In support of the disaster relief efforts now going on in Haiti, Transparent Language Inc. has pushed a Free Haitian Creole version of Byki for iPhone to the Apple App store. Developed and released in record time, Byki Haitian Creole for iPhone is now available at no charge from the iTunes App Store to any iPhone or iPod Touch owner. Byki for iPhone Haitian Creole lets users quickly learn the most important words and phrases of the language, including native speaker pronunciation. Also, Byki for iPhone’s searchable Phrasebook feature should be of particular value to any iPhone or iPod Touch users deploying in the relief effort. It allows users to search in English or in Haitian Creole to quickly find meanings for words and phrases. see http://www.byki.com/fls/FLS.html
Archives for January 19, 2010
UMapper Rolls Out real-time weather maps with animated radar and more
An update comes our way from Andrei at uMapper as they have recently rolled out a cool UMapper feature. Users can now create real-time weather maps with animated radar, temperatures and forecasts. Simply zoom on your location of choice and click on the auto-updated temperature layer to get current conditions and forecasts in that area. In addition, you can switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius to update the display. More details available HERE
ERDAS Providing Access to Geospatial Web Services for Haiti Relief
Representatives from ERDAS tell us that teh company has updated their Online Web Services to incorporate the GeoEye imagery collected January 13, 2010 (made available for free download). From ERDAS: We plan to also put this on our website later today (Jan 19). Note that any end user can directly consume these images from the online web services in ArcMap/ArcGIS Server, AutoCAD, MapInfo, web clients, open source thick clients, ERDAS IMAGINE and our hosted web services. Individuals may also consume the image in ECWP in ArcMap, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, many other thick client packages and web clients by downloading the ECW Plug-in freely available for download on the ERDAS web site at: http://www.erdas.com/tabid/84/currentid/2508/default.aspx See more details including links to WMS services HERE