Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:47:59 PMTRAFFIC...
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:48:03 PM
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jaymar.cabebe 6/6/2012 4:48:05 PMI cannot imagine not having the single search box. Wait yes I can. In fact, I can remember the multi-field search. *cringe..
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:48:34 PMBrian talking about 3 minutes to get an accident's impact on traffic reported, based on sensor data.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:48:45 PMINDOOR MAPS...
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:48:47 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:48:59 PMNot enough just to have maps.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:49:09 PMThey launched indoor walking directions. Great for train stations.
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jaymar.cabebe 6/6/2012 4:49:49 PMIn case you still haven't seen indoor Maps: download.cnet.com
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:49:56 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:49:56 PMPerformance: No longer pre-rendering maps. Now they're rendering on the fly, since they have the performance. Benefit: more custom maps, e.g., in whatever language you want.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:49:58 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:50:00 PMMAPS API
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:50:12 PMGoogle Maps API used by over 800k devs.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:50:16 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:50:27 PMDevs can make maps look how they want.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:50:30 PMMAPS FOR GOOD
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:50:41 PMRebecca Moore, Google Maps Outreach...
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:50:45 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:50:56 PMGoogle Earth Outreach, sorry
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:51:04 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:51:14 PM"What happens when you take this deep data and put it in the hands of the world?"
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:51:34 PMYeah, everyone, we are still waiting for the product announcements.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:51:46 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:52:04 PMRebecca talking about how Google Earth helped USGS and other agencies with Katrina, mapping flooding in real time.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:52:22 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:52:25 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:52:44 PMShowing powerful imagery of flooding and "areas that were still safe." Rescue workers were using this imagery to find people and navigate helicopters to rescue.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:52:47 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:52:59 PM"Using Google Earth, they saved the lives of more than 4,000 people."
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:53:07 PMFrom that, Google Earth Outreach was born
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:53:32 PMGetting interest from organizations who want to put their stories on "the world's map."
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:53:54 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:54:32 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:54:37 PMTalking about how an Amazon chief saw that land surrounding his preserve was getting decimated. And also how people were encroaching on his land.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:54:47 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:54:51 PM"Was time to put down the bow and arrow and take up the laptop."
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:55:21 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:55:26 PMIt's the Surui people's land he's trying to save.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:55:47 PMThe people call Google "Messenger."
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:55:52 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:56:18 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:56:29 PMAnnouncement: Halo Trust is an organization dedicated to eradicating land mines, using Google Earth to track landmine removal ops, and marking where it's safe and still not safe.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:56:47 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:56:48 PMYou can see areas, for ex in Angola, where minefields have been cleared