-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ____/ Andrew Halliwell on Tuesday 03 March 2009 15:26 : \____
> Doug Mentohl <[email protected]> wrote: >> This patented technology generally relates to interactive maps and can >> be used to provide user-generated data, such as places of interest or >> reviews, over the Internet .. >> >> http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2203784/ > > Well... there's plenty of prior art there. > One example is the doomsday book project from the 1980s in the uk. > pretty much the whole of the uk was mapped with interactive content and > video added relating to specific places. > > It was a bit like a precursor to google earth. > > It existed on 2 laser disks connected to either BBC or RM machines. (you had > to switch disks when you went to certain places... think it was a > north/south thing, but it's been 25 years so I could be wrong there) > > There was one in the local library. I remember using it quite a lot to plan > journeys. It was better than road maps because you could view aerial photos > too. > > The only thing not covered by this is "over the internet"... > But google maps has been around for years which covers that one. > And of course, google earth, which does everything doomsday project did on > disk via the internet and more. Posted recently: ,----[ Quote ] | I call them the 'on the Internet' patents. You can patent anything by adding | the suffix - 'on the internet'. `---- http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2009/01/30/why-i-dont-sign-ndas/ - -- ~~ Best of wishes Roy S. Schestowitz | make install -not war http://Schestowitz.com | Open Prospects | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E Tasks: 140 total, 1 running, 139 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie http://iuron.com - knowledge engine, not a search engine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmtUCQACgkQU4xAY3RXLo4BPQCghimMKhAasFpl0fnnGAWcUrdy WP0AoKtcZE2Wmck1S8buDHAVlEtBtZ9o =/gqF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
