Renaissance painters used principles of perspective to imagine what
cities looked like from above, but no one knew for sure until
photographer James Wallace Black went up over Boston in a hot-air
balloon in 1860. The military saw ...READ»
BMW was one of the first car manufacturers to integrate the iPod into its car designs. It was also one of the first to integrate the iPhone. Keeping with that love of all things Apple, BMW is planning to introduce integration with the iPad at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.READ»
A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ»
Ghengis Khan shook up the world in the 12th Century, and now in the 21st Century Neal Stephenson's novel about him may shake up the publishing world: It's partly interactive, partly social media, and wholly digital.
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Apple quietly acquired Québec-based Poly9, which makes 3D web-based maps similar to those of Google and Bing Maps. Is Apple about to launch its own competitor?READ»
Artist Molly Dilworth wins a competition to paint over the recently pedestrianized square; the soothing blues that will supposedly cool the streets down.READ»
Unfulfilled by a decadent career in the nightlife industry, Scott Harrison founded charity: water and now gives 100% of money raised to fresh water projects around the world and teaches sustainability to the communities in need.READ»
The New York Times's Lens photography blog posted their version of Google Earth: one moment in time captured by users across the globe, presented in an interactive spinning globe covered by stacks of photographs. Mesmerizing.READ»
Google Maps is the undoubtedly the king of online mapping. With directions for bikers, walkers, public transit users, as well as traffic and street views, Maps can get you anywhere. Now, Google is taking the Maps user...READ»
Google Earth isn't just about the land anymore--Google expanded their "ocean" layer and officially added it to the default view for all Google Earth users.READ»
Often referred to as Google's "gatekeeper," Marissa Mayer is the company's VP of search product and user experience. Mayer determines which of the company engineers' free-time projects should become Google products.READ»
Sheesh, is this going to be Microsoft's enduring attitude? See something that's popular, copy it, try to make it a little better? I mean, there's Zune, Xbox, Bing, Bing Maps...the list goes on, but the newest addition is WorldWide Telescope.READ»
Google Earth is always a bit of a curio--appealing to the voyeur inside all of us a little, as well as tapping into some vague educational vein. It's just got a whole lot more curious though, with under-sea and WWII layers that'll ...READ»
To cope with a natural disaster, you'll probably want food, shelter,
and clothing. But what you really need, according to University of
Georgia geographer Marguerite Madden, is ... geomatics? "For a long
time, it was hard to ...READ»
