Bing Maps AJAX & HTML5 GeoLocation API
Learn how to use HTML5's geolocation API to show a users location on Bing Maps
View ArticleFree Charity Mapping Tool
With Microsoft Bing Maps’ latest Terms of Use which enable not for profit organisations to use Bing Maps free of charge, Earthware have been working with the Bing Team to develop a free mapping tool...
View ArticleBing Maps Street Side Imagery for London, UK
Read all about Bing Map's new London street side imagery release
View ArticleIs a Map Always the Right Answer?
Here at Earthware, we have recently been working on a number of projects showing quite complex and multi-faceted data sets using consumer APIs such as Google Maps and Bing Maps. This has led us to...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi arrives at Earthware!
Last week was a very exciting time at Earthware… our Raspberry Pi arrived! I have recently started at Earthware as a ‘summer intern’, and so was thrilled to be given possession of the Pi for a day, and...
View ArticleEarthware ready to release their first Windows 8 Bing Map app!
On Wednesday the Bing Maps SDKs for Windows Store apps were released. You can take a look at the announcement here, http://binged.it/Vv6kxi, but essentially what this means for us at Earthware is that...
View ArticleBing Maps Silverlight – smooth zoom skydive animation
Learn how to customize the Bing Map Silverlight control's zoom animation to create a smooth skydiving experience in Silverlight
View ArticleEarthware are officially ‘Windows 8 Elite’!
On Friday we received the good news from Microsoft that thanks to the submission of our first Windows 8 app, Meet½Way, we at Earthware are now officially ’Windows 8 Elite’! So, what is this ‘Meet½Way’?...
View ArticleJenny Heaton Announced as Google SketchUp Competition Winner!
On Sunday 25th November local secondary school student Jenny Heaton was announced as the winner of Letchworth’s Google SketchUp competition, ‘3D_lgc’. Earthware had been a supporter and sponsor of this...
View ArticleInaugural Ordnance Survey Developer Event
Last night London played host to the inaugural OS Developer Event and it was great to be there. I always enjoy having the chance to meet with members of the OS development and support teams and would...
View ArticleOur First Edits With Google Map Maker UK!
You may be aware that today Google Map Maker was released in the UK and already we have put this to use for the residents of Letchworth Garden City! A few weeks ago I was trying to show a friend how to...
View ArticleThe End of the Google Maps JavaScript API v2 Approaches…
We thought it would be worthwhile sending out a reminder that the deadline for the end of support for the Google Maps JavaScript API v2 is now less than a month away, and is due to take place on 19th...
View ArticleGoogle Maps visual refresh and UK road styling
We’re enjoying investigating the forthcoming update to Google Maps, here at Earthware. As part of understanding the consequences of the new look and feel for one of our clients, we noticed that the...
View ArticleTransport for London’s Journey Planner is now using Google Maps!
This year Earthware have been working alongside the TfL Online Team and BAE Systems Detica to create the new Transport for London Journey Planner. As of tomorrow you are able to try it out for...
View ArticleGeocode your photo, video or any collection using metadata
We’ve just completed an interesting project combining mapping with photos and videos. So if you have a massive digital library of photos that you’ve scanned or taken on a camera without GPS Positioning...
View ArticleGPS tracking using a Trimble device
Earlier this summer we had the chance to cycle around London with an expensive, high-accuracy GPS tracker from Trimble. More recently, we had the chance to do something useful with the data we...
View ArticleMake your own Street View
A few weeks ago we dispatched a student intern to walk through Norton Common near Earthware’s office, holding a pole with an iPhone and GoPano lens attached to it. Short of being on fire, he couldn’t...
View ArticleFull UK Postcodes Polygons (mostly Open Data)
The Ordnance Survey provides the GB postcode location data as free to use Code-Point® Open which you can read about here and the exact license terms are here. Which is great, however, you’ll notice...
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