Microsoft is fond of saying “me too, me too!” In the beginning, we mapped with MapQuest or Yahoo Maps or their ilk. We’d enter an address and get back a zoomable, pan-able vector map. Or we’d enter “from” and “to” addresses and get back a turn-by-turn driving plan. Some of these vector mapping services had [...]

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We’ve all been there. You need to use a Combo box on your web form, but there are none. So you either have to settle for a textbox or a select widget. Or, at best, put them both on your form and allow the user to select which one to use. Of course, this only [...]

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Sony’s improved technology 3D technology will make a major entrance into theaters next year. Can “REAL D Cinema” bring 3D movies back from the dead and make going to the theater fun again? One hundred lucky cinemas will be showing Monster house next summer in the new “REAL D Cinema”, which is supposedly a vast [...]

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RuiCarmo of Tao of Mac has a great tutorial on hacking Google Earth KML (Keyhole Markup Language) files in PHP. Fun stuff. Seen here. Google Earth / Keyhole is a downloadable mapping application that’s free for the downloading. Google Earth Plus is a $20 upgraded version that includes GPS integration, high-res printing, email support, annotation, [...]

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