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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: worker201 on 27 May 2010, 22:25

Title: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
Post by: worker201 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/ (http://fuzzytolerance.info/news/google-google-google/)
Title: Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
Post by: piratePenguin 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 (http://www.stop-microsoft.org/bbs/index.php/topic,12307.msg135616.html#msg135616), 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.
Title: Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
Post by: worker201 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.
Title: Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
Post by: Kintaro 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 (http://www.rootbsd.net)
Title: Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
Post by: worker201 on 31 May 2010, 21:10
I pay about $100 per year, so I really have no right to complain about what I get.
Title: Re: Casting a Wider and Deeper Net
Post by: Kintaro 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.