Open.org an Open Source for your Open queries. Is that all?

A week ago, a question was raised by the latest owners of Open.org who go by the name Linux Fund organization, and we are still unsure if we have an answer to that question yet. The question was “What do we do with Open.org?” The question came up on the evening February 25th during a Birds of a Feather session at the Southern California Linux Expo. By now, most of the Open Source followers and enthusiasts know that the domain name of Open.org was recently acquired by Linux Fund from the City of Salem, Orgeon. The primary purpose for which the domain was used by Salem was for a kids-to-internet program named The Orgeon Public Education Network. The amount of money that was spent to acquire it is not disclosed yet and it was an auction at which the domain was purchased by Linux Fund.

Open.org an Open Source for your Open queries. Is that all?

Backlink: http://brajeshwar.com/2011/open-org-an-open-source-for-your-open-queries-is-that-all/

Google Geonews: Google Using Their Basemaps for 10 More Countries, More on Costa Rica and Nicaragua Boundary, Spatial Queries in Fusion Tables, and much more

Here's recent Google-related geonews.

From the official sources:

• Google changed its basemap data for ten countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland. Google already switched to their own data for the U.S. and Canada in the not so distant past.
• Following a previous entry Costa Rica and Nicaragua boundary in Google Maps, Google Lat Long and Ogle Earth discuss the matter
• Google Maps tiles have been significantly updated for Japan
• There's contest for SketchUp 3D modelers
• You can now perform spatial queries in Fusion Tables

From other sources:

• An entry on using SketchUp to model interiors
• An excellent flight simulator for Google Earth
• Here's an entry on the state of the Berlin Wall, as seen using the Google Earth Plugin
• An online tool for Satellite Tracks And Visibility In Google Maps
• We mentioned BatchGeo a few times in the past, via APB I learned that BatchGeo was forced to disable extracting geocoded coordinates because it's a violation of Google's Terms of Service. We rarely saw similar enforcements as far as I can remember.

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Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/12/Google-Geonews-Google-Using-Their-Basemaps-10-More-Countries-More-Costa-Rica-and-Nicaragu

Slashgeo: Google Geonews: Google Using Their Basemaps for 10 More Countries, More on Costa Rica and Nicaragua Boundary, Spatial Queries in Fusion Tables, and much more

Here's recent Google-related geonews.

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Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/12/Google-Geonews-Google-Using-Their-Basemaps-10-More-Countries-More-Costa-Rica-and-Nicaragu

Google Search: Popular Search Queries in the U.S. for Week Ending October 15th

Curious to know what Google Searches skyrocketed in the U.S. this week? This week's Google Beat, cover everything from Columbus Day to Brett Favre and the buzz around "Cigar Guy." "The popular search terms this week on Google Search includes: 'columbus day, pumpkin carving, texas rangers, brett favre, deadspin, karen owen, and cigar guy'. Watch it below: