Acid</a></td><td>Acid is an enhanced Yahoo Local Services processor. It is an interactive way to gather services data in the U.S. <br></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/acme-georss-map-viewer">ACME GeoRSS Map Viewer</a></td><td>This is a Google Maps app that displays Yahoo! Simple Maps files. It implements all of Yahoo!'s enhancements to GeoRSS, including address geocoding, plus a couple of things from basic RSS that Yahoo! missed. Use with your own GeoRSS and Yahoo Maps. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/ajax-map-comparison">Ajax Map Comparison</a></td><td>Map Compare allows you to evaluate which mapping service is best. All three maps are locked together so panning, zooming and changing map types will effect all maps the same. You can also use the tab pane to try out various map features. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/apartments-on-yahoo-maps">Apartments on Yahoo Maps</a></td><td>Craigslist apartment listings plotted on a map, with answers to real-estate and apartment-related questions for your city. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/batchgeocode.com">BatchGeocode.com</a></td><td>Geocode addresses in bulk, plot multiple locations to a single map. Built using Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Geocoding API. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/berkeley-area-doctors">Berkeley-area Doctors</a></td><td>Find doctors in the Berkeley CA area via very useful mashup of the Yahoo Maps API + screen scraped healthcare provider information. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/bitter-cyclist">Bitter Cyclist</a></td><td>See where to watch-out by viewing these details of bicycle accidents in San Francisco on a Yahoo Map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/blue-home-finder">Blue Home Finder</a></td><td>Search all single-family homes, condos, townhouses, and commercial properties for sale and for rent in Florida. All properties have both information and photos. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/blue-one-realty-related-directory">Blue One Realty Related Directory</a></td><td>Blue One Realty is a real estate related directory. It is based on Yahoo Maps and Flex. People can submit their real estate related web site and company. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/blueorganizer">blueorganizer</a></td><td>The blueorganizer is the smart browser extension for Firefox. With this organizer the web turns into everyday objects like books, cars, restaurants and movies. Collect things with 1 click, find new information and share what you find with your friends. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/california-state-park-finder">California State Park Finder</a></td><td>Want to find a California State Park? Select from a list of major areas including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Franciso to get a fully annotated Yahoo Map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/campus-based-mediation-services-locator-map">Campus-based Mediation Services Locator Map</a></td><td>This map plots more than 200 college campus-based mediation services using a list from <a href="http://www.campus-adr.org">www.campus-adr.org</a> <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/census-dashboard">Census Dashboard</a></td><td>A mashup using two StrikeIron APIs, Zip Code Information and Population Demographics By ZIP Code, plus Yahoo Maps to give detailed information for a specific US zip code. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/chicago-area-blogger-map">Chicago Area Blogger Map</a></td><td>Greg Gershman's mashup plotting Chicago-area bloggers. <br> </td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/cityserver">CityServer</a></td><td>Allows you to plot multiple Yahoo Services, in multiple categories, on a Yahoo Flash map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/cityslick"> CitySlick</a></td><td>Unique mapping search interface and drill-down, with lots of links to local resources. Builds a US city information profile from over 20,000 cities in the United States. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/columbia-sc-bike-map">Columbia SC Bike Map</a></td><td>Yahoo's description: Bike maps require back roads and out-of-the-way rest stops on roads don't have names or details for a rest stop. Elena did a Mashup that works around all those issues. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/cooqy">Cooqy</a></td><td>A novel Flash-based interface to search eBay. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/cpi-media-tracker"> CPI Media Tracker</a></td><td>From the Well Connected project at The Center for Public Integrity, the Media Tracker is an online database that, aside from mapping broadcast towers, provides an array of data on the reach and influence of companies that control the flow of information. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/cryofinders">CryoFinders</a></td><td>CryoFinders lets you track flight status, flight departures, flight arrivals, airport delays and other flight and airport information in real time. