nTerraCon has teamed up with Microsoft to create iGeo, software that will allow you to "geo-enrich" your website.
If you've ever been frustrated by a news article or a place-centric story and wanted a visual of where everything is happening, this is the software for you. Using iGeo, you can virtually fly to specific locations in 3D simply by clicking on a place name within your article. The software uses Bing Maps or Google Earth.
Will iGeo catch on? The nTerraCon site demonstrates iGeo's use in the media, book publishing industry, education, and creating general documents. Perhaps, as a Social Wannabe blogger, if I ever posted a blog about a social media event in NYC, it might be fun to see a 3D map of where the event was taking place. I also see definite potential in education, to help the more visual learners, and in book publishing, in an age where reading is becoming more and more interactive. I do wonder, though, if Bing Maps and Google Earth, as they are now, are enough to attract users. I'd like to see if and how this software develops.
