PILGRIMAGE

Die unteren beiden Screenshots aus Google Earth zeigen eine getrackte Route in der Nähe meiner Wohnung.

Hiermit verweise ich (weil’s so schön ist) dann doch nochmal aus den bisherigen Verlauf
meiner Diplombearbeitung … Zur Zeit befinde ich mich übrigens in Viloria de Rioja, dem Geburtsort des heiligen Domingo de la Calzada. Sollte sich einmal ein Leser dieses Blog hierhin verirren, gibt es eine private Pilgerherberge (Te.:0034-646-364037). ;-)

Have a closer look here!

KML is a file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile. KML uses a tag-based structure with nested elements and attributes and is based on the XML standard. All tags are case-sensitive and must be appear exactly as they are listed in the KML 2.1 Reference. The Reference indicates which tags are optional. Within a given element, tags must appear in the order shown in the Reference.

To see the KML “code” for a feature in Google Earth, you can simply right-click the feature in the 3D Viewer of Google Earth and select Copy. Then Paste the contents of the clipboard into any text editor. The visual feature displayed in Google Earth is converted into its KML text equivalent. Be sure to experiment with this feature.

Der Code sieht wiefolgt aus:

<_kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1">
<_Placemark>
<_name>Pilgrimages Geotag
<_description>xxx
<_Point >
<_coordinates>-1.826752,51.179045,0
<_/Point>
<_/Placemark>
<_/kml >


Bildquelle: www.fortiusone.com

Intelligent maps tell stories with information-rich visualizations to help users gain insights, make decisions, and solve problems such as:

* Choosing your ideal neighborhood using crime, population and commute data
* Identifying your target markets using age, income and occupation data
* Educating yourself and others using pollution and environmental impact data

If you work with geographic information (or have tried to), you know how difficult it can be to find the data you need and make it usable. On GeoCommons, you have access to a huge repository of high-quality geodata—including population, environment, recreation, traffic, politics, shark attacks and much more.

On GeoCommons, finding geographic data and creating intelligent maps is as easy as local search. With a few clicks you can create information-rich maps that convey information at-a-glance, and share your stories with the world.

* Explore an open geodata repository with over 2 billion location attributes, 35,000 variables and 1,500 data sets (and counting!)
* Create information-rich heat maps and thematic maps using multiple layers of data
* Share maps and data to tell stories, collaborate and influence.

A project by Thomas Winkler

Bild und Textquelle

GPS::Tron is an adaption of the classic arcade game Tron for mobile phones. What makes it new and different is that the original game’s concept is expanded by adding levels of reality and virtuality that blend into the realm of augmented reality. The players move in real space, they are tracked by GPS and their position influences their position in the game. Each player is represented by a line that gets longer and longer. However, the player’s own line is not allowed to cross itself or the opponent’s line. If it does, the player causing the crash loses.

If you want to get used to the rules of Tron just jump to the bottom of this page, where a simple version of such a tron game has been attached. You can play it right in your browser to get a feeling what Tron is about.

Back to GPS::Tron: If a player runs 200meters straight forward in the real world, the mobile phone’s display shows a line approximately 1cm long. If he moves right, also the track on the phone is drawn in the right direction. Because the players of GPS::Tron have to be mobile to be able to play it, the game itself has to work on a device that is small and habile enough to be carried around. For this reason, the goal of this project is to develop a GPS::Tron client which works on every phone which supports J2ME MIDP/2.0 and the Bluetooth-API (there is already a prototype for Symbian Series 60 which works on Nokia 7650/3650/6600 and Siemens SX1). For the calculation of the actual position, the player also needs a gps receiver, which sends the current position via bluetooth to the the mobile phone.

GPS::Tron is for 2 players who both need 1 mobile phone and a gps-receiver for playing. The communication between the mobile devices is done over the internet (GPRS/UMTS of the mobile network provider is used). The players do not have to be geographically close-by. For example, one player can be in Austria, the other in another country. This is possible because the players start virtually (in the game) nearby.
The 2 players do not have to run, they can also play using a car, bike, ship, whatever.

Author: Stanza
Institution: (unknown)
Year: 2004
URL: www.stanza.co.uk/sensity/

Project Description:
Sensity is part of “The Emergent City” series of works by Stanza. In this 3rd version of Sensity, Stanza aims at visualizing the dynamic data around his district as an audio visual artwork.

Sensity artworks are made from the data that is collected across the urban and environment infrastructure. A network of sensors, some fixed, and some embedded, collects data which is then published online. The sensors then interpret the micro-data of the interactive city. The output from the sensors displays the emotional state of the city online and the information will be used to create installations and sculptural artifacts.

These artworks made will represent the movement of people, pollution in the air, the vibrations and sounds of buildings, they are in effect emergent social sculptures visualizing the emotional state of the city. The sensor network can be moved from urban to rural setting and different types of visualization can be made depending on the environment. Sensity is an open social sculpture that informs the world and creates new meaningful experiences.

via googlekarten.blogspot.com

HeyWhatsThat ist ein Panorama/Profil Generator für Google Maps/Earth mit diversen Funktionen. Funktionieren tut das Ganze bisher leider nur in den USA. In einer Google Map kann man einen Standort markieren oder aus vorhanden einen auswählen um sich den Panorama-View anzeigen zu lassen. Durch Klick auf “Show Profile” zeigt sich ein Höhenprofil:

Bei der Auswahl eines eigenen Standortes werden einem die nahe liegenden höchsten Punkte als Auswahl angeboten. Sämtliche gespeicherte Standorte können auch in Google Earth betrachtet werden. Bsp: Matterhorn.

Das Geotag dieses Blogeintrages liegt übrigens auf dem Null-Meridian (46.069419674968536, 0.0)

gefunden bei googlekarten.blogspot.com: “Diese Wegbeschreibung dient nur zu Planungszwecken. Sie werden ggf. feststellen, dass die Verkehrsverhältnisse aufgrund von Baustellen, hohem Verkehrsaufkommen oder anderen Ereignissen von den anhand der Karte dargestellten Suchergebnissen abweichen können.”

Münchner U-Bahn, ist eine Website mit diversen Informationen rund um das U-Bahn Netz aus München. Man findet einen Blog, Geschichtliches, Infos zu den einzelnen Linien und natürlich die http://www.muenchnerubahn.de/netz/karte/.

Mit dem GPX-Viewer ist es möglich Daten, die mit einem GPS-Gerät aufgezeichnet wurden auszuwerten. Es können GPX-Dateien hochgeladen werden. Im TrackLog enthaltene Routen, Tracks und Wegpunkte werden dann in GoogleMaps graphisch dargestellt. Außerdem werden Informationen wie z.B. Höhenprofil berechnet. Des weiteren ist es möglich Fotos, die unterwegs gemacht wurden dem Track hinzuzufügen (Geotagging). Die Zuordnung hochgeladener Bilder erfolgt über die Auswertung des exif-Aufnahmedatums.

via Xing’s openBlog: “Brand new features: we’re excited to introduce two new options to make your network on XING more valuable and more fun. With just one click in the profile of a contact you can see exactly where they are located.”

Die neue Google Maps Funktion “Meine Karten” (siehe auch oberes Bild) ist nur wenige Tage alt und schon erscheint die erste Website, die sich mit dem Sammeln und Kategorisieren der erstellten Karten beschäftigt. Jeder kann nach der Registrierung seine Google Maps Kreationen auf Ongopongo präsentieren und archivieren. Z.B.: Friday Night Skate, San Francisco – Map of the route for the weekly Friday Night Skate in San Francisco. Leaves from in front of the Ferry Building promptly at 9:00 p.m. every Friday, as long as it isn’t raining.

Search for KML in Google Maps
Thursday, April 05, 2007 at 10:39:00 AM

Posted by Chikai Ohazama in the googlemapsAPIblog

I am happy to announce that you can now search through all of the world’s Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files on Google Maps. This enables you to find all the great user-created map content on the web, as well as new maps created with My Maps, which launched today.

You will continue to see local search results with the red pushpins, but now there is a link called “See user-created content” that will enable you to see relevant user-generated results, represented by blue pushpins. Go to maps.google.com. E.g.: mazes near san francisco.

Found in the Google.Developer.Blog:

“It’s easy to mash up the Google Maps API with Google Gadgets, I made a smaller gadget version that you can add to your personalized homepage or website, and then customize the map’s latitude/longitude and zoom. I chose to position my clock over Victoria Falls, Africa (in the hope it’ll increase my chances of visiting there one day!), but you may have your own background preference.”