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/dynamic-visitor-map">Dynamic Visitor Map</a></td><td>A dynamic Yahoo Map displaying the physical locations of site visitors. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/earthquakes-in-last-7-days">Earthquakes in Last 7 Days</a></td><td>Real-time, worldwide earthquake list for the past 7 days on Flash-based Yahoo Map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/easy-one-loan-and-home-values">Easy One Loan and Home Values</a></td><td>Mashup of Zillow and Yahoo Maps as supplement to online mortgage service. <br> </td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/egowalk">eGoWalk</a></td><td>Flickr photos + Yahoo! Maps. Click on a city to see your Flickr contacts and then hover over icons to get details. <br></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/epartyguide.com">ePartyGuide.com</a></td><td>Nationwide bar, night club, and restaurant reviews. Use this map based search engine to find nightlife across the country. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/equidistant-eats">Equidistant Eats</a></td><td>Enter 2 or 3 addresses and find centrally located restaurants to them. Marker popups include address and phone number info. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/extreme-webcams">Extreme Webcams</a></td><td>Find skiing and windsurfing webcams with this mashup integrating live webcam pictures with the Yahoo! Flash API. Nice use a banding widget to draw zoom area. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/findjira">FindJira</a></td><td>Multi-search engine, searches within many engines and web services and returns information grouped by relevance and media. Uses FindJira framework, open source middleware that simplifies search from different sources. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/flash-earth">Flash Earth</a></td><td>Zoomable mashup of Google Maps, Virtual Earth and other satellite imagery through a Flash application. Try rotating the compass or building a permanent link to a location. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/flex-yahoo-maps-and-rss-feeds">Flex, Yahoo Maps, and RSS Feeds</a></td><td>Demonstration of a mashup using Yahoo Maps and the new AS3 Communications Kit for Flex 2. Maps GeoRSS or RSS feeds directly onto a map as well as displaying traffic or weather data. Source code available. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/florida-real-estate">Florida Real Estate</a></td><td>BLUE ONE Realty real estate. Search homes in Florida. Search homes, condos, townhouses, and commercial properties by MLS or by city. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/gametripping.com-ballpark-guide">GameTripping.com Ballpark Guide</a></td><td>GameTripping.com lets you to share and collect your experiences visiting ballparks across the US. Features a guide and gallery powered by Yahoo Maps and Flickr. Ballpark Collection shows an array of all ballparks, highlighting ones you have reviewed. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/gangstamap">GangstaMap</a></td><td>Interactive theme your own gangsta map using Yahoo Flash Maps and Google Video. Mashup Camp 3 contest entry. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/geosuggest">Geo!Suggest</a></td><td>Geo!Suggest = Yahoo Geocoding API + AJAX. Geo!Suggest, an AJAX interface for the Yahoo! Maps Geocoding API showcases how flexible the Yahoo! Geocoding API is in working with limited input and returning results with floating response level. Source code of <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/geotagthings">Geotagthings</a></td><td>Simple spatial bookmarking. Use a delicious style bookmarklet system to tag any url with location information. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/geourl-yahoo-mapping">GeoURL Yahoo Mapping</a></td><td>Interesting application, or hack as author Premshree Pillai says, that shows you sites close to a given URL. Go to GeoURL.org for more examples. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/google-vs-yahoo-maps">Google vs Yahoo Maps</a></td><td>A nice way to see the any location side-by-side in Google and Yahoo Maps. Even dragging one map drags the other. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/home-locator">Home Locator</a></td><td>Search real estate listings with photos and maps. Winner of the Adobe Flex Developer Derby. <br></td></tr><tr><td> <a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/homethinking">Homethinking</a></td><td>Homethinking monitors real estate transactions to know what each agent has done and also customer reviews about the job they did. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/homevalence.com">homeValence.com</a></td><td>Web site dedicated to housing appreciation rates. Several mapping mashups being developed but currently available to registered users only. