Albemarle County Wants Google’s Fiber!
See? The County of Albemarle and City of Charlottesville can work together! At least they're trying. - Please, Google, Bring Fiber to Charlottesville! - Petition to bring Google Fiber to Charlottesville - City, County and UVA Considering application for ultrafast Google Fiber But ... did…
Please Google, Bring Fiber to Charlottesville
Alerted by a Tweet from @sajego: Dear Charlottesville municipalities - sign up for Google Broadband! https://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi I read on ... Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed…
Bing Maps Versus Google Maps in Charlottesville
The world is flat. I just got off the phone (although I have Skype, too) with a client overseas who had been questioning whether the railroad near the Belvedere development was abandoned. She answered her own question when she said, "I'm looking at it now,…
Google, Garmin and Realtors
Re-purposing a post from my posterous: If Google announcing their GPS did this to Garmin's and Tom Tom's stocks, What's this going to do to Realtors'? Google announced a big real estate move about two hours ago: listings can now…
Google Street View in Crozet
The Google folks drove through Crozet - likely just before Memorial Day weekend this year. View Larger Map
Google Now has Property Lines in Albemarle County
Thanks to the Daily Progress for the heads-up: Has Google incorporated GIS data into its mapping application. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=orchard+drive,+charlottesville,+va&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.57764,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Orchard+Dr,+Yancey+Mills,+Albemarle,+Virginia+22932&ll=38.073387,-78.712594&spn=0.003032,0.004823&z=18 Sweet. Don't forget about Albemarle's tremendous GIS application. And Charlottesville's great Wait, they still don't have a GIS app for the public. View Larger Map But ...…
Translate RealCentralVA
Thanks to our overlords at Google, you can now translate RealCentralVA into any one of 51 languages. I have been working with a fair number of international buyers this year. While everyone so far has spoken English as well as if not better than native…
Google Assumes it is a Foregone Conclusion
Part One of at least Two. I was looking at Google's blog post about how they have taken their real estate search to Australia, and I revisited their real estate search here in the United States. They have the most boldly assumptive FAQ I think…
Google Transit in Charlottesville
Read all about it at Charlottesville Tomorrow. Shame Google's Street View folks decided Charlottesville wasn't worthy.
Agent Genius Spheres and News
Agent Genius, the national real estate news magazine, launched two new features/branches this morning - AG Sphere and AG News - If you're a consumer curious about what some of the best and brightest real estate minds have to say, or if you're in real…