The latest news articles selected by Octave Computing Limited that we believe may be of interest to consumers and businesses.
Free Sat-Nav now available for Nokia E71
Saturday 26 June 2010
Link Tags: business consumer geospatial hardware software
Nokia Ovi Maps is now available for the Nokia E71 enterprise smart phone. This release provides free turn-by-turn satellite navigation.
Google street view covers 95% of UK
Saturday 13 March 2010
Link Tags: consumer geospatial software
Google have updated their street view software to cover 95% of the UK. To give it a try, visit maps.google.com with Javascript enabled, search for your location, then drag the little orange man (at the top of the left-hand zoom bar) onto the map or zoom all the way in. Streets that are navigable will be shown in blue.
Free Sat-Nav for your mobile phone
Monday 22 February 2010
Link Tags: business consumer geospatial hardware software
Nokia Ovi Maps has been offered for free with certain handsets since January 2010. We will update you when this offer is extended to the older enterprise smart phones.
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 available
Thursday 10 September 2009
Link Tags: business database geospatial
OpenStreetMap moves to PostgreSQL
Monday 04 May 2009
Link Tags: business database geospatial software
Clever Elephant has reported that PostgreSQL will be used for OpenStreetMap.
UK Google street view launched
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Link Tags: consumer geospatial software
Google have released their street view software for the UK. To give it a try, visit maps.google.com with Javascript enabled, search for London, then drag the little orange man (at the top of the left-hand zoom bar) onto the map. Streets that are navigable will be shown in blue.
ESRI to support PostgreSQL
Monday 29 September 2008
Link Tags: business database geospatial
PostgreSQL weekly news reports that ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 now supports PostgreSQL. This enhancement allows businesses to obtain the full benefits of PostgreSQL or EnterpriseDB alongside an established ArcGIS installation.
