Quake II Running in HTML5
Check this out. That’s Quake II running in HTML5 with WebGL, Canvas, and JavaScript. No Silverlight, no Flash, 20-60fps depending on the horsepower of the machine. They are having some licensing issues with sharing the
News Roundup - ESRI Dev Summit, Google Earth Solves a Murder, and Portal 2
First up this month is the news trickling out from the ESRI Dev Summit. Ah, Palm Springs. I haven’t been there in so long it might not be a desert anymore. But I digress. There were any number of great summaries out ther
Google Releases Elevation Web Service
Wow. Just…wow. Google has released an elevation web service and ElevationService for Maps API v3. Basically you can send it a latlon or a series of latlon’s and it’ll give you the elevations. Or you can send it a path an
Internet Explorer 9 Previewed at MIX10
Microsoft has given us another sneak peak at Internet Explorer 9 at their MIX10 web designer and developer conference. Among the highlights (sources: Ars, Download Squad): Better standards support, with a ACID 3 sco
Google Adds Photos to Street View, Nearby to Search
Well, that didn’t take long. Google has added photos from Flickr, Panoramio and Picasa to Street View. One had to figure this was coming, given the fanfare around Bing’s recent addition of Flickr photos. Check out this h
News Roundup - Vancouver Maps, ESRI FedUC, FOSS Pirates
First up in the news this month is maps of Vancouver and the winter Olympics. Google updated their 3D imagery for the Olympics, and you can get a good tour using this KML file. How do you get street view on the slopes yo
Augmented Reality Maps (Bing)
Here’s the TED talk on upcoming Bing map features that has been in the news lately. In a nutshell, MS Worldwide Telescope and Flicker geotagged image integration with a demo of a live video overlay. It’s an impressive de
News Roundup - Geodesign, ArcGIS 9.4 Goes to 10, Haiti Disaster Response
What follows is notable news and happenings that I want to purge from my bookmarks folder. It will be a combination of things you already know spiced with things you probably won’t care about. I apologize in advance. Fir
Internet Explorer Aurora Exploit in the Wild
Score! I’m happy to note that according to Google Analytics only 28% of you are using Internet Explorer. My hat’s off to 72% of you. If you are in that other 28%, however, unless you like your personal data compromised
Haiti Earthquake Imagery on Google Maps/Earth
Via the Google Earth Blog, Google worked with GeoEye over the last 24 hours to get updated imagery of Haiti. The Google Earth KML file is here, and you can also see the imagery on Google Maps. Google has set up a crisis