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A9.com - Mapping at Ground Level
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on Thursday December 08, @01:36PM
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Very Spatial links to a short News8Austin article about Amazon’s A9.com ground level mapping. From the article: "Unlike sites that offer satellite imagery, A9 is doing it all from the ground level. For example, if you search for a restaurant, you can see not only a picture of where you'll be eating, but you can also take a virtual stroll down the block to see what else is around."
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All Points Blog links (1, 2) to ResourceShelf note and AP article on Amazon A9 withdrawing from the webmapping competition. From the article: "Amazon.com Inc.'s A9 search engine has dropped some of its most widely touted features, including the ability to remember everything a user has ever searched for and a service that showed detailed, street-level images of major cities. [...] A9 had put considerable effort into taking detailed, street-level photos of 20 U.S. cities, which people could use to map directions and find businesses. Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. also have invested heavily in such photographic search technologies."
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