10June2008

Google Streetview Turns 1

Google Maps feature Streetview has turned one year old today.  To celebrate they added 37 new areas and expanded coverage for 15 areas.

MA: Springfield

NY: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse

NJ: Newark

VA: Virginia Beach

NC: Charlotte, Winston-Salem

SC: Columbia, Greenville

GA: Atlanta

FL: Boca Raton, Cape Coral, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Sarasota, West Palm Beach

AL: Huntsville

MS: Jackson

TN: Knoxville

KY: Lexington, Louisville

OH: Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo

MI: Ann Arbor

MO: St. Louis

KS: Topeka

NE: Lincoln

OK: Oklahoma City, Tulsa

NV: Reno

CA: Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, Stockton

The best part for me is they added several Ohio cities, including Columbus and its suburbs.

And as an added bonus they got a photo of my Dad’s ass…. just in time for Father’s Day. I don’t think their face blurring technology will fix that. He’s not going to be pleased when I show him.

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The coverage of Ohio is impressive.

You can read more about the update at the Google Lat Long Blog.

Posted by Jared Cherup under: google; neogeography.

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15April2008

Google Earth 4.3

Google is releasing an update to Google Earth today. The update will feature (but not limited to):

Realtime Sunlight

New navigational controls

Streetview in Google Earth

Google Sky Loads Quicker

If you haven’t familarized yourself with Google Earth recently, it’s time to get reaquainted.

Also, the picture to the left contains all actual data. The clouds and sunlight were in realtime when viewing. How is that not cool?

Posted by Jared Cherup under: google; neogeography.

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7February2008

Google Adds Forms To Google Docs

Google recently added a very cool feature for Google Spreadsheets. You can now create forms to collect data and have it automatically entered into a spreadsheet.

You can read more here: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-sharing-spreadsheets-start.html

Also with Google Docs you can embed a spreadsheet or chart into any webpage, and you can even set it to update in real time with every change made to the document.

Posted by Jared Cherup under: google.

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15February2007

Gmail Registration Is Now Open To All

It’s official Gmail is open to the public. You no longer need to be invited, or register by cell phone.

Gmail is nearly perfect now. You can pull email via pop3 and send using the same address (i.e. jim@crazygonutsuniversity.edu) You don’t have to use your Gmail address. You can also export via pop3 with use of programs such as Outlook or Thunderbird.

Plus TONS of other awesome features. If you don’t have one already now you can!

If you have any questions about the service check out their support page or post them here.

Posted by Jared Cherup under: gmail; google; web services.

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