Over the last few months we’ve been working with LEGO Australia, thinking about what would happen if we brought bricks to the browser. Build is the result: our latest Chrome Experiment which lets you explore and build a new world of LEGO creations together online. With 8 trillion bricks, think of Build as the largest …
Tag Archives: google maps
Google Map Maker
New 3D imagery for Google Earth for mobile
Mapping Wars
Google is holding an invitation-only event next week in San Francisco, where it says it will show off the “next dimension” of its Maps product. The event comes a week ahead of when Apple is expected to replace Google as the mapping provider in iOS at its annual developers conference, which starts June 11. Also …
Cube – A game about Google Maps
Photoshop Google Maps Tile Cutter Script (Google Maps Tile Generator)
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2013: PS_Bramus.GoogleMapsTileCutter has been updated and now includes a nice UI dialog. A video of the new version in action can be viewed on YouTube. The download link below links to the latest version, so no worries there. Last week, I coded a Google Maps Tile Cutter script for use with Adobe Photoshop. …
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Kartograph
Convert MrSID to an image (PNG, JPG, TIFF, …)
Conversion result, using data of my hometown Deinze, Belgium To convert a MrSID (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database) from LizardTech you’ll need GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) — Mac Users: download here — along with its MrSID Plugin — Mac Users: scroll down at link above. Once both are installed you can use gdal_translate to do …
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Convert ESRI Shapefile (.shp) to geoJSON (.json)
Conversion result implemented in Google Maps, using data of my hometown Deinze, Belgium To convert ESRI shapefiles to geoJSON (which you can perfectly use JavaScript and thus pass on to Google Maps, see screenshot above) you will need GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) — Mac Users: download here. I have installed GDAL 1.9 Complete but …
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Convert LAMBERT 1972 to WGS84
Needed to convert LAMBERT 1972 (EPSG:31370) coordinates to WGS84 (EPSG:4326) for a project I’m working on in order to use the coordinates with Google Maps (which uses a SphericalMercator (EPSG:900913) projection). Took me quite a while to find the needed algorithm, so hereby I’m listing them (and am providing the JavaScript implementation): JavaScript: var lambert72toWGS84 …