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Using Color for Web Wayfinding
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9/3/2010 7:15:00 AM		 I was first introduced to the term wayfinding from an architectural firm that hired me to help them get on the web years ago. In architectural terms wayfinding encompasses all of the ways in which people orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place. While it can be a holist...more info>>>

Google Maps Now Serves Branded Map Icons for Businesses
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9/2/2010 9:45:00 PM		 Google, whose Place Pages aggregate information about restaurants and landmarks on Google Maps, has integrated ads directly into Google Maps by offering branded icons for, well, whatever store or franchise wants to participate. Google is letting businesses pay to sub their brand icons on the map f...more info>>>

In Scandinavia, Google teams up with PAR for local business data in Google Maps
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8/25/2010 12:21:00 PM		 Google is partnering with European database specialist PAR, which will supply local business data for Google's Maps service for Sweden and Finland. Under the agreement, PAR will provide, and continually update, data for Google maps from its pan-European business database, EuroContactPool (PDF). T...more info>>>

Google Maps Biking Directions Cover 80 More Cities
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8/19/2010 9:45:00 PM		 Google Aug. 18 added bike lane and trail data to cover an additional 80 cities for its Google Maps biking directions service. The search engine doesn't release stats very often, but with all of the vitriol expended over the "Google Maps Street View WiSpy" scandal, it's clear Google could help its ...more info>>>

Spain Joins Mounting List of Google Investigators
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8/17/2010 10:21:00 PM		 Spain has joined an increasingly long list of countries investigating Google's harvest of private information during its Street View collection. Spanish federal judge Raquel Fernandino has subpoenaed Google representatives for an October inquest. Street View, the extensive photographing of areas c...more info>>>

Inspiration: 19th Century Trade Cards
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8/6/2010 7:15:00 AM		 The trade card was the first widely used form of color advertisement. The format was popularized alongside of the development of lithography, and more importantly, chromolithography in the mid-19th century. Once color reproduction came about every small shop and large manufactu...more info>>>