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| Subject: | RE: [gislist] google maps |
| Date: |
02/16/2005 09:35:01 AM |
| From: |
Bill Thoen |
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Tim Smith wrote:
> Who develops them?
For a hint, check out Adena Schutzberg's article in Directions Magazine:
The Technology Behind Google Maps
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=760&trv=1&PHPSESSID=9629ada14945ab4798754c27c96196c1
It's also intereting to note who's sponsoring it too (MapQuest,
MapPoint...)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
> [mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen
> Sent: 16 February 2005 14:40
> To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
> Subject: RE: [gislist] google maps
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> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Michael Gould wrote:
>
> > Yes, another example of how, when you want to paint fast maps on the
> > screen, you don't need a heavy GIS-based solution behind the scenes,
> only a
> > clever programmer. Terraserver demonstrated this several years back:
> lots
> > of server power and lots of GBs, but a simple concept for retrieval
> and
> > visualization. The swiss map is even simpler, because they manage
> fewer
> > possible tiles.
>
> Makes you wonder why most of the major popular GIS applications
> (Mapquest, MapPoint, Terraserver, and now Google) are being developed by
> companies not known for their GIS capabilities.
>
> - Bill Thoen
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