Comments on: Doc Searls: It’s too hard to find and share the coolness of Live Maps http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/ Strategies for Internet citizens Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: rajsingh.org blog http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/#comment-123120 rajsingh.org blog Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:09:51 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=322#comment-123120 [...] while the Live Maps birdseye view is awesome, it’s way too hard to find and share. John Udell picks up the thread and suggests a workaround, but that’s not the point of my mentioning [...] [...] while the Live Maps birdseye view is awesome, it’s way too hard to find and share. John Udell picks up the thread and suggests a workaround, but that’s not the point of my mentioning [...]

]]> By: Rodd http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/#comment-122344 Rodd Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:32:15 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=322#comment-122344 I've seen a few old stone towers in the Boston area, but nothing quite like the WUMB transmitter before. I think there is room for improvement in the way that MSVE saves & plays back viewpoints associated with 3D Map locations. "3D bookmarks" need to record all of the information necessary to see (exactly) what creator was seeing. This seems to be a hard problem, not just for MSVE, but for all kinds of other 3D software, including Second Life (where I often teleport into space and find myself in a free fall :-) I’ve seen a few old stone towers in the Boston area, but nothing quite like the WUMB transmitter before.

I think there is room for improvement in the way that MSVE saves & plays back viewpoints associated with 3D Map locations. “3D bookmarks” need to record all of the information necessary to see (exactly) what creator was seeing.

This seems to be a hard problem, not just for MSVE, but for all kinds of other 3D software, including Second Life (where I often teleport into space and find myself in a free fall :-)

]]> By: Slushpupie http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/#comment-122319 Slushpupie Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:21:14 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=322#comment-122319 In the US, using Safari I also end up at http://intl.local.live.com/ . Firefox on OSX works fine though. In the US, using Safari I also end up at http://intl.local.live.com/ . Firefox on OSX works fine though.

]]> By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/#comment-122314 Jon Udell Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:45:54 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=322#comment-122314 "In the UK I end up at http://intl.local.live.com/" Hmm. I wonder what's up with that? “In the UK I end up at http://intl.local.live.com/”

Hmm. I wonder what’s up with that?

]]> By: Doug Walker http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/#comment-122313 Doug Walker Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:45:52 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=322#comment-122313 You can also get the link by clicking Sharing -> Copy to clipboard. That copies the url into your clipboard. This works in IE on windows...not sure about other OSes or browsers. You can also get the link by clicking Sharing -> Copy to clipboard. That copies the url into your clipboard. This works in IE on windows…not sure about other OSes or browsers.

]]> By: dave http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/25/doc-searls-its-too-hard-to-find-and-share-the-coolness-of-live-maps/#comment-122312 dave Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:58:50 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=322#comment-122312 Your Live links (even the unlinked one) don't work for me. Using Firefox 3 alpha 8, Ubuntu, in the UK I end up at http://intl.local.live.com/ Your Live links (even the unlinked one) don’t work for me. Using Firefox 3 alpha 8, Ubuntu, in the UK I end up at http://intl.local.live.com/

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