More Google Street View fallout… when is too much information too much? This from the NY Times … “This morning, the state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, held a news conference in Midtown Manhattan to urge Internet-based mapping services to consult with law enforcement authorities — and well, to just be responsible — in deciding what to put on the Web. Citing Google Earth among other services, he said he was worried that too much information might compromise counterterrorism efforts.” Coincidentally another “street viewish” service launched recently at MapJack (see http://www.mapjack.com) providing users street-level scenes of San Fran. Imagine if DiNpola was to see Google’s future views that were exhibited at the Google Developer Day – imagine scenes that incorporate SketUp 3D scenes of the inside of buildings, imagine you walk down the street using Google’s street view then you enter a building and move around… even shop using a second life! See http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/google-earth-makes-some-officials-nervous/
Archives for July 2, 2007
Google Maps new draggable driving directions – so sweet, so easy
Have you seen Google Maps new draggable driving directions? Its very clever and amazing to se how all these pieces to the puzzle are coming together. Now with more “draggable” functionality users can easily update their routes to get more personal and logical results. Imagine this… you want to go from Seattle to San Fran and ask for teh default directions using “maps”. Chances are that you’ll get routed down I-5, however, maybe you want to make sure you spend a couple of days along the coast through Washington and Oregon… no problem. Simply enter a couple of locations along the coast that you want to visit (maybe Long Beach, and Astoria) – just drag your route over to the 101 and your route is updated. Also, try simply right-clicking to provide input for the common “directions from here” and “to here” functionality.. its very fast and handy. Be sure to give it a try – http://maps.google.com