Watch live TV channels on Google Map

June 24, 2008 · Filed Under Internet, Online Maps · 1 Comment 

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It is very interesting to watch live streaming  television feeds from the globe on Google Map. If you are very much interested in watching global news, it is a good choice to watch it right on a Google map. Thanks to WORLD NEWS TV which provides twelve famous TV channels like CNN, BBC, Sky News, ABC News Now, CCTV-9 China, Iran PressTV, France24, CNN IBN India and Russia with the map interface. Click here to open the Google Map page and select your location or select the channel directly from the left panel of the map window.

Google Earth for desktop Linux

June 15, 2008 · Filed Under Internet, Online Maps · Comment 

Linspire, Inc. developer of CNR.com (www.cnr.com), an easy-to-use, one-click digital software delivery service for desktop Linux, announced the availability of Google Earth for Freespire 2.0, Linspire 6.0, Ubuntu 7.04 & 7.10 (32 bit) desktop Linux users. Available for download and installation with one-click through CNR.com, Google Earth is a free software download from Google that combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google’s search service to make the world’s geographic information easily accessible and useful.

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Find IP address and host location on Google Maps

June 14, 2008 · Filed Under Internet, Online Maps · Comment 

Have you ever tried to find out the IP address of your own computer or the IP address of any web host? You can get all these details from http://geotool.servehttp.com/ website. Go to the page by clicking on the image below. By default it will display the IP address and location of your machine and to find out the location of any host, give URL or IP address and press submit button.

Hacking GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth


Compare Google and Yahoo! Maps

May 31, 2008 · Filed Under Online Maps · Comment 

Online maps are available from many sources across the World Wide Web. First Google has entered into this map publishing service with highly interactive satellite images, maps and terrain images. The Google Maps API enable developers to create new applications and mashups, thereby pushing the Google Maps brand to mainstream audiences. Microsoft, Yahoo, MapQuest and others quickly followed the trend. Among these mapping services it is difficult to find out which is the best service for us with more accurate maps and attribute information. Read more

Google Map - Find your location with geographic coordinates

May 26, 2008 · Filed Under Online Maps · 4 Comments 

Geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) are very important element for a geography scholar who is looking on a map for location details. Desktop, Network and Internet based GIS applications provide details on locations and their coordinate details with improved interactivity. Google Maps do not display their latitude longitude values of a location when you move your mouse pointer on the map. But it can be retrievable from Google Map by running some functions in the background. Here is an example of Google Map API by which you can find out a location of your interest anywhere in the world and its latitude and longitude values accurately. By default these values are kept as decimal degrees.

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