Google enables Indians to build maps of their villages, cities September 21, 2008
Posted by Bahadir Sahin in English, Haber (News).Tags: digital mapping, india digital maps
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For a vast country which lacks adequately detailed maps for many of its areas, India is now finding an unexpected solution in the form of the Google Map Maker.
Google recently extended its ‘map maker’ service to India and has, within three weeks of its launch, drawn quite some attention to it in cyberspace.
Supporters of the project started sending messages out via the net, urging friends and colleagues to create their own detailed maps — by adding details of features in the villages or urban areas where they live.
Google Map Maker is a new service from the Mountain View, California-based Internet search giant. It is an attempt to expand the service currently offered by Google Maps.
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GeoEye signs deal to provide imagery to Google August 29, 2008
Posted by Bahadir Sahin in English, Haber (News).Tags: digital mapping, geographical information systems, spatial analysis tools, spatial imagery
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GeoEye Inc on Thursday said it will provide imagery from its new $502 million high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to Google Earth and Google Maps after the spacecraft is launched on September 4.
GeoEye spokesman Mark Brender said the Google logo was on the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will launch the new satellite, which will provide the highest resolution commercial color imagery available on the market.
“Google is interested in collecting the highest quality satellite imagery available and as a symbol of this commitment has agreed to put the company logo on the first stage of our launch vehicle,” Brender said.
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