Man those guys in Quebec should be ecstatic .... they are moving from arctic to the beach!
Anyway, google still offers the best maps experience in my opinion. I just like the look of their map overlays better then MS or mapquest. Plus google offers street view (I think MS does too though not sure) and I don't think these guys do.
It would also be pretty hard for apple to really challenge google in maps since google already has a vast database of businesses and APIs. They offer walking, biking, public transit directions and even turn by turn navigation. Doing all of this once again by apple will be a time consuming process.
If apple wants to distance away from Google so much they can switch to Bing Maps. (I would still prefer Google maps though).
I can just see Google "people" walking into such places, helmet cam and all And will Google actually ask permission to shoot inside or are they going to break into property, akin to what they did in the wifi intrusion fiasco?
Oh yea, I saw that on TED a while back. Looks pretty interesting. They were talking about using augmented reality to help you find the shop and tell you what the prices / menu are like.
Oh yea, I saw that on TED a while back. Looks pretty interesting. They were talking about using augmented reality to help you find the shop and tell you what the prices / menu are like.
I can just see Google "people" walking into such places, helmet cam and all And will Google actually ask permission to shoot inside or are they going to break into property, akin to what they did in the wifi intrusion fiasco?
No no they get permission. It's actually good for business in a way. Think about it, if you're someone looking around at the city you're going to visit next week, and you find a restaurant, you go in, and it looks awesome, what are the chances you might stop by to see it in person? I think it's pretty cool, but I'm sure there will be many store owners who opt out.
Google screwed with the wrong company. Apple will slowly replace Google Maps and later even their search engine with better more up to date products and turn Google into the next MS..
it amazes me how many people have NO IDEA how absolutely enormous Google is, AND how GOOD their software and hardware solutions are. NOTHING beats Google maps - traffic integration, streetview, the sheer number of listed businesses. Apple, start your photocopiers.
still, GMaps is an insignificant sliver of a fraction of a percent of what Google is doing. there's Android, WebSearch, YouTube, 138 public brick and mortar corporations, Google is working on 1Gbps connections to your home. Google is hosting every image taken for the Human Genome Project. GCloud, More than one million data centers around the world, massive [and i mean massive by server farm standards] offshore-ocean water cooled server farms.
Google.org has spent more than a billion dollars to create awareness about climate change, global public health, and global poverty. the only awareness Apple raises about global poverty is when workers in it's factories commit suicide.
the only way Google will turn into the next MS is that they will have a 95% market share of the Mobile OS market. [don't get me wrong, i'll still be on iOS, but don't kid yourself about Google.]
I was reading how google's taking it a step further, taking photos of the insides of shops and restaurants in cities so you can actually click on a place and see what it's like inside...
The question I have about street view is how often are they going to update it. I recently noticed that there are newer aerial photos of my neighborhood on Google Maps so they have updated that at least once, but the street view photos which only recently went online are more than two years old in our case. I wonder if a restaurant were to remodel or improved their furnishings if they could request an update from Google.
Why do you even bother watching your CPU? If the Flash application is working, just use it. That is like the people watching their cell signal bars. It doesn't matter how few bars you have as long as you can make calls.
Uhm, maybe the Flash application was NOT working well and he wanted to see what the problem was???
Ok, now do you have an answer that's truthful? Not the same misinformation being spread over and over?
Lets look at the facts: Adobe writes software for OSX that runs just fine. They are not lacking in experience when it comes to software design. Apple does not work well with others, by Jobs' own admission. So knowing this, which is more plausible: That flash works better in Windows because MS worked with Adobe while Apple refuses, or that Adobe suddenly does not give a crap about OSX even though a LOT of their business comes from OSX users...
hmmm....
That Adobe (not just suddenly) does not give a crap about OSX even though a LOT of their business comes from OSX users.
It's a poorly run company, so it's not surprising that they don't behave logically.
I recently noticed that there are newer aerial photos of my neighborhood on Google Maps so they have updated that at least once.....
They just updated the aerial views about 2 months ago in my neighborhood while I was getting my pool back up and working. Now the whole world can see my GREEN pool.
