There will be an Open Lab session for faculty in the ITEC office on Tuesday, March 1 from 9am-11am and Wednesday, March 2 from 2pm-4pm. Drop in at any time during the Open Lab hours to learn more about using the Google suite of tools for your teaching or research. The focus next week will be on Google spreadsheet mapper, docs, video and sites. The Open Lab is intended to be an … [Read more...]
Map your Valentine
MapYourValentine from Google - "sometimes, what means the most isn't something. It's somewhere." Update: to avoid confusing your Valentine, you might want to use the 'preview' feature before sending. I just tested the site on myself using 'Kedainiai, Lithuania' as my special location and in return I got a Valentine's Day message with a cute little heart circling a spot in … [Read more...]
From the wilderness downtown to a Grammy win
In honor of Arcade Fire's Grammy win last night for album of the year, here's a link to their video/interactive map app for song 'We Used to Wait' from The Suburbs. You'll have to download Google Chrome to experience "The Wilderness Downtown" but it's worth the couple of seconds it'll take to do it. As mashable.com put it, "it's basically one big ball of HTML5/Google … [Read more...]
Google releases new oblique imagery in Google Maps
From the LatLong blog: "We’re now well into the new year, and to kick off 2011, the Geo Imagery team has just rolled out some refreshed 45° imagery for a number of places in the United States. So whether you already miss the places you may have visited over the holiday season, or you’re looking for new vacation spots to travel to this year, you can now escape the winter … [Read more...]