watch the livestream of the "google maps: into the future" session which is on right now:
The New Google Maps
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Re: The New Google Maps
#62Does it feel odd to anyone else that you click the "Request an invite" button and it doesn't ask who you are? Also nowhere on the page does it show my identity.
Perhaps if you don't realize you're logged into gmail. I thought it was well understood that being logged into gmail meant you were logged into all of google's services?
I am logged into 2 Gmail accounts at the moment, which one did it connect with?
Re: The New Google Maps
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That's weird because I searched it on YouTube but it wasn't there before. Bit too early I guess... ;-) Not overly impressed by any of the new features though, looks like they just pushed their recommendation engine more to the front and brushed up the UI map rendering a bit, but that's about it. Still a lot better than any other map service though.
no the big change is getting rid of dividing the screen between a list of search results and the map itself.
I'm not convinced that's a good thing in all cases -- a centralized list of search results can be useful. For example if I search google maps for "seattle register car" I get a couple results for actual auto registration places, along with airport parking, car dealerships, etc... being able to quickly filter out the junk results without mousing all over a map seems nice.
Honestly now that I think about it I have no idea what my "usual" google maps usage is so it'll be interesting to see how much that matters!
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#64"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.
Seems like a smart decision to me. I probably wouldn't have cared about GMail if thirteen year old me didn't want an invite more than anything. Anyway, it's still a gradual rollout, just with hype. Seems like a smart decision to me if they don't overuse the gimmick.
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#65"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.
Facebook has consistently done the same thing with all of their new features (Graph Search, Timeline, etc). I fail to see why this is so egregious?
It's the disconnect between what Google is (the 800 pound gorilla that can roll out a new product like an appliance manufacturer can roll out a new toaster), and how Google sees itself (the brave disruptive startup launching something cool in private beta).
It's the same disconnect that we know from Microsoft, that couldn't see itself as the monopolist they were, because their self-image was still that of the little startup that took on the mighty IBM.
Of course it could all just be marketing, like every word out of Google these days is just marketing without substance.
Either way, Google doesn't listen to user feedback and is perfectly capable of rolling out a new product on a global scale. "Request an invite" is BS.
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Which security risks are you talking about? In the spec or in the implementations? Currently, the biggest security risk in WebGL is, indirectly, your graphics driver. As an example, the latest security problem with WebGL was in OS X and had to to with exposing uninitialized memory contents. Of course, it is true that graphics driver writers are only now warming up to the fact that a webpage shouldn't cause a kernel p…
I'm talking about the OpenGL drivers. They were never intended to be exposed to untrusted code running on web pages, so they haven't really been hardened appropriately.
Have you given it a shot recently? I work with WebGL on a daily basis, and they are incomparably better now than they were not even 2 years ago.
(And, to be perfectly nitpicky, in Windows you'd be blaming Direct3D drivers ;) ANGLE compiles WebGL to Direct3D.)
Re: The New Google Maps
#67You can code your own applications that interface with Google Earth as illustrated with these interactive demos: https://developers.google.com/earth/documentation/demogaller... Warning, "monster milktruck demo" and "flight simulator" will take about 4 to 8 hours of your free time. Not as addictive as most video games, but approach with caution.
I was really hoping the milktruck would actually collide with structures, but it just clips through them.
I think there is a flag where you can turn it on. In the flight simulator you can crash into buildings. Also, try the grand canyon with the monster milktruck, set aside 5 hours for this.
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I don't really think it was stale or stagnated exactly. You probably saw recently a few posts about how much work goes into them and why exactly they're better than Apple's or Microsoft's. It's very subtle and fundamental stuff. They didn't change much, it's true, but that's because the competition was so bad and they leapfrogged them by so much at the beginning. We'll see how the new look works in action - I can't s…
In comparison to http://here.com Google Maps was stale.
When was this launched? I have never heard of it, and it looks pretty solid.
Re: The New Google Maps
#69"Request an invite". Dear god, Google still thinking it's a cute little startup. It really is the Microsoft story all over again.
Invite-only creates hype around your product. Google wants people to Tweet and post on Facebook: "I got an invite into the new Google Maps!". Simple marketing.
Or even share on Google+
… on second thought, I'm sure even Google knows they'd be preaching to the choir there.
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Perhaps if you don't realize you're logged into gmail. I thought it was well understood that being logged into gmail meant you were logged into all of google's services?
I am logged into 2 Gmail accounts at the moment, which one did it connect with?
You'll find out when you get an e-mail to one of the accounts.