TechCrunch reports on a new competitor to hit the street mapping market seen here. They go on to add: Microosft and even MapQuest now have street-level photos. Now that we’ve mastered placing stitched-together panoramic photos on a map, the next step is obviously to go to video. … seeing the technology actually work makes you [...]
Posts and/or Videos Tagged ‘Video Guides’
StreetView Video – we told you so!
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
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OpenSteetMap Vs Google StreetWise
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
OpenStreetMap may not wield a big stick like Google but it certainly knows how to mobilise its user-base. Furthermore, if not already obvious,OpenStreetMap definitely isn’t as ‘sexy’ as Streetwise but they have probably secured their biggest round of support so far in the form of the city of Atlanta in the US. A BBC article [...]
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OpenStreetMap may not wield a big stick like Google but it certainly knows how to mobilise its user-base. Furthermore, if not already obvious,OpenStreetMap definitely isn’t as ‘sexy’ as Streetwise but they have probably secured their biggest round of support so far in the form of the city of Atlanta in the US. A BBC article [...]
Snappy or informative hostel guides?
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Hostel video guides are an effective way to promote any hostel and hotel for that matter, but what exactly is the best way? Well, there’s several points to consider in choosing the way it should be produced and of course what market you’re aiming at: quality of video footage, quality of information, quality of actual [...]
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Hostel video guides are an effective way to promote any hostel and hotel for that matter, but what exactly is the best way? Well, there’s several points to consider in choosing the way it should be produced and of course what market you’re aiming at: quality of video footage, quality of information, quality of actual [...]
Free DVDs for all guests
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
A little thought has just popped into mind. Hotels could really help to enlighten a guest’s stay within a city/town with a complimentary DVD covering specific museums, monuments, places of interest – not the usual once over bird’s eye view, through the doors of a shop, round the exhitbition hall cafeteria that is so utterly [...]
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A little thought has just popped into mind. Hotels could really help to enlighten a guest’s stay within a city/town with a complimentary DVD covering specific museums, monuments, places of interest – not the usual once over bird’s eye view, through the doors of a shop, round the exhitbition hall cafeteria that is so utterly [...]
Dinosaurs in Tourism Offices
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Dinosaurs – not the real ones of course but their human ancestors readily thrive in our societies, particularly in places you would never expect. Take the little visit with a respected economic advisor from ASCOM in Bologna yesterday (mention no names as I might have to go back some day!). He quite happily declared that [...]
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Dinosaurs – not the real ones of course but their human ancestors readily thrive in our societies, particularly in places you would never expect. Take the little visit with a respected economic advisor from ASCOM in Bologna yesterday (mention no names as I might have to go back some day!). He quite happily declared that [...]