Google defends 'Mapathon' amid Indian security complaint Google has defended its Map Maker technology which has provoked a police complaint by the Survey of India mapping department. In a statement provided to ZDNet, a Google spokesperson said the application, and its use in last month's Mapathon contest, complied with all applicable laws. SOI had reportedly claimed the competition was illegal partly due to security concerns. A spokesperson said Google has briefed the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Survey General of India, the national cartographer. "The Survey of India (SOI) contacted Google regarding the Mapathon contest on March 22, and--as requested by them--we responded to them on March 25 and offered to meet them to discuss their concerns," the spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement. "We take security and national regulations very seriously," said the spokesperson. Motivation behind Map Maker Google Map Maker was first conceptualized in India, a country where even paper maps have historically lacked in details, said Mysore.
jQuery Mobile, pourquoi le tactile est-il toujours mobile ? L’équipe de jQuery vient d’annoncer un nouveau site entièrement dédié aux interfaces tactiles et mobiles : jQuery Mobile. Le but est bien sûr d’optimiser jQuery pour ces nouvelles plates-formes, mais ce n’est pas tout : une version mobile de jQuery UI est également prévue ! Et plutôt que d’adapter jQuery UI à ces nouvelles contraintes, le projet consiste dans un premier temps à réfléchir sur les évolutions possibles du framework, de manière à ce qu’il prenne nativement en compte ces nouvelles interfaces. Prototype d’interface pour jQuery UI Mobile Évidemment, une évolution en ce sens profiterait également au web « classique ». Mon petit doigt me dit que ce qui va en sortir risque bien de s’appeler jQuery UI 2, librairie à la fois adaptée au mobile et au desktop, de manière évolutive selon la plate-forme de destination. Rendez-vous dans 10 5 2 ans !
‘Google didn’t take permission for Mapathon’ Google India failed to get approvals from any agency before going ahead with its Mapathon contest in February-March, asking citizens to map their neighbourhoods, the Union government said on Tuesday. The case is now being probed by the Delhi Police after the Survey of India charged the Internet giant with jeopardising “national security interest” and violating the National Map Policy. “M/s Google, without any approval from any agency of the Government of India, conducted the Mapathon 2013 Competition to encourage participants to map their neighbourhood and places they ‘care about’ within the geographical boundaries of India... From national security point of view, civil and military Vital Areas (VAs)/Vital Points (VPs) cannot be shown in the map/data published in [the] public domain,” Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. Mr. In his letter to Google’s India office on March 21, Additional Surveyor-General of India R.C.
5 Excellent jQuery Mobile Tutorials | blogfreakz.com Recently jQuery Mobile Alpha 2 was released. One major goal of the project is to reach more than the top-tier mobile Web browsers such as those used in Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, BlackBerry OS, mobile versions of Window and Hewlett-Packard’s Web OS. With jQuery Mobile, developers can write applications for a number of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. Although jQuery Mobile is still relatively new, I was able to find some of excellent jquery mobile tutorials. In this article I will share with you 5 excellent jQuery mobile tutorials that you can use as a guide to learn jQuery Mobile. How to Build an RSS Reader with jQuery Mobile This is maybe the first jquery mobile tutorial that I found in the net. jQuery Mobile: What Can It Do for You? Getting Started with jQuery Mobile & Rails 3 This tutorial teach us how to create CRUD application with Rails 3 and jQuery Mobile. Creating a Simple App Using jQuery Mobile How to create a mobile WordPress theme with jQuery Mobile
Kartograph – rethink mapping Leaflet - a modern, lightweight JavaScript library for interactive maps by CloudMade - Quick Start Guide ← Tutorials This step-by-step guide will quickly get you started on Leaflet basics, including setting up a Leaflet map, working with markers, polylines and popups, and dealing with events. Preparing your page Before writing any code for the map, you need to do the following preparation steps on your page: Now you’re ready to initialize the map and do some stuff with it. Setting up the map Let’s create a map of the center of London with pretty Mapbox Streets tiles. var mymap = L.map('mapid').setView([51.505, -0.09], 13); By default (as we didn’t pass any options when creating the map instance), all mouse and touch interactions on the map are enabled, and it has zoom and attribution controls. Note that setView call also returns the map object — most Leaflet methods act like this when they don’t return an explicit value, which allows convenient jQuery-like method chaining. Next we’ll add a tile layer to add to our map, in this case it’s a Mapbox Streets tile layer. Markers, circles and polygons
BigVideo.js - The jQuery Plugin for Big Background Video The jQuery Plugin for Big Background Video (and Images) This plugin makes it easy to add fit-to-fill background video to websites. It can play silent ambient background video (or series of videos). Or use it as a player to show video playlist. BigVideo.js can also show big background images, which is nice to have for showing big background images for devices that don’t have autoplay for ambient video. BigVideo.js is built on top of Video.js from zencoder. You can read about how to use BigVideo.js below. DOWNLOAD: zip tar examples bower install BigVideo.js Setup BigVideo.js uses the Video.js api. To simply play a video that takes up the entire browser window (like in this example), do this: For crossbrowser fallbacks, you can include a source order with different video formats. Ambient Video To play silent video in the background of a page (like in this example), use BigVideo’s ambient setting: Or play a series of ambient background videos (like in this example) Video.js BV.getPlayer().pause();
Raphaël—JavaScript Library 1.3.7 demo - jQuery Window 1 I am plumbed with a Bezier connector to Window 2 and a label, with Blank endpoints. Window 2 I am plumbed with a Bezier connector to Window 1, and a Bezier connector with Rectangle endpoints to Window 3 Window 3 I am plumbed with a Bezier connector and Rectangle endpoints to Window 2, and a Bezier connector with Dot endpoints and a label to Window 4. Window 4 I am plumbed with a Bezier connector with Dot endpoints to Window 3, and with a Straight connector with Image endpoints to Window 5. Window 5 I am plumbed with a Flowchart connector to Window 6, between our two centerpoints, which are drawn below, and larger than, the window element; I am also plumbed to Window 4. Window 6 I am plumbed with a Flowchart connector to Window 5, between our two centerpoints, which are drawn below, and larger than, the window element. Window 7 I am plumbed with State Machine connectors to Window 3. Connection One
d3.js Cubism.js Time Series Visualization foo7.6 bar−6.2 foo + bar1.4 foo - bar14 Cubism.js is a D3 plugin for visualizing time series. Scalable Cubism fetches time series data incrementally: after the initial display, Cubism reduces server load by polling only the most recent values. Effective Cubism also scales in terms of perception: small multiples aligned by time facilitate rapid comparison. Area (120px)7.6 Area (30px)7.6 In contrast, horizon charts reduce vertical space without losing resolution. Horizon, 1-band (120px)7.6 Horizon, 2-band (60px)7.6 Horizon, 3-band (40px)7.6 Horizon, 4-band (30px)7.6 By combining position and color, horizon charts improve perception: position is highly effective at discriminating small changes, while color differentiates large changes. Flexible Cubism is data-source agnostic. Want to learn more?
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