But with the new release ESRI will make big use of standard Web languages such as XML and Java to create maps far easier to use--and more fun--for clients.
That's not all, though, as there are plenty of references to a pair of stereoscopic cameras "of a type typically found in mobile phones and other compact devices" at each end of the touch surface -- allowing it to create depth maps.
The reform panel pushed the Camden Police Department to create computerized crime maps, and to change police beats and shifts to focus on the worst areas and times.
We tried to rely on the StarCraft II 1.5 Arcade editor to create the custom maps ourselves but at the last minute got bogged down trying to pull it all together and balance the maps.
The program is also using high-resolution satellite images to create even more detailed maps.
Briefly, Map Maker allows people to create and edit Google Maps.
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She will show how a user could draw an image on a large touchscreen to call on pre-loaded data to create interactive charts, maps or other diagrams.
He also counts himself among a growing legion of environmental scientists who have begun using Microsoft's Kinect to create detailed, 3D maps of caves, glaciers and even asteroids.
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You can play with up to seven other people--either allied or in a free-for-all--over a wide range of connections on the 25 included maps or create your own with the Scenario Builder.
In order to do this, we had to create a new version of Maps from the ground up.
It uses a vehicle-mounted camera, object-recognition software and satellite positioning to create detailed 3-D maps of roads, pinpointing features such as pot-holes.
The goal of a third MAPS project is to create a best practices document in cooperation with bulk e-mail companies.
Gill used actual topographic maps of Mars to create a vision of what the planet might have looked like billions of years ago.
The company said that maps and applications that users create can be embedded in workflows so that content created by one user can easily be shared with others on smartphones, tablets, and notebooks as well as the traditional office desktop.
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They will also create a diagram of the scene, labeling features using maps and engineering drawings supplemented by GPS, surveying equipment and other technology.
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Other nominees include Maps - musician James Chapman - for We can Create, his debut album which he produced in his bedroom in Northampton, and Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan for The End of History.
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In a letter posted to Apple's home page he had suggested that users create a web app for either Nokia or Google's maps - but a native app, such as Here Maps, should offer a superior experience.
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The Foundry is a user-friendly tool that allows players to craft maps, monsters, and missions with just a few clicks or create elaborate worlds.
The Oregon-based map publisher has been producing meticulous paper maps of the Western U.S. since 1994 but waited until now to create a digital application.
Jim Quigley: The framework maps out eight different managerial archetypes to help leaders think deeply about how their companies create value in the market and then adopt managerial behaviors to help their people act "as one" in achieving and exceeding their goals.
Crowd-sourced cartography is getting hot, too: in late May the company Telenav, which supplies maps to carmakers, said it would switch to OpenStreetMap, a collaborative project to create a free editable world map, from its previous suppliers, which had included Nokia and TomTom.
Wajam will then create a unique profile on iPhones that displays these social search results, even including nearby results on Google Maps.
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At Google Schmidt has used the Web's openness to create an even bigger and harder-to-attack network of online developers who build software for products like Google Maps and now Android.
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