🚀 go-pugleaf

Sounds good,

But why the chuff do they have to write every sodding single word with 
initial caps. Does'nt make good reading does it ?


"Andrew Priest" <andrew@aushiker.com> wrote in message 
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> Dear All
>
> Thougth this press release from Google, might be of interest.
>
> Mountain View, Calif. - June 12, 2006 - Google Inc. (Nasdaq: Goog)
> Today Announced A Series Of Updates To The Company's Mapping Product
> Suite, Further Illustrating Google's Commitment To Creating Powerful
> Tools For Sharing Geographic Information. Announced Live At Google's
> First Geo Developer Day, These Innovations Both Connect Users To
> Information About The World Around Them, As Well As Address The
> Growing Needs Of The Developer Community.
>
> "We Are Excited To Celebrate The One Year Anniversary Of Google Earth
> And The Google Maps Api With New Technologies For These Products,"
> Said John Hanke, Director, Google Earth And Maps. "In The Past Year,
> We Have Had More Than 100 Million Unique Google Earth Downloads And
> Have Enabled Over 30,000 Websites To Create Mash-ups Combining Their
> Own Geographic Data With The Google Maps Api. The Enthusiasm Of The
> Geo-developer Community Encourages Us That These Geo-based Tools Are
> Connecting Users To Information In New And Innovative Ways."
>
> Google Earth News Announced Today Includes:
>
> Satellite Imagery Update: A Significant High-resolution Imagery Update
> For Google Earth Increases The Product's Index Of High-resolution
> Imagery By Four Times. This Makes Sub-meter High-resolution Imagery
> Available For More Than One Third Of The World's Population. While
> Initially Available Only In Google Earth, This Database Will Also Be
> Accessible In Google Maps Shortly.
>
> New Version Of Google Earth: In The Product's First Major Update Since
> Its Launch One Year Ago, Google Earth Now Features A More Streamlined
> User Interface And New Tools That Enable The Creation And Display Of
> Third Party And User Generated Content. The Addition Of Textured
> Buildings Brings A New Level Of Realism And Detail To Google Earth's
> 3d World. Google Earth Is Also Now Available For The Windows, Mac And,
> For The First Time, Linux Operating Platforms; And Is Fully Localized
> In French, Italian, German And Spanish.
>
> Google Sketchup With Textured Buildings: In Coordination With The
> Release Of Google Earth, Google Sketchup Now Enables The Creation Of
> Textured Buildings For Visualization In Google Earth And The Google 3d
> Warehouse.
>
> Google Also Announced Several Updates To Google Maps And The Google
> Maps Api (Application Programming Interface), The Developer Tool That
> Enables Users To Easily Embed Google's Interactive, Dynamic Maps Into
> Their Own Websites. These Innovations Include:
>
> Google Maps Api: In Response To Developer Feedback, An Update To The
> Google Maps Api Enables Developers Of Google Maps-powered Mash-ups, Or
> Websites That Merge Geographic Information With Google Maps, To
> Integrate Data Based On Addresses. This Ability To Geocode Addresses
> Using The Google Maps Api Is The Most Requested Feature From Maps Api
> Users.
>
> Kml For Google Maps: A New Feature Of Google Maps Enables The Display
> Of Kml (Keyhole Markup Language, The File Format Used By Google Earth
> And Other Applications To Share Geographic Information) On Google
> Maps. This Innovation Enables Data Created In Google Earth To Be
> Viewed In A Web Browser As A Simple Mash-up. Requiring No Computer
> Programming Expertise, Kml For Google Maps Makes The Sharing Of
> Geographic Information Even Easier.
>
> Google Maps For Enterprise: Addressing The Needs Of The Enterprise
> Community, Google Announced Fee-based Licensing And Support For
> Businesses Wanting To Embed A Google Maps Experience In Websites Or
> Internal Applications. Leveraging The Google Maps Api, This Product
> Enables Businesses To Map Customer Locations, Track Shipments, Manage
> Facilities Or View Any Other Data Source In A Geographic Context.
>
> Google Earth Is Available At Http://Earth.google.com/. The Google Maps
> Api Is Available At Http://Www.google.com/Apis/Maps/.
>
> Regards
> Andrew Priest
>
>
>