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Give us a Map in that Wave…

Published on December 17, 2009 in Industry. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Back in 2008 one of our PSG consultants in Germany demonstrated MapInfo maps running on an iPhone application demonstrating routes, geocodes and drivetime isochrones. So it should have been no surprise that he got in touch after reading the article I posted a couple of weeks back on Google Wave. Artem posted a couple of links, one to an article he had written which unfortunately was to an internal PBBI Blog.

However I’m pleased to have the article he wrote below, so those who got your Wave invite and want to try this then please go ahead. Many thanks again to Artem for this:

Do you want to display a MapInfo map  within a Wave? Just select button “Add gadget by URL”  in the toolbar and enter “http://greenstones.de/wave/map.xml”.

This is a very simple example. You can only navigate the map and select objects using different selection tools (rectangle, circle, freehand). The next step is to allow users to collaborate with each other using a map.

The gadget is build on MapXtreme Java and Mioss(http://mioss.sourceforge.net/). If you have any ideas or questions please wave me artem.grinshtein@googlewave.com or artem.grinstein@pb.com

Give us a Wave!

Published on December 4, 2009 in Industry. 1 Comment Tags: , .

google_wave_logo

A couple of weeks ago I got an invite to go and check out Google Wave. Heard about the hype? Want to know what it’s all about? Well it’s invite only. Just like the good old days when GMail was invite only. Perhaps the difference is, we all knew what to do with GMail. Not quite the same thing for Google Wave…yet. From initial looks, it seems to integrate a mail/messenger service along with the ability to integrate widgets, applications, pictures, and even….Maps.

Perhaps in the future there will be a Stratus Wave widget??

I can’t help but think when Google OS comes to the forefront, the OS, Chrome and this will all merge into something awesome. Until then we can play around a bit with some technology.

https://wave.google.com/wave/

As it’s Friday, and getting in the Christmas spirit, I’ve got 4 Google Wave invites to share the joy/curiosity. If you’d like one please send me a mail to chris.mccartney@pb.com and I’ll oblige. Better be quick!

Chris M