Apple confirms it’s collecting data on foot to improve its Maps app – Digital Trends / / No Comments Digital Trends Apple confirms it's collecting data on foot to improve its Maps appDigital TrendsApple Maps has come on leaps and bounds since its disastrous launch in 2012, when it clearly wasn't ready for showtime. Improvements across the board mean the app now functions as you'd expect, though there's no reliable data indicating how many …Apple is collecting pedestrian map data in effort to improve Maps appMobileSyrupApple Maps vehiclesMaps – AppleApple is rebuilding Maps from the ground upTechCrunchall 15 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple, collecting, confirms, data, digital, foot, improve, it's, maps, Trends
After the Storm, a Flood of Data – CityLab / / No Comments CityLab After the Storm, a Flood of DataCityLabFor drivers used to relying on GPS navigation apps, it can be dangerously fluid situation, since road conditions can change too fast for official government maps of road closures to keep up. Following complaints on social media of evacuees who followed … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: after, CityLab, data, Flood, Storm
How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collection – Vox / / No Comments Vox How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collectionVoxOver the weekend, news broke that a fitness-centered social media app called Strava had quietly, inadvertently divulged the locations of secret military bases around the world via its recently updated global “heat map.” Anyone wearing a fitness tracker …New map uses app data to show where Chicagoans like to run, ride bikesChicago Sun-TimesAll your base are belong to us: Strava exercise app maps military sites, reveals where spies jogThe RegisterFitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military InformationBrinkwire (press release)all 10 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: collection, data, fitness, military, reality, revealed, secrets
Track Hurricane Irma’s location and intensity in real time using NOAA data – Quartz / / No Comments Quartz Track Hurricane Irma's location and intensity in real time using NOAA dataQuartzThe app has a free version and a paid “Hurricane Tracker” upgrade for a one-time fee of $ 2.99. The free version shows real-time wind and weather patterns that allow you to track the current status of a hurricane, and the paid tracker adds additional … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: data, Hurricane, intensity, Irma's, location, NOAA, Quartz, Real, time, Track, using
How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic Data – NDTV / / No Comments NDTV How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic DataNDTVGoogle Maps is one of the most popular apps in the world, with well over a billion users. Google collects its mapping data from a wide variety of sources including road sensors, user contributions via Map Maker, and local transport departments, among …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Accurate, data, Gets, Google, maps, NDTV, realtime, Remarkably, Traffic
Open-source mapping company Mapbox acquires passive fitness app-maker Human for its anonymized data – MobiHealthNews / / No Comments MobiHealthNews Open-source mapping company Mapbox acquires passive fitness app-maker Human for its anonymized dataMobiHealthNewsSan Francisco-based Mapbox, an open-source mapping platform, has acquired fitness-tracking app Human, which allows users to track activity all day and aggregates the data anonymously to create information about cities. Human is a passive app with a … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: acquires, anonymized, appmaker, Company, data, fitness, Human, MapBox, Mapping, MobiHealthNews, opensource, passive
Metro data now available via Apple’s Map app – MyNewsLA.com / / No Comments MyNewsLA.com Metro data now available via Apple's Map appMyNewsLA.comMetro announced Thursday that the Los Angeles County transit agency's bus and rail data is available on Apple's Maps application that comes installed on all new Apple devices, including phones, tablets and desktop computers. The app gives Apple users …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple's, available, data, Metro, MyNewsLA.com
Netflix builds JavaScript library to fetch data – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Netflix builds JavaScript library to fetch dataInfoWorldWith its Falcor project, Netflix is offering a JavaScript library for efficient data-fetching, with developers able to represent remote data sources as a single domain model via the JSON Graph convention. Netflix, which uses Falcor for the company's …and more » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: builds, data, fetch, InfoWorld, JavaScript, library, Netflix