That Adobe (not just suddenly) does not give a crap about OSX even though a LOT of their business comes from OSX users.
It's a poorly run company, so it's not surprising that they don't behave logically.
That is what happens when you bundle industry standard apps into a suite. Same thing happened to MS with Office. Once you go down that road you cannot return. The suite becomes the cash cow and the shareholders become very risk averse. So they stay on course and do not innovate for fear of a misstep. The only thing they can do is make tiny changes that won't break the legacy formats.
Although it always seems like a good idea in the beginning, eventually, bundled software suites become a curse for both the consumer and the publisher.
Apple on the other hand is much more of a risk taker. For example switching from OS 9 to OS X and from Power PC to intel.
They just updated the aerial views about 2 months ago in my neighborhood while I was getting my pool back up and working. Now the whole world can see my GREEN pool.
Ha ha, same here, I was in the middle of a huge renovation, my place was all torn apart when they shot the photo.
it amazes me how many people have NO IDEA how absolutely enormous Google is, AND how GOOD their software and hardware solutions are. NOTHING beats Google maps - traffic integration, streetview, the sheer number of listed businesses. Apple, start your photocopiers.
still, GMaps is an insignificant sliver of a fraction of a percent of what Google is doing. there's Android, WebSearch, YouTube, 138 public brick and mortar corporations, Google is working on 1Gbps connections to your home. Google is hosting every image taken for the Human Genome Project. GCloud, More than one million data centers around the world, massive [and i mean massive by server farm standards] offshore-ocean water cooled server farms.
Google.org has spent more than a billion dollars to create awareness about climate change, global public health, and global poverty. the only awareness Apple raises about global poverty is when workers in it's factories commit suicide.
the only way Google will turn into the next MS is that they will have a 95% market share of the Mobile OS market. [don't get me wrong, i'll still be on iOS, but don't kid yourself about Google.]
I nominate this for garbage post of the month, high runner for the same yearly award.
Are you interested in telling us about big brother google's spying and tracking everyone of us? Would you care to go into how they are pimping every commercial enterprise for ad profits? And what the c.ck is creating awareness about? Do we really need google to create awareness for global warming, or to actually do something about it in terms of their products? I am using the web on average 5 hours a day and I ve not been made aware about any of this I have just heard self serving claptrap about how good and open google are, and comments at their privacy policy boils down to "if you don't want something to be known, then you probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Google is the new, nastier, and more covert than ever face of global totalitarianism. A bunch of shallow, cultureless slef serving nerds in their thirties and forties with all the senility of octogenarians, and none of their temperance and wisdom.
That is what happens when you bundle industry standard apps into a suite. Same thing happened to MS with Office. Once you go down that road you cannot return. The suite becomes the cash cow and the shareholders become very risk adverse. So they stay on course and do not innovate for fear of a misstep. The only thing they can do is make tiny changes that won't break the legacy formats.
Although it always seems like a good idea in the beginning, eventually, bundled software suites become a curse for both the consumer and the publisher.
Over-integration. Integration is a blessing and a curse. It's nice to have things work well together, but, when they become entwined with each other, that's what happens. Even standalone applications can suffer from this if they are complex and not well architected.
I can just see Google "people" walking into such places, helmet cam and all And will Google actually ask permission to shoot inside or are they going to break into property, akin to what they did in the wifi intrusion fiasco?
They would most definitely have to ask permission. You can't shoot in malls etc for security purposes. Permits for major brand stores are very hard to acquire.
They would most definitely have to ask permission. You can't shoot in malls etc for security purposes. Permits for major brand stores are very hard to acquire.
They already got in some hot water when they first launched Street View because they were taking pictures of people without their permission. They fixed it by writing a program for face recognition that automatically went through all the photos and found the faces and blurred them. One instance that was pretty funny involved a horse and buggy ride in Central Park, I believe, where the software blurred the horse's face as well. It was hilarious.
The competition in 3D mapping and augmented reality between MS and Google has reached such fantastic heights, that new players may find it hard to catch up. Hopefully the acquisition of Poly9 will allow Apple to have some meaningful contribution to the field.
