Integración de APIs políglotas de mapas en Google Web Toolkit: IDELabMapstraction GWT

En este trabajo se ha integrado la librería IDELabMapstraction como un nuevo módulo para GWT, denominado IDELabMapstractionGWT, en el que también se han diseñado distintos controles genéricos que se pueden asociar al mapa para que los usuarios puedan interactuar con él de forma intuitiva. Como resultado de esta integración se ha creado el visor MirameDuero, un completo visor web realizado en colaboración con la Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero

Utilización y aplicación de la herramienta "google docs" en la docencia universitaria dentro del marco del EEES

Como consecuencia de la realización del curso 'Aplicaciones de la Web 2.0 en la Investigación y la Docencia' organizado por La Fundación General Universidad de Granada-Empresa en el curso académico 2009-2010, los autores del presente trabajo presentamos el Proyecto de Innovación Docente concedido por el Vicerrectorado para la Garantía de la calidad de la Universidad de Granada,titulado 'Utilización de la herramienta “Google Docs” en la Docencia Universitaria dentro del marco del EEES. Creemos que el proyecto tiene un diseño aplicable a cualquier asignatura de la actual Licenciatura y/o Grado de Farmacia. En este trabajo se expone la experiencia piloto llevada a cabo en la asignatura de Química Farmacéutica, incluyendo el desarrollo, objetivos, metodología, resultados y las conclusiones que se están obteniendo en el trascurso del mismo

Como aprender História e Geografia no 8º ano de escolaridade, usando o Google Earth ?

Actualmente no Ensino Básico as disciplinas de História e Geografia são vistas, maioritariamente , como desinteressantes e pouco úteis a grande parte dos alunos. Variadas razões podem ser apontadas, como a excessiva memorização de conteúdos, cultivados por um ensino expositivo enquanto forma de ensino com maiores adeptos pelos professores nas escolas. Aliada a esta memorização surge, inevitavelmente, a pouca retenção na memória no tempo dos conhecimentos adquiridos a estas disciplinas. Partindo dos pressupostos teóricos sobre os métodos de ensino mais inovadores, que sugerem a realização de experiências educativas com uma metodologia activa e um ensino por competências , efectuou-se uma experiência de aprendizagem em que se utilizou a ferramenta Google Earth nas aulas de História e Geografia do 8º ano de escolaridade. Pretendeu-se aferir se, com recurso às novas tecnologias, os alunos interiorizariam melhor conceitos relativos ás duas áreas do saber.

GIS in the cloud: implementing a web map service on Google App Engine

Many producers of geographic information are now disseminating their data using open web service protocols, notably those published by the Open Geospatial Consortium. There are many challenges inherent in running robust and reliable services at reasonable cost. Cloud computing provides a new kind of scalable infrastructure that could address many of these challenges. In this study we implement a Web Map Service for raster imagery within the Google App Engine environment. We discuss the challenges of developing GIS applications within this framework and the performance characteristics of the implementation. Results show that the application scales well to multiple simultaneous users and performance will be adequate for many applications, although concerns remain over issues such as latency spikes. We discuss the feasibility of implementing services within the free usage quotas of Google App Engine and the possibility of extending the approaches in this paper to other GIS applications.

Analysing Google rankings through search engine optimization data

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify the most popular techniques used to rank a web page highly in Google. Design/methodology/approach - The paper presents the results of a study into 50 highly optimized web pages that were created as part of a Search Engine Optimization competition. The study focuses on the most popular techniques that were used to rank highest in this competition, and includes an analysis on the use of PageRank, number of pages, number of in-links, domain age and the use of third party sites such as directories and social bookmarking sites. A separate study was made into 50 non-optimized web pages for comparison. Findings - The paper provides insight into the techniques that successful Search Engine Optimizers use to ensure a page ranks highly in Google. Recognizes the importance of PageRank and links as well as directories and social bookmarking sites. Research limitations/implications - Only the top 50 web sites for a specific query were analyzed. Analysing more web sites and comparing with similar studies in different competition would provide more concrete results. Practical implications - The paper offers a revealing insight into the techniques used by industry experts to rank highly in Google, and the success or other-wise of those techniques. Originality/value - This paper fulfils an identified need for web sites and e-commerce sites keen to attract a wider web audience.

Non-display uses of digital works: Google Books and beyond

With the advent of mass digitization projects, such as the Google Book Search, a peculiar shift has occurred in the way that copyright works are dealt with. Contrary to what has so far been the case, works are turned into machine-readable data to be automatically processed for various purposes without the expression of works being displayed to the public. In the Google Book Settlement Agreement, this new kind of usage is referred to as ‘non-display uses’ of digital works. The legitimacy of these uses has not yet been tested by Courts and does not comfortably fit in the current copyright doctrine, plainly because the works are not used as works but as something else, namely as data. Since non-display uses may prove to be a very lucrative market in the near future, with the potential to affect the way people use copyright works, we examine non-display uses under the prism of copyright principles to determine the boundaries of their legitimacy. Through this examination, we provide a categorization of the activities carried out under the heading of ‘non-display uses’, we examine their lawfulness under the current copyright doctrine and approach the phenomenon from the spectrum of data protection law that could apply, by analogy, to the use of copyright works as processable data.

Google hacking defence based on honey pages

 Many web servers contain some dangerous pages (we name them eigenpages) that can indicate their vulnerabilities. Therefore, some worms such as Santy locate their targets by searching for these eigenpages in search engines with well-crafted queries. In this paper, we focus on the modeling and containment of these special worms targeting web applications. We propose a containment system based on honey pots. We make search engines randomly insert a few honey pages that will induce visitors to the pre-established honey pots among the search results for the arriving queries. And then infectious can be detected and reported to the search engines when their malicious scans hit the honey pots. We find that the Santy worm can be well stopped by inserting no more than two honey pages in every one hundred search results. We also solve the challenging issue to dynamically generate matching honey pages for those dynamically arriving queries. Finally, a prototype is implemented to prove the technical feasibility of this system. © 2013 by CESER Publications.

Is the Google Book Decision an Unqualified Good?

Unless you’ve been living on a deserted island or stranded (or not?) like the pelagic castaway Jose Ivan (http://bit.ly/1fq6JsJ) for over a year, you could not possibly have missed the news thatGoogle’s mass digitization project, Google Books, won its case.

Library Permanently Closed: See Google

magine if you will the near perfect statefunded program. Yes, I know, such words sound like an oxymoron, given the track record of both state and federally-funded programs, past, present and undoubtedly in the future. Indeed, such words sound almost mythological in light of recent attempts by the federal government to spend us out of the current recession with still doubtful results (so far, a record deficit). Yet, you’re an imaginative individual and can put aside petty political persiflage and visualize such a program. Not only does this program do precisely what it said it would do, it does it so surprisingly well that, as a taxpayer, you’re completely astonished and whole-heartedly impressed.

Don't Get Goggle-Eyed Over Google's Plan to Digitize

Digitization is big news; it's a good idea; and it's inevitable. But let's not get all goggle-eyed over Google right away. Here are five reasons not to tear up your library card quite yet.