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/hungry-service">Hungry Service</a></td><td>Send an SMS to find restaurants offering special deals in your location, then make reservations. Integrates with <a href="http://TopTable.co.uk">TopTable.co.uk</a> data. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/iamcaltrain">iamcaltrain</a></td><td>Good use of Yahoo! Maps + Flickr to show CalTrain route and schedule data with station photos. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/ipod-directions">iPod Directions</a></td><td>Get driving directions on your iPod Video, Nano or Photo. Enter starting and ending address, verify, then export. Supports Mac and Windows. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/iway">iWay</a></td><td>Use your iPod as your guide through this service that creates downloadable iPod-friendly directions from Yahoo Maps. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/jauntlet">Jauntlet</a></td><td>Jauntlet is a tool for travelers to add travel plans and maps to many popular sites including MySpace, Facebook, and Blogger. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/jobsnfeeds">JobsnFeeds</a></td><td>Jobs, feeds, and maps to get you the job. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/libraries411"> Libraries411</a></td><td>Find public libraries in the US and Canada. Data for more than 20,000 libraries available. Choose Yahoo or Google Maps. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/lime-local"> LIME Local</a></td><td>Community-generated directory of Green places. Users are asked to submit and share environmentally friendly, sustainable and healthy businesses and services. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/local-ebay-auctions">Local eBay Auctions</a></td><td>Save on shipping with this Yahoo Maps + eBay mashup to show auctions within your local zip code. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/looklocal">LookLOCAL</a></td><td>LookLOCAL is a unique online mapping and local search service. View over 6,000 traffic cams, view travel related KML files and import your own, search or get directions, and compare Google Maps, Yahoo Local Maps, and Live Search Maps. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/map-of-bucharest">Map of Bucharest</a></td><td>A comprehensive map of sites in the city of Bucharest, Romania. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/mapbuilder"> MapBuilder</a></td><td>Online tool to generate code for Google and Yahoo maps. Does not required knowledge of the APIs or JavaScript. Share your own maps and explore maps created by others. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/mappington">Mappington</a></td><td>A user-created atlas of the world. Search for a place and see maps, photos, videos, articles, and user opinions of that place. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/maps-by-idelix">Maps by IDELIX</a></td><td>Google Maps, Yahoo Local Maps, and Windows Live Local all in one location. Search for businesses, get directions, explore and discover using patented lensing technology from IDELIX. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/maps-for-photos-and-wikipedia">Maps for Photos and Wikipedia</a></td><td>Find various US locations and get weather forecasts, Wikipedia geo articles and Flickr photos. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/metromash">MetroMash</a></td><td>Yahoo Maps, Local Search, Traffic Reports and Upcoming Events all mashed together. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/mile-calculator"> Mile Calculator</a></td><td>Allows users to drag a path using the mouse on a mapped location and finds the miles or kilometers traversed over it. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/mobile-gmaps"> Mobile GMaps</a></td><td>Mobile GMaps is an application that displays Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Windows Live Local and <a href="http://Ask.com">Ask.com</a> Maps and satellite imagery on Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones, PDAs and other devices. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/molu-the-search-spider-places">Molu The Search Spider Places</a></td><td>Developed as an add-on to the search engine, Molu, enter a city and then view it mapped, along with Flickr photos, Wikipedia entries, weather, YouTube videos, and more about the location. Print the image on a custom goodie. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/motelpoint">MotelPoint</a></td><td>Extensive motel and accommodation directory. Find information on more than 12,385 motels and 47,831 accommodations. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/mp3-artistserver-music-map">MP3 ArtistServer Music Map</a></td><td>You can browse and listen to music using a map. If you join ArtistSerer.com you can download the music for free. A listing of nearly 150 musical genres on left, a map and chat window on right. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/musictonic">MusicTonic</a></td><td>Slick music information mashup with photos, videos and news. Search or browse artists by name or genre. