Here's the recent geonews in batch mode.
On the Google front:
- The Maps Data API is being deprecated, replaced by Fusion Tables in the Maps API v3
- In addition to the Maps API for Flash, Styled Maps launched for the Static Maps API
- There was an imagery update this week for Google Maps and Earth
- Google also previewed StreetView imagery for Germany
- There's an official Panoramio Photo Contest
On the FOSS4G front:
- The next version of QGIS will feature raster masks, explained in this entry
- GeoServer gets a new file chooser
In the miscellaneous category:
- Slashdot started a discussion today named Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps
- The GEB details Breadcrumbs, a software to visualize your GPS tracks in 3D
- The Russians are serious mapping land use land cover, with 12,000 Landsat-5 scenes acquired in 2010
- TMR shares a review of the DeLorme GPS/Communicator Combo
- DigitalGlobe is reporting is third consecutive down quarter
- Everyblock released their API
In the maps category:
- A quick look at this map with a reversed Mercator effect for Africa and Greenland makes obvious how maps projections can be misleading, especially the omnipresent Mercator projection
Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/05/Friday-Geonews-Google-Maps-Data-API-Deprecated-Nicaragua-Raid-Using-Google-Maps-Russia-LU
