WebProNews » GlobeXplorer http://www.webpronews.com Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & Business Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GlobeXplorer Updates and Ask Maps Blogs… http://www.webpronews.com/globexplorer-updates-and-ask-maps-blogs-2006-03 http://www.webpronews.com/globexplorer-updates-and-ask-maps-blogs-2006-03#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:48:49 +0000 Glenn Letham http://www.webpronews.com/?p=27505 blog to provide an insight into his company's mapping and online imagery services. ]]> Rob Shanks (President, GlobeXplorer) maintains a blog to provide an insight into his company’s mapping and online imagery services.

Recently, Rob provided a point to a post over at the ASK.com weblog which discussed in detail the Ask Map services. The thread is essentially a “welcome” to Ask Maps from Product Manager Andy Yang but it’s a good start and a decent lead to yet another weblog to add to your links. So how does Google MAps compare to Ask MAps? Check out what users are saying in this DIGG.

Add to | DiggThis | Yahoo! My Web

Technorati:

Anything Geospatial: Tracking developments affecting GIS, geospatial technologies, location-based services, mapping, google earth and google maps. Published by the creator and editor of GISuser.com & LBSzone.com

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/globexplorer-updates-and-ask-maps-blogs-2006-03/feed 0 Ask Challenges The Online Mapping Crowd http://www.webpronews.com/ask-challenges-the-online-mapping-crowd-2006-03 http://www.webpronews.com/ask-challenges-the-online-mapping-crowd-2006-03#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:09:30 +0000 WebProNews Staff http://www.webpronews.com/?p=27466 Ask.com launched its revamped Maps product at SES 2006 NY last week to the warm approval of users, and called out its competition on imagery quality.

Unfortunately, Ask didn’t issue the kind of invitation normally bellowed across the ring at WrestleMania. That’s too bad, because it would have been really funny if the next time Matt Cutts visits Ask he encountered Kane in a butler’s outfit. Chokeslam! (Ok, well, maybe not funny for Matt. Sorry, Matt!)

But Ask does believe its Maps product offers a better experience with its collection of images. They said so in their blog:

(T)here seem to be a lot of people comparing our aerial imagery with our competitors. We believe our partners at GlobeXplorer have the most comprehensive and rich set of satellite and aerial imagery in the United States, and as some of you have noticed, in western Europe (check out this awesome view of The Louvre for all of you Da Vinci Code fans).

So far, we have only tapped into their most recent imagery in 12 major markets in the US. Over the next couple of weeks we will update this across the board, so you will be seeing major enhancements all across the country as they build out their cache (another speed improvement).


Ask.com Maps does have an advantage over Google and Microsoft with its European coverage. Ask Maps has street maps of places like Paris and Barcelona, something the other two have yet to match.

—
Tag: |

Drag this to your Bookmarks.

Add to | DiggThis | Yahoo! My Web

David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/ask-challenges-the-online-mapping-crowd-2006-03/feed 0