Now we work with our satellite imagery providers, local organizations and other external data providers to help them embrace open standards such as a standard called the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
Real Estate has added maps with satellite imagery so house hunters can easily see where homes for sale or rentals are located and their proximity to roads and other landmarks. Local allows users to also see "inside information" about their...
To that end, the company has an ambitious product roadmap and has been making significant investments in the area, most recently buying Vexcel Corp.a Colorado-based company that provides radar, satellite, mapping and "photogrammetric solutions.
Yahoo's Farechase Adds Features - Yahoo has announced that its Farechase travel service is "generally available," with a number of new features including integration with Yahoo web search, a social search tool called Trip Planner that enables...
The combination of online maps, satellite and aerial imagery and real estate have spawned some fascinating and useful search sites, allowing you to visit virtual properties all around the world. With the release of Google Maps and Google Earth last...
Hot: Real Estate Industry Uses of Satellite/Aerial Imagery - The combo of online maps, satellite/aerial imagery, and real estate are a hot combo these days. New Mashup Combines Public Library Location Info with Google and Yahoo Maps - If you live...
The combo of online maps, satellite/aerial imagery, and real estate are a hot combo these days. GlobeXplorer a company that provides a variety of satellite and aerial imagery services to both consumers and real estate professionals.
Unlike the web-based Google Local service, results are minimal, featuring maps or satellite imagery. There is no hybrid view combining maps with satellite images that you'll find on the web version of Google Local.
Having the ability to seamlessly zoom and pan on satellite imagery of virtually the entire planet is just plain cool. You can do a lot with the program, including saving "placemarks" annotated with detailed information about a location, and even...
Google Earth's vivid satellite imagery has a serious goshwow factor, but the program also offers a lot of useful tools and data sharing features that make it a terrific research and learning resource.
A couple of people emailed me asking if I knew of a specialized database where they could download (for free) high-quality satellite and aerial imagery. Remember, the imagery that's available for one location might now be available for another.
MSN has offered satellite imagery with maps with its local search results for quite some time. Clicking on a search result opens an information box on the map or satellite image you're currently viewing.
Google Earth is a standalone application that's essentially an enhanced and upgraded version of its Keyhole 3D satellite imagery product. The application is a "console" with controls allowing you manipulate 3D satellite imagery of the Earth in a...
But Google's integration of satellite images with maps is far slicker than the offering from Mapquest, with much more up to date imagery thanks to Google's acquisition of Keyhole in October 2004. An entirely different approach to finding and...
TerraServer http://www.terraserver.com/ TerraServer is a huge, freely accessible database of satellite imagery that's growing by additional 5,000 square kilometers each day. For example, TerraServer has a huge database of aerial and satellite...
TerraServer http://www.terraserver.com/ TerraServer is a huge, freely accessible database of satellite imagery that's growing by additional 5,000 square kilometers each day. For example, TerraServer has a huge database of aerial and satellite...
