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Tracking Updates to a Place

Follow these instructions for tracking updates to places. Internet Explorer 7 on PC 1. Click ‘get updates on this place’ in the bottom right of any place details page 2. If you use iGoogle, Google…

Started Nov. 24, 2009

How to Report a Bug

While you can leave a note here, the best way is to use the "feedback" link on the website itself - perhaps the easiest and most direct way to report bugs. Alternately, you can click on the "Report P…

Tagged: bug, feedback

Started Nov. 24, 2009

A Mini Manual: Tricks n' Tips
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>Search >Moving Maps & Changing Location >All Pins on a Map >Moving a location pin on the Map >Centering the map on a location >Tricks in Rating Places >Removing a Location…

Started this discussion. Last reply by MaryAnn Hay Nov. 19, 2009.

PublicEarth FAQ

What is PublicEarth? How do I access my PlaceBook™? What kind of Places can I add? What can I do with the places in my PlaceBook™? How fast is PublicEarth expanding the database? Should I add my home…

Tagged: help, questions, frequently, features, UX

Started Nov. 13, 2009

 

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(Boulder, Colorado) - February 17, 2010 -- PublicEarth, the Wiki of Places today announced that Michael Rubin, formerly the Chief Product Officer, as the Chief Executive Officer, positioning PublicEarth to be a growing force in the next phase of the…
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Schools and universities are using PublicEarth to enrich their programs.
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(Boulder, Colorado) - February 17, 2010 -- PublicEarth, the Wiki of Places today announced that Michael Rubin, formerly the Chief Product Officer, would take the CEO position in a reorganization that will position PublicEarth to be a growing force i…
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What can you do with a PlaceBook
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December 29, 2009
Schools and universities are using PublicEarth to enrich their programs.
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Here are several examples of how educators are using PublicEarth. 1.
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Schools and universities are using PublicEarth to enrich their programs.
December 3, 2009
Welcome to the PublicEarth API page. Example text The API is in beta. It’s intended for developers who want access to the PublicEarth Content database and related ontology for mobile or web applications. There’s a read-only version and a read…
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PublicEarth Launches Website for Discovering Interesting Places (Boulder, Colorado) - November 17, 2009 – After more than a year of development, The PublicEarth Project is proud to announce the launch of a new website – www.publicearth.com. PublicE…
November 16, 2009
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Check out what our partners are saying about us -- In the United States In the UK US Partners: *Jack Becker, Executive Director, Forecast Public Art & publisher of Public Art Review: "PublicEarth has unlimited potential for deepening the experien…
November 14, 2009

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Check out our newest partner, Big Art Mob

Love public art? Check out our newest content from Big Art Mob, a great site that provided us with over 500 unique pieces of public art. The map here features a sample of this cool content. You can explore more public art on our site by searching for public art, or by using our browse by categories feature under the… Continue

Posted on January 28, 2010 at 1:40pm —

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Today's (Jan 27) New Features!

Hi Earthlings.

We've made a handful of helpful additions to the site and we'd appreciate your feedback. First, we added a simple way to add locations ("Create") using an address. It also works for lat/long. This should make adding places much easier.

Second, we revised the Search & Explore page - hopefully making browsing easier. The Category Browser has been promoted on the page - so its easier to find. And while you can still select a number of categories to look at on the map, to… Continue

Posted on January 27, 2010 at 4:23pm —

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Congrats to our Contest Winner!

Many thanks to all who participated in our content creation contest!

The winner of an iPod Touch is Jessica S., who contributed interesting places in Eldon, Iowa. Check out her profile here. She also created several collections, and made widgets to put on her site.

We'll have another contest soon, so keep… Continue

Posted on December 29, 2009 at 4:30pm —

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iPhone App Available Today: PublicEarth "Pro Tools"!

Our first iPhone application was made available at the iTunes store today - it's a mini version of the website, specially designed for our fans and power users. It includes most of the great features of the website, including easy searching for cool things near your mobile location and creating new places on the fly, along with photos or descriptions of places.

ProTools is just the first of a series of simple applications that utilize the PublicEarth wiki database.

With ProTools on the iPhone,… Continue

Posted on December 28