Comments
Anyway, google still offers the best maps experience in my opinion. I just like the look of their map overlays better then MS or mapquest. Plus google offers street view (I think MS does too though not sure) and I don't think these guys do.
It would also be pretty hard for apple to really challenge google in maps since google already has a vast database of businesses and APIs. They offer walking, biking, public transit directions and even turn by turn navigation. Doing all of this once again by apple will be a time consuming process.
If apple wants to distance away from Google so much they can switch to Bing Maps. (I would still prefer Google maps though).
I can just see Google "people" walking into such places, helmet cam and all
Oh yea, I saw that on TED a while back. Looks pretty interesting. They were talking about using augmented reality to help you find the shop and tell you what the prices / menu are like.
Oh yea, I saw that on TED a while back. Looks pretty interesting. They were talking about using augmented reality to help you find the shop and tell you what the prices / menu are like.
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?...Idpsqdc&pos=11
Better be careful. MSFT might hire them to write Win 7 Phone Apps on the side.
Don't you just love the MSFT socialist model. Pay the developers even if their doggy apps don't "hunt".
I can just see Google "people" walking into such places, helmet cam and all
No no they get permission. It's actually good for business in a way. Think about it, if you're someone looking around at the city you're going to visit next week, and you find a restaurant, you go in, and it looks awesome, what are the chances you might stop by to see it in person? I think it's pretty cool, but I'm sure there will be many store owners who opt out.
Google screwed with the wrong company. Apple will slowly replace Google Maps and later even their search engine with better more up to date products and turn Google into the next MS..
it amazes me how many people have NO IDEA how absolutely enormous Google is, AND how GOOD their software and hardware solutions are. NOTHING beats Google maps - traffic integration, streetview, the sheer number of listed businesses. Apple, start your photocopiers.
still, GMaps is an insignificant sliver of a fraction of a percent of what Google is doing. there's Android, WebSearch, YouTube, 138 public brick and mortar corporations, Google is working on 1Gbps connections to your home. Google is hosting every image taken for the Human Genome Project. GCloud, More than one million data centers around the world, massive [and i mean massive by server farm standards] offshore-ocean water cooled server farms.
Google.org has spent more than a billion dollars to create awareness about climate change, global public health, and global poverty. the only awareness Apple raises about global poverty is when workers in it's factories commit suicide.
the only way Google will turn into the next MS is that they will have a 95% market share of the Mobile OS market. [don't get me wrong, i'll still be on iOS, but don't kid yourself about Google.]
I was reading how google's taking it a step further, taking photos of the insides of shops and restaurants in cities so you can actually click on a place and see what it's like inside...
The question I have about street view is how often are they going to update it. I recently noticed that there are newer aerial photos of my neighborhood on Google Maps so they have updated that at least once, but the street view photos which only recently went online are more than two years old in our case. I wonder if a restaurant were to remodel or improved their furnishings if they could request an update from Google.
LOL!
that's one of the funniest things I've ever seen anyone say around here
You'll be laughing out of the other side of your mouth when it happens.
Why do you even bother watching your CPU? If the Flash application is working, just use it. That is like the people watching their cell signal bars. It doesn't matter how few bars you have as long as you can make calls.
Uhm, maybe the Flash application was NOT working well and he wanted to see what the problem was???
Ok, now do you have an answer that's truthful? Not the same misinformation being spread over and over?
Lets look at the facts: Adobe writes software for OSX that runs just fine. They are not lacking in experience when it comes to software design. Apple does not work well with others, by Jobs' own admission. So knowing this, which is more plausible: That flash works better in Windows because MS worked with Adobe while Apple refuses, or that Adobe suddenly does not give a crap about OSX even though a LOT of their business comes from OSX users...
hmmm....
That Adobe (not just suddenly) does not give a crap about OSX even though a LOT of their business comes from OSX users.
It's a poorly run company, so it's not surprising that they don't behave logically.
I recently noticed that there are newer aerial photos of my neighborhood on Google Maps so they have updated that at least once.....
They just updated the aerial views about 2 months ago in my neighborhood while I was getting my pool back up and working. Now the whole world can see my GREEN pool.
