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Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
« on: 27 May 2010, 22:25 »
A blogger highlights some of the neat new stuff Google has come out with recently.  Most of it is focused on mapping stuff, but he mentions other fields as well.

http://fuzzytolerance.info/news/google-google-google/

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Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
« Reply #1 on: 30 May 2010, 15:37 »
Do you use the google maps apis? What types of things have you made using it? It might be a huge help to create a realistic city transport model I have in mind.

Re this discussion, it might interest you, it might not.

Anyways, I'll start learning about the apis. Mightn't be a huge help, but certainly of interest.
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Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
« Reply #2 on: 30 May 2010, 19:24 »
I'm currently working on a personal project to build a map from a MySQL database of locations.  Currently, I'm trying to geocode the locations ahead of time, and add the lat/lons to the database.  However, I'm having some troubles with that.  My hosting server has been acting weird lately.  Plus, I'm having trouble figuring out MySQL, now that I know PostgreSQL.  Too bad I don't have PostgreSQL hosting.

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Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
« Reply #3 on: 30 May 2010, 21:55 »
For $20 a month I'll give you almost anything you want for hosting. I could do one better and suggest my insanely cheap VPS provider: www.rootbsd.net

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Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
« Reply #4 on: 31 May 2010, 21:10 »
I pay about $100 per year, so I really have no right to complain about what I get.

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Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
« Reply #5 on: 1 June 2010, 10:54 »
I pay about $100 per year, so I really have no right to complain about what I get.

I think my dreamhost account costs more than that. Might be late fees because I avoid the bill like the plague.