Marines to use Web maps in Iraq murder case (North County Times)
CAMP PENDLETON ---- Jurors in the upcoming trial of a Marine corporal accused of killing an Iraqi civilian will be allowed to view computerized aerial maps from the popular Google Earth program to help them see the geographic layout of the scene, a military judge ruled Wednesday....more...Yahoo! Maps Gets an Upgrade, Now Includes European Ins and Outs (Search Engine Journal)
Beginning Wednesday, Yahoo?s online mapping service will now include the ins and outs of 34 European countries. In an Associated Press report via Yahoo Tech News, the upgrade Yahoo Maps will be utilizing new mapping software that could feature more landmarks that would help US travelers find their way through the European cities that [...]...more... Portable Navigation Device features 4.3 in. touch screen. (ThomasNet)
Preloaded with US and Canadian maps, TomTom ONE XL gives drivers access to TomTom PLUS services such as real-time traffic and weather reports, updates on road conditions, and TomTom Buddies feature. Traffic-ready solution comes with QuickGPSfix software for connection with GPS satellites and route calculation. Users can also take advantage of TomTom HOME to manage, download, store, and transfer ......more... Google takes search to next level (Guardian Unlimited)
The 'universal search' merges videos, news, maps and images. By Andrew Clark in California....more... Citigroup Sees Google Reaching $600, Praises Introduction of 'Universal Search' (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
FP Trading Desk submits: Google Inc. shares are again climbing towards the US$500 mark after jumping more than 3% on Wednesday after the company announced moves toward its universal search model....more... Show us the way to Dylan's Milk Wood (NewsWales)
Two of Carmarthenshire?s longest serving and much loved tourist information officers are calling it day. With a combined service of more than 40 years of telling people where to go, 63-year-old Joan Lewis and Bethan Richards, 60 soon, are folding up their maps....more... Seeking more traffic, Google widens format (Boston Globe)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc., the world's most popular Internet search engine, introduced a "universal search" application yesterday that blends video, images, news, books, maps, and local search results -- all on one page....more... Google Marches Toward Universal Search (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Beginning today, Google is starting down a path toward integrating search information from previously disparate sources like books, Web sites, video, maps, news, and more....more... Discovery 05/15/07 (Arts Journal)
Could Audio Maps Help Us Navigate? Most of us look at maps to find our way around. But maybe we could also locate where we are with our ears. A new interactive computer program tries it. "It paints a picture of a city, not with images, but with sounds....more... |