Geo goodies announced by Google

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Geo goodies announced by Google

A number of Where 2.0 attendees were invited to the Googleplex yesterday for a Geo Developer Day and to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Google Maps. There were a number of new features announced, including

a new version of Google Earth
(which I've only had a chance to try on my PC at work so far, and it has crashed every time I try to zoom into something)
the ability to pull display KML feeds in Google Maps
(The feeds didn't refresh based on the area of map you're viewing though, as they would in Google Earth. Also, I wonder if they'll support GeoRSS anytime soon? The ability to pull geocoded RSS feeds into Google Maps would be great)
geocoding support for the US, Canada and a number of other places - including Germany
(but not including the UK, presumably because of the tight rein the Royal Mail have over postcode data)

It's been a year since Google Maps was introduced and look at what's been done with them. I'm really looking forward to what's in store at the Where 2.0 conference this year - if only from the other side of the Atlantic.

Posted in Geographic at 10:30 AM on Tuesday 13 June 2006
Tags: geo google geo developer day google maps google earth georss kml