Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
France has developed and launched a local lookalike version of the popular satellite imaging service Google Earth, which will enable users to view high resolution images of location throughout mainland France and its territories. The service called Geoportal (www.geoportail.fr) allows users to zoom in on images to a resolution of just 50cm, rivalling the resolution provided by Google Earth in the US.
The new service, funded by the French Government to the tune of about
US$7.5 million, was developed by the Government-owned National
Geographic Institute and, in addition to images from aerial photographs
taken over the past five years, includes detailed maps. Features
earmarked for the future include geological data and 3-D images.
The French Government is so proud of its Geoportal copy cat product
that the new web service was launched by none other than Monsier
President Jacques Chirac himself. According to the French President,
the new service is important because it places France at the forefront
of new technologies.
Be that as it may, France, unlike Google, does not yet appear to be at
the forefront of global web services delivery technology. Our attempts
to access the site to try out the new service have so far been less
than successful. Other observers have reported a similar experience,
with the French servers obviously not having anywhere near enough grunt
to handle a serious load.
David Bass
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