Brian @ our new Hackszine site writes – For anyone looking for a last-minute Valentine to send instantly, Google Maps Mania advises heading over to GeoGreeting.com: a virtual greeting site that lets you send a message to others on the web using buildings that are in the shape of letters and punctuation. In this recent […]
Here’s how to make a really cool Google Earth panorama viewer – “DigitalUrban is pleased to release its Panorama Viewer for Google Earth. The viewer has been created to be as easy to use as possible, all that is needed is a panorama – either from your local drive or via the web at sites […]
This maker made a huge real-life Google Earth pin point icon, if timed right it might even show up on the satellite photos! – Link. Thanks Mark! Related: Google Earth – 1790 – Link. HOW TO GPS Tag Photos: Flickr, Mappr, Google Earth…. – Link. 3D Google Earth – Link. Drawing with Google Earth and […]
Parallax GPS Receiver Module, $79, designed by MAKE author, kit maker & tech advisory board member Joe Grand! – “Does your project need to be able to track its position globally? When used in an outdoor environment, the Parallax GPS Receiver with its integrated patch antenna can provide standard raw NMEA0183 strings or specific data […]
Garrett spotted this really neat way to view the past without getting a Delorean, Google Earth now allows you to travel back in time – almost. There is an incredible set of old maps that can be turned on an explored, maps include: World globe 1790, North America 1733, US 1833, Lewis and Clark 1814, […]
Bjoern writes – “Here is a quick and dirty hack to perform mobile GPS-referenced Google Map searches on your laptop (e.g., where’s the next coffee shop around here?). 42 lines, about half of them comments. I put this small demo together for last weekend’s Silicon Valley Code Camp to show how easy it is to […]
Sweet, here’s how to enable geotagging in iPhoto – “By slightly changing the InfoPanel.nib file in the iPhoto 6.0.5 app bundle, you can see how this hidden feature works. Check the step-by-step on how to do this here…” [via] – Link. Related: HOW TO GPS Tag Photos: Flickr, Mappr, Google Earth…. – Link. Flickr Geotagging […]
