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Google Maps offers photo tours of popular destinations, won’t make you leave the couch (video)
Author: Eric Moss
Looking to get a better feel for that Yosemite National Park expedition this summer? Google Maps is looking to go beyond the regular ol’ snapshot and offer an experience that feels more like an actual visit — only you won’t have to leave your sofa. The folks in Mountain View have added photo tours to over 15,000 sites around the globe from Italy to the aforementioned Half Dome in California. A search for your virtual destination of choice will indicate whether or not a tour is available for that particular locale. How does it work? The outfit uses user-contributed Picasa and Panaromio photos — only those listed as public — alongside some fancy computer techniques to provide a 3D tour. Along the way, Maps selects the best possible path through the highest quality images. At the bottom of each photo, contributor credit is given and Goog says when more shots get shared, these tours will improve over time. You’ll need Google Maps with WebGL to get the sightseeing started, though. If you’re looking for a quick preview, hit the video just past the break.
Google Maps offers photo tours of popular destinations, won’t make you leave the couch (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ford’s Sync Destinations App Plans Your Route Before You Get In The Car
Author: Markus Smith
Smartphone integration with car-bound OSes is going to be a hot thing next year, and of course Ford’s Sync system is among the major players. Just a week ago they showed off AppLink, which allows a driver to control certain apps (Pandora, a news stream app, and a Twitter app) from the in-car touchscreen.
And now you’ve got stuff going the other way: the Sync Destinations app lets you set up a route or destination while waiting for your coffee, then have it load automatically when you get in the car.
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Mark Papermaster leaves Apple for reasons and destinations unknown (update)
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We’re not quite sure chip guru Mark Papermaster ever truly settled into his role as Apple’s SVP of Devices Hardware Engineering in the year and four months since he finally walked through the door, but after the recent antenna troubles someone decided that he wasn’t going to work there anymore. The New York Times reports that Papermaster has left and Bob Mansfeld (SVP of Mac Engineering) will assume his role. So far, there’s been no official statement as to why the departure is occurring, whether he was ousted or left of his own volition (again, though he oversaw the new iPhone, his background is in processor design) but either way, the former SVP’s picture and bio have already been removed from Apple’s website. The man himself reportedly refused to comment when contacted by the Times, but as with all truths we’re sure this one will come out eventually.
Update: The ever-resourceful John Gruber says that Papermaster’s departure may be more closely related to Apple’s antenna troubles than we originally thought:
Inside Apple, he’s “the guy responsible for the antenna” – that’s a quote from a source back on July 23. (Another quote from the same source: “Apparently the antenna guys used to have a big chip on their shoulder. No more.”)
Mark Papermaster leaves Apple for reasons and destinations unknown (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ford adding HOV logic, ability to download outside Mapquest destinations to 2011 NAV systems
Author: Tech Blogger
Ford’s been keeping itself busy on the navigation front, and while you may have noticed that 2010 just began a few weeks ago (on the Gregorian calendar, anyway), 2011 model year vehicles are already on the minds of those in Dearborn. 2011 models with voice-activated navigation systems will be getting an update that brings along HOV logic, helping users who travel with a buddy to get from point A to point B more hastily if carpool lanes are nearby. Of course, only 2,500 miles of those blanket America, so a few other updates might be intriguing to those of you who are sane enough to live outside of the rat race. Branded POI icons, higher density street labeling and HD Radio will come standard on voice-controlled NAV systems, and potentially most interesting is the notion that “integration with SYNC Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI) app — enabling new features like the ability to download destinations sent from a home or work computer from Mapquest” — will hit later on in the year. Full release is after the break.
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Ford adding HOV logic, ability to download outside Mapquest destinations to 2011 NAV systems originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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