mapping
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Aussie Geocaching And The Treasure Hunt Bug
Think of geocaching as a high-tech hide and seek: using a GPS receiver (like your phone) to find waterproof containers hidden at particular coordinates. It’s not about the trinkets you’ll find, it’s about the thrill of the hunt, adding your name to the log book and geeking out with statistics. What are you up to…
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Google Maps Gets Offline Mobile Access And 3D Capabilities
Google Maps today announced it is rolling out offline maps for mobile and improving the 3D capabilities of its maps via aerial data. It’s a major overhaul, one that comes in the face of Google reportedly losing one of its biggest partners.
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Twitter And Flickr Light Up The Planet
People love visualising internet usage, mostly because it’s very pretty. But photographer and NYT tech editor Eric Fischer’s outdone himself with perhaps the prettiest one of all, mesmeroisingly mapping Flickr and Twitter use across the dark surface of the Earth.
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Sadly, The WhereIs Car Isn’t Actually Taking Streetview Footage
Over the past couple of months, a few readers have sent us in photos of the Sensis WhereIs trucks, driving around the country with five cameras mounted to their roof and a computer rack sitting in the boot, leading them to think that WhereIs is on the verge of launching an Australian StreetView competitor. Sadly,…