[backstage] Google maps/BBC floods mashup

2007-07-24 Thread Peter Bowyer
Just saw this on BBC Berkshire http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/07/23/flood_map_feature.shtml -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-12 Thread Gordon Joly
At 15:20 +0100 11/8/06, phil wrote: On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:29:02 +0100, Gordon Joly wrote: Site http://www.baa.com Last reboot441 days ago Running Solaris 9/10 with Apache So, security patched and up to date? I don't think so Nah, your assumption is incorrect. Netcraft

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-12 Thread phil
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:00:10 +0100, Gordon Joly wrote: At 15:20 +0100 11/8/06, phil wrote: On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:29:02 +0100, Gordon Joly wrote: Hello Phil, Aha! I see what you mean. Here is another well know site as reported by Netcraft:

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-12 Thread Gordon Joly
They could patched and up-to-date or they could be full of holes, and without more digging who knows, I'm not investigating,, as I live in East London and I wouldn't want to give the boys wearing the doc martins an excuse to break my door down ;) -- phil. They were here this morning. I gave

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-10 Thread Jonathan Chetwynd
Isn't it reassuring to know that MI5 is reading our emails? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4778575.stm mind you they seem to have got the wrong end of the stick... cheers Jonathan Chetwynd On 8 Aug 2006, at 10:56, Jason Cartwright wrote: http://www.isoma.net/games/GogglesBeta09.swf J

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-10 Thread Gordon Joly
At 09:50 +0100 10/8/06, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: Isn't it reassuring to know that MI5 is reading our emails? I think they take the easy route and read the archives... Good luck to them. I can't find the archives!!! :-) Gordo nitrate Semtex Lon Horiuchi BRLO UFO Kennedy clandestine

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-10 Thread Gordon Joly
At 09:50 +0100 10/8/06, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: Isn't it reassuring to know that MI5 is reading our emails? And consider this? Sitehttp://www.baa.com Last reboot 441 days ago Running Solaris 9/10 with Apache So, security patched and up to date? I don't think so Gordo

RE: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-08 Thread Jason Cartwright
Try the spacebar. Its only a matter of time before this goes multiplayer... surely. J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil PhillipsSent: 08 August 2006 11:25To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukSubject: Re: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness I thought it was very

RE: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness

2006-08-08 Thread Phil Winstanley
:34 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Google Maps Geniusness Try the spacebar. Its only a matter of time before this goes multiplayer... surely. J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Phillips Sent: 08

RE: [backstage] Google Maps as board game

2005-11-11 Thread David Tattersall
: [backstage] Google Maps as board game I hacked together a regular online battle game, although it's not nearly as complicated as that Risk game. That's a really good idea... http://www.thomasscott.net/tripods/ -- Tom On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Jason Cartwright wrote: Why didn't someone think of this earlier

[backstage] Google Maps as board game

2005-11-10 Thread Jason Cartwright
Why didn't someone think of this earlier? Risk! Superb... http://www.ashotoforangejuice.com/gmrisk.html J Jason Cartwright Client Side Developer - Content Management Culture - New Media Technology E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: 0208 00 85151 M: 0797

Re: [backstage] Google Maps API

2005-07-08 Thread Kosso
hi. I've been knocking up this since the trip to the USA and events yesterday http://geepster.com Currently making it all db-driven and asynchronous - and RSS reading ;) On 7/6/05, Kim Plowright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably even more off topic, and hello list, sorry, I lurk as I'm

Re: [backstage] Google Maps API

2005-07-08 Thread Anthony Hawkins
hi, how do i unsubscribe? On 07/07/05, Kim Plowright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably even more off topic, and hello list, sorry, I lurk as I'm *so* not techy enough for most of the conversations... But has everyone seen this flickr / google earth mix? Appols if it has done the

Re: [backstage] Google Maps API

2005-07-08 Thread QAZ3D
Hi Duncan, I have tinkered with the API previously - the xml import is.. 'ok'. Too many points (in the form of a polyline) and it will crash Safari and if i remember correctly firefox too, it works fine on IE as IE uses a different method to draw the polylines (VML). You can be dirty and throw

RE: [backstage] Google Maps API

2005-07-06 Thread Ian Forrester
Title: Message I know its quite off topic but there's a really good post on Slashdot about innovation in the Maps space. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/05/2232243tid=126tid=1 cheers Ian Forrester | BBC World Service [New Media Software Engineer]

RE: [backstage] Google Maps API

2005-07-06 Thread Stephen Miller
@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Google Maps API Probably even more off topic, and hello list, sorry, I lurk as I'm *so* not techy enough for most of the conversations... But has everyone seen this flickr / google earth mix? Appols if it has done the rounds

Re: [backstage] Google Maps

2005-06-29 Thread Adam Bowie
This is worth looking at: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ Adam - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.

Re: [backstage] Google Maps

2005-06-29 Thread Duncan Barclay
I have been looking at it for about half an hour now. It looks really impressive, and there are some things there that I didn't think would be possible. It is going to be fun using the Google Maps API :) Duncan Adam Bowie wrote: This is worth looking at: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

Re: [backstage] Google Maps... Hopefully not bad news...

2005-06-09 Thread Dom Ramsey
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Slashdot are carrying a story that google maps have sent out some cease and desists to some sites for using their maps. It may only be targeted on sites that are non-personal, although I guess time will tell as to what

Re: [backstage] Google Maps... Hopefully not bad news...

2005-06-09 Thread Chris Walker
Dom Ramsey wrote: I'm fairly sure that this is because the site in question allowed people to make huge, downloadable images from the map tiles. Google don't own the map images. Dom Indeed. It is our understanding that the sites shut down were infringing the terms of the Navteq /

Re: [backstage] Google Maps Wiki

2005-06-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks alot for that, looks very helpful. Do you know if it is possible to put your own symbols on a map, or just their pushpin images? David Scanned by Emailfiltering.co.uk

[backstage] Google Maps Wiki

2005-06-02 Thread Paul Wilson
I know a lot of people on this list are interested in working with Google Maps so heres a Wiki for it (If you dont already now about it). http://69.90.152.144/collab/GoogleMapsHacking Paul