That Adobe (not just suddenly) does not give a crap about OSX even though a LOT of their business comes from OSX users.
It's a poorly run company, so it's not surprising that they don't behave logically.
That is what happens when you bundle industry standard apps into a suite. Same thing happened to MS with Office. Once you go down that road you cannot return. The suite becomes the cash cow and the shareholders become very risk averse. So they stay on course and do not innovate for fear of a misstep. The only thing they can do is make tiny changes that won't break the legacy formats.
Although it always seems like a good idea in the beginning, eventually, bundled software suites become a curse for both the consumer and the publisher.
Apple on the other hand is much more of a risk taker. For example switching from OS 9 to OS X and from Power PC to intel.
They just updated the aerial views about 2 months ago in my neighborhood while I was getting my pool back up and working. Now the whole world can see my GREEN pool.
Ha ha, same here, I was in the middle of a huge renovation, my place was all torn apart when they shot the photo.
it amazes me how many people have NO IDEA how absolutely enormous Google is, AND how GOOD their software and hardware solutions are. NOTHING beats Google maps - traffic integration, streetview, the sheer number of listed businesses. Apple, start your photocopiers.
still, GMaps is an insignificant sliver of a fraction of a percent of what Google is doing. there's Android, WebSearch, YouTube, 138 public brick and mortar corporations, Google is working on 1Gbps connections to your home. Google is hosting every image taken for the Human Genome Project. GCloud, More than one million data centers around the world, massive [and i mean massive by server farm standards] offshore-ocean water cooled server farms.
Google.org has spent more than a billion dollars to create awareness about climate change, global public health, and global poverty. the only awareness Apple raises about global poverty is when workers in it's factories commit suicide.
the only way Google will turn into the next MS is that they will have a 95% market share of the Mobile OS market. [don't get me wrong, i'll still be on iOS, but don't kid yourself about Google.]
I nominate this for garbage post of the month, high runner for the same yearly award.
Are you interested in telling us about big brother google's spying and tracking everyone of us? Would you care to go into how they are pimping every commercial enterprise for ad profits? And what the c.ck is creating awareness about? Do we really need google to create awareness for global warming, or to actually do something about it in terms of their products? I am using the web on average 5 hours a day and I ve not been made aware about any of this I have just heard self serving claptrap about how good and open google are, and comments at their privacy policy boils down to "if you don't want something to be known, then you probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Google is the new, nastier, and more covert than ever face of global totalitarianism. A bunch of shallow, cultureless slef serving nerds in their thirties and forties with all the senility of octogenarians, and none of their temperance and wisdom.
That is what happens when you bundle industry standard apps into a suite. Same thing happened to MS with Office. Once you go down that road you cannot return. The suite becomes the cash cow and the shareholders become very risk adverse. So they stay on course and do not innovate for fear of a misstep. The only thing they can do is make tiny changes that won't break the legacy formats.
Although it always seems like a good idea in the beginning, eventually, bundled software suites become a curse for both the consumer and the publisher.
Over-integration. Integration is a blessing and a curse. It's nice to have things work well together, but, when they become entwined with each other, that's what happens. Even standalone applications can suffer from this if they are complex and not well architected.
I can just see Google "people" walking into such places, helmet cam and all
They would most definitely have to ask permission. You can't shoot in malls etc for security purposes. Permits for major brand stores are very hard to acquire.
They would most definitely have to ask permission. You can't shoot in malls etc for security purposes. Permits for major brand stores are very hard to acquire.
They already got in some hot water when they first launched Street View because they were taking pictures of people without their permission. They fixed it by writing a program for face recognition that automatically went through all the photos and found the faces and blurred them. One instance that was pretty funny involved a horse and buggy ride in Central Park, I believe, where the software blurred the horse's face as well. It was hilarious.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/innov8showca...t-the-ted.aspx
The competition in 3D mapping and augmented reality between MS and Google has reached such fantastic heights, that new players may find it hard to catch up. Hopefully the acquisition of Poly9 will allow Apple to have some meaningful contribution to the field.