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/nationwide-what-you-need-map">Nationwide What You Need Map</a></td><td>Yahoo! hacker Mike Heideman pulls a lot franchises together under one roof of Americana - fast food, wifi, diesel, hotel, and car rentals. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/newsmapr">NewsMapr</a></td><td>Browse the most popular news stories by category using Yahoo Maps. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/nurse-facility-locator">Nurse Facility Locator</a></td><td>Searchable application for nurse recruitment campaign. Users can narrow results with multiple search parameters and are provided with facility information, a map, demographics and the ability to save sites as favorites. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/nyc-movie-locations">NYC Movie Locations</a></td><td>Scenes From the City is a great mashup. Find the locations of iconic Made in NY films with the Yahoo Map made for the 40th Anniversary of the Mayors Office of Film. Lots of ways to search including director and scene type. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/ocarto-a-meta-map-mashup">ocarto a meta map mashup</a></td><td>Cool way to create and save your own hybrid maps using several mapping APIs. This mashup layers Google, Yahoo, MS Virtual Earth, and Terraserver maps into one interface - similar to the way Photoshop layers work. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/official-flickr-map">Official Flickr Map</a></td><td>Millions of Flickr photos have been geotagged and placed on a Yahoo Map. Uses the recently added Geo features of Flickr. Add a special tag for photos from <a href="http://Upcoming.org">Upcoming.org</a> events and they will be linked to that page automatically. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/ojor.com">Ojor.com</a></td><td>World Community, travel, photos, videos. Data from Yahoo Maps, Yahoo Travel, Flickr and YouTube. <br></td> </tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/parentography">Parentography</a></td><td>Map-based parenting community. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/phonebackr">PhoneBackr </a></td><td>PhoneBackr is a mashup that acts like a searchable reverse telephone directory. PhoneBackr simulates the functions of a reverse elephone directory using search data and various APIs. The results are then rendered on a Yahoo Flash Map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/potrero-hill-crime-map">Potrero Hill Crime Map</a></td><td>Crime mashup of the upscale San Francisco neighborhood. <br></td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/provincial-capitals-of-canada">Provincial Capitals of Canada</a></td><td>can quiz you on your knowledge of Provincial Capitals of Canada. See if you can guess the name before you click on each icon. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/rdf-calendar">RDF Calendar</a></td><td>RDF Calendar, which is a typical Events handling application, now supports Google Calendar API. It can retrieve events information from Google Calendar, eventful, and <a href="http://upcoming.org">upcoming.org</a>, can can map events. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/red-vs-blue-media">Red vs Blue Media</a></td><td>Choose your news stories based on your political preferences. Newspaper articles will appear spread on the US map in red or blue. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/runningmap.com">RunningMap.com</a></td><td>Plot a path on a map and the distance is calculated. Locations across North America are supported. Handy measurement tool for running or walking. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/san-diego-road-construction">San Diego Road Construction</a></td><td>A Yahoo Map of the San Diego road construction projects with details, cost estimates and completion date. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/san-diego-trolley-map">San Diego Trolley Map</a></td><td>Jeffrey McManus from Yahoo!'s Developer Network created this nice interactive map of San Diego's trolleys. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/san-francisco-traffic-cams">San Francisco Traffic Cams</a></td><td>Collection of traffic webcams plotted on a Yahoo! Map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/scheedule"> Scheedule</a></td><td>Scheedule is a registration website that allows students to schedule for classes by showing them all of their possible schedules. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/schmap-customizable-widgets">Schmap Customizable Widgets</a></td><td>Customizable widgets that combine maps with photos and points of interest like restaurants, hotels, attractions, and shops for 200 destinations throughout the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/seattle-italian-food">Seattle Italian Food</a></td><td>in the Captitol Hill neighborhood. From <a href="http://food206.com/">food206</a>. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/sf-bay-area-home-sales">SF Bay Area Home Sales</a></td><td>From Yahoo Maps: Jamie Glenn plotted home sales data for 200+ zip codes in the Bay Area from May 2004 to May 2005. Blue means going up month over month, orange means going down. Click on them to see the year over year details. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/sf-caltrain-map">SF Caltrain Map</a></td><td>Click on station location to get details including full schedules. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/small-yahoo-maps-in-flex"> Small Yahoo Maps in Flex</a></td><td>Demonstrates the workaround provided by Yahoo for using Maps in Flex 2. Uses some sample code as base and adds some simple features like plotting geoRSS, regular RSS, and traffic and weather by zip code. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/sms-geoblogging-service">SMS GeoBlogging Service</a></td><td>Blog based on your location. Users can request posts based on their location or subscribe to RSS feeds. It also provides a way for users to enrich their blogs with Yahoo Pipes. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/soccer-fields-in-phoenix">Soccer Fields in Phoenix</a></td><td>A Yahoo! Map to help players and parents plan their soccer outings. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/stuff-a-blog">Stuff a Blog</a></td><td>This webapp for bloggers to create content-rich blog posts. Type in keywords, select content, and it returns the HTML. Returns relevant data from Flickr, Yahoo Maps, Amazon and others. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/table-tennis-tourney-map">Table Tennis Tourney Map</a></td><td>From Yahoo Maps: Here is a mashup plotting the USATT-sanctioned table tennis tournaments in Pacific Region by Sudhish Iyer. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/tagmaps">TagMaps</a></td><td>TagMaps is a toolkit to visualize text geographically on a map. Check out the sample applications, where we use Flickr tags on a map to build a world exploration tool. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/thailand-details">Thailand Details</a></td><td>Shows 76 Changwats in 6 zones of Thailand. Provides information in Thai. <br></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/the-center-of-silicon-valley">The Center of Silicon Valley</a></td><td>Toni Schneider mapped the 10 most valuable Silicon Valley tech company locations and then computed their average location weighted by stock market valuation. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/townkings">TownKings</a></td><td>Map and local based social community. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/townpup-uk-village-guide"> TownPup UK Village Guide</a></td><td>The most lovable pooch in the UK is collared up and barking at the door, ready to take you on a mashed-up guided tour of United Kingdom towns and villages. It is built on an <a href="http://ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> 2.0 and SQL Server 2005, and uses APIs from Flickr and Eventful. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/trip-organizer">Trip Organizer</a></td><td>A 360 degree view of a location while organizing a vacation or business trip. Uses 8 different APIs. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/u.s.-of-ajax">U.S. of Ajax</a></td><td>The United States of Ajax allows you to visit 20,261 Cities within 3,140 Counties in the United States. Data is available for each State, County and City. Dozens of data sources linked. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/unthirsty.com">Unthirsty.com</a></td><td>Happy hour finder mashup with Google Maps. Happy hours sortable by drink specials, food specials, wifi, and patios. Also, what is happening right now. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/usguidez">USGuidez</a></td><td>Guide to events, attractions and businesses for cities across the United States. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/verkoops.com-search"> Verkoops.com Search</a></td><td><a href="http://Verkoops.com">Verkoops.com</a> is a search engine for classified ads. You can search products, jobs, housing, and more using a novel faceted search interface. <a href="http://Verkoops.com">Verkoops.com</a> allows users to search by keywords or use a dynamic navigation control. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/weather-bonk">Weather Bonk</a></td><td>Rich mashup with live weather, forecasts, webcams, and more on a Google Map. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/wildfires-in-california"> Wildfires in California</a></td><td>Presents wildfire news stories, using a map. Uses Yahoo Pipes to offer RSS feeds from southern California newspapers, Flickr, and MSN video of the disaster. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/worldgeomap">WorldGeoMap</a></td><td>Click anywhere on the world map and drill down for country, state, city, and street geo data. <br></td> </tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/yahoo-mapmixer">Yahoo MapMixer</a></td><td>Allows other maps to be layered over a Yahoo. Map to show additional detail of a location. Now you can mix together the detail of a point-of-interest map — such as airports, college campuses, sports arenas, historic maps and others. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/yahoo-maps-widget">Yahoo Maps Widget</a></td><td>Official Yahoo Map widget for Yahoo Widgets. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/yahoo-weatheryahoo-maps"> Yahoo Weather+Yahoo Maps</a></td><td>Get the weather via this all-Yahoo! mashup. <br></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/yahoo-apis-example-with-code">Yahoo! APIs Example with Code</a></td><td> Example Yahoo! Map with overlay of Local and Traffic information. With link to article on how this was programmed. By Dan Theurer. <br></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-4088302-2";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177372661380294884.post-78302062862536678312007-11-27T19:00:00.001+05:302007-11-30T19:16:03.719+05:30Location Masti<p class="pagetitle"><a href="http://mobiance.com/func/location-masti.htm">http://mobiance.com/func/location-masti.htm</a><br></p> <p class="pagecaption"> Mobiance announces "Location Masti" - inviting all hackers for a month long celebration of innovation, creativity and technology. </p> <p class="pagesubcaption">Location Masti is an opportunity for hackers to use Mobiance's pioneering mobile location technology with other sources of data/ APIs and build innovative applications</p> <p class="pagehl2">What</p> <p>Location Masti is a location hack event to build innovative mashups based on Location based services using Mobiance's location technology. The event organized by Mobiance is aimed at exploring the countless avenues to build useful and relevant location aware applications by hackers in a spirit of innovation, creativity and <em>masti</em>.</p> <p> Mobiance will be inviting hackers to take part in this 30 day event building innovative location enabled applications in the fields of social networking, navigation, local search and a whole lot more. In addition to Mobiance's unique technology to determine the location of mobile phones, hackers can aggregate multiple sources of data, make use of various available APIs and tools to deliver their next "killer" application!</p> <p> Registrations would be open on the 1st of December, 2007. The event will stretch for a period of 30 days from 15th January, 2008 where the developers will be able to use Mobiance's location feeds and build applications that are useful and relevant to individuals by using their location. </p> <p class="pagehl2">When</p> <p>Announcement of Location Masti: 26th November, 2007 </p> <p>Registrations: 1st December, 2007 to 31st December, 2007 </p> <p>Event run dates: 15th January, 2008 to 15th February, 2008</p> <p>Final demo and submission: 15th February, 2008</p> <p>Announcement of results: 1st March, 2008</p> <p>Live pilots with winning applications: Second quarter 2008 </p> <p class="pagehl2">How</p> <p>Hackers at Location Masti will have simulated location feeds of 20 people available through a web service that they can use in building their applications. The web service will allow requests for both real time location and the archived location of the person at every quarter of an hour for the past day for use by the applications.</p> <p> If the participants would like to have live location of privacy approved phones instead of simulated feeds, Location Masti allows that too. Just a form to be submitted online and the location feed will be available.</p> <p>Details of Mobiance's Location feed APIs and web services will be made available to registered hackers at the time of registration. <br> </p> <p><strong> Participation </strong></p> <p>Location Masti is open to all people above 15 years of age and who are accepted by Mobiance as "hackers". Hackers can participate </p> <ul><li>as individual "hacker" or </li><li>as a "team" of hackers with upto 10 members. Hackers can belong to only one team. </li><li>Corporate hackers may join in the fun </li></ul> <p><strong>Number of entries </strong></p> <p>Hackers or teams can submit any number of hacks but will need to specify their hacks at the time of registration. </p> <p><strong>Accessing Mobiance location Feed </strong></p> <p>Hackers will be provided a unique access code for each application at the time of registration. This code will be needed to access Mobiance's APIs and/or web services by the applications. Hackers will be required to maintain the privacy of this access code. </p> <p><strong>Submission of entries </strong></p> <p>The hackers can make their application available through a URL for demo purposes subject to presentation rules. For submission of entries, the code will have to be uploaded with documentation and instructions through a mechanism communicated to the hackers by Mobiance. </p> <p> </p> <p class="pagehl">We are <a href="http://www.twitter.com/locationmasti">locationmasti</a> on twitter.<br> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/locationmasti">Follow us</a> for updates and announcements.</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0