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  • Google Maps: Map World of Warcraft

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    Matt
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    Google Maps has been taken to a whole new level. The greatest mashup of the gaming world has been created using data from World of Warcraft and the Google Maps API. The end result is brilliant! Its name? MapWoW. What is it exactly? Well, its a map of World of Warcraft that you can zoom…

  • Ajax, More Than A Buzz Word

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    Matt
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    Ajax the development technique, not to be confused with Ajax the cleaning solution, is taking the web by storm. What is it? Ajax stands for Asynchronous Javascript And XML. Its an architectural methodology on the interactions between a number of different technologies in a way that provides a more seamless user experience between user-to-server communication.…

  • Google Services

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    Matt
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    After posting about Google Maps’ implementation of satellite imagery from Hurricane Katrina, it was suggested that I do a follow-up on Google Earth. I think I’ll go one step further and elaborate on some of Google’s hottest services and slightly speculate on what could be coming down the road. Google Maps Google Maps vs. MapQuest…Google…

  • Google Maps – Katrina

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    Matt
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    For those of you that are following Hurricane Katrina problems in New Orleans, you may be interested in this… Google has taken satellite imagery of New Orleans (imagery taken August 31st). To get to this information, go to Google Maps and do a search for New Orleans. Drag and zoom to the area and a…