Map Channels is now available for mobile phone

New v4 Map Channels

Map Channels ‘Map Place Maps’ is now available for mobile phone.

“Mobile Place Maps are a quick and convenient method of providing a place map, plus the route to get there.”

Map Channels Mobile Place Maps

Map Channels Mobile Place Maps is available here: http://www.mapchannels.com/MobilePlaceMaps.aspx

The successful Map Channels has been updated once again with some more useful tools.

“Map Channels lets users easily embed maps into websites and blogs. A number of tools are available to create maps from KML, GeoRSS or spreadsheet map data. A range of features and options let you customize the map appearance to meet a range of mapping needs. “

New v4 Map Channels

What is New?

 

  • Search facility is now powered by the Google Places API.
  • User can define a list of localities, giving quick links to map locations.
  • The footer bar can be customized by using a HTML template to show categories, layers and localities.
  • An information panel can be used in addition to the info window to display detailed place information.

User Interface Improvements

  • A map is provided to (optionally) set the initial map centre and zoom level.
  • A preview of the feed data is displayed (useful to spot if an incorrect feed url has been supplied).
  • Additional help for setting up a data feed.

Map Channels Editor (users are required to login to create a map)

New v4 Map Channels Editor

Map Channels

View the v4 Demo Map (as above)

http://www.mapchannels.com/Mc4Edit.aspx?id=mc4_demo_1_1

Google Earth: New Imagery – August 14

 

Thanks to sharp-eyed GEB reader ‘Andreas’, it seems that Google has just pushed out a fresh imagery update. The full extent of the update is still unknown, but it appears to be quite sizable.

 

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As is usually the case, you can use Google Maps to determine for sure whether or not a specific area is fresh. This new imagery isn’t in Google Maps yet, so you can compare Earth vs. Maps to see what’s new; the fresh imagery is already in Google Earth, but the old imagery is still in Google Maps. If you compare the two side-by-side and they’re not identical, that means that you’ve found a freshly updated area in Google Earth!

[UPDATED – 13-August, 1:52pm EST]

  • China: Beijing, Shenzhen — thanks ‘drone’ and ‘hongxz’
  • Ethiopia: Gode — thanks ‘Snakeye’
  • United States: Arizona (Buckeye, Camp Verde, Casa Grande), California (Bakersfield, Coalinga, Huron, Sacramento, Visalia), Illinois (Harrisburg), Iowa (Des Moines, Sioux City), Missouri (Columbia, Jefferson City, Joplin), Nebraska (Lincoln, Omaha), New Mexico (Carlsbad, Farmington), New York (Rochester), Ohio (Dayton), Oklahoma (Tulsa), Texas (Abilene, Big Spring, Dalhart, Junction, Monahams) — thanks ‘Alex’, ‘Andreas’, ‘Munden’ and ‘Steven’

As ‘Munden’ points out in the comments, the imagery from the tornado that struck Joplin, MO is stunning:

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DeGeneres on Trust and Confidence

 

“Never follow someone else’s path… unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.”

–Ellen DeGeneres (1958 – )
American comedian and actor

Do your people (customers, prospects, team, colleagues) know they’re important to you? Always? Sometimes? Rarely?

Remember… It’s your occasional words and continual actions that’ll help them know best.

To be sure it’s a closer to always thing, consider implementing a personal appreciation audit each month or quarter for your most important people – remembering that actions speak louder than words (but words are important too).