|
|
| GeoCommunity Mailing List |
| |
| Mailing List Archives |
| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Google Maps / Earth : Microsoft Virtual Earth :
Yahoo Maps, etc. |
| Date: |
03/05/2007 11:55:00 AM |
| From: |
Tripp Corbin |
|
|
Leica Geo Systems is working on a similar solution that combines aspects if an instant messager, photo album, my space, Google Earth, and napster for GIS data. I have played with a prebeta version and it seems to have some great potential.
Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4013
(678) 417-8785 fax
Keck & Wood, Inc offers instructor led and virtual training for ESRI's ArcGIS & ArcView software.
Please visit www.keckwood.com for more information including a schedule of upcoming classes.
________________________________
From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com on behalf of JeffreyGHarrison@aol.com
Sent: Mon 3/5/2007 11:56 AM
To: ajq3@spatialnetworks.com: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
Subject: Re: [gislist] Google Maps / Earth : Microsoft Virtual Earth :Yahoo Maps, etc.
Yes, it is possible for Google to do this. I am so glad folks are finally
realizing it.
This one of the reasons we have started more democratic ways for people to
share location content while not giving it up to a third party - see
_www.echomyplace.com_ (http://www.echomyplace.com) for an example of a beta p2p
application.
Regards,
Jeff
Jeff Harrison | CEO | The Carbon Project | _www.thecarbonproject.com_
(http://www.thecarbonproject.com/) | _info@thecarbonproject.com_
(mailto:info@thecarbonproject.com)
In a message dated 3/1/2007 7:49:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ajq3@spatialnetworks.com writes:
List,
While we continue to research this and attempt to get the straight n skinny
from the aforementioned service providers, here's a question that is
puzzling us: When a 3rd party content provider splashes their location
content on Google Maps (for example, but the question applies to all the
above), what part of the content gets transmitted to Google's servers?
Stated differently, is it possible, probable or otherwise reality, that
Google can passively capture the X,Y values of content, as well as all other
attributes of a content database (such as address, phone, fax, digital
picture, etc.) that the 3rd party content owner displays on Google's maps ?
For example, there is a neat company in Europe called Panoramio, they
provide a way for members to upload digital pictures along with captions,
etc. of places they visit, to a photo sharing site. They also provide a way
to locate those pictures on Google Maps / Earth, and essentially, the
coordinates are then affixed to the digital photo to show the location of
the picture on demand when it is viewed by the general public. Now, is it
possible that this digital photograph (which is by nature, copyrighted) is
retained or otherwise "added" to Google's digital content collection by the
act of displaying the picture over Google Maps using Google Maps site ?
Google may say that it does not own the content, and in fact there are legal
issues here, but I am seeking a technical answer of "is it possible or not",
and if not by Google, is it possible by an army of others, that perhaps have
little moral or legal obstacles to pirating proprietary geospatial (or
other) content from internet-based sites like Google, Yahoo Maps, VE, etc. ?
What prevents the provider (google) or other 3rd parties from reverse
engineering a content database and claiming it as their own ?
Best Regards,
Anthony Quartararo
Spatial NetWorks, Inc.
"geography: the science of everything"
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist
_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/
<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free
email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at
http://www.aol.com.
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist
_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist
_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/
|
|
Sponsored by:
For information
regarding
advertising rates
Click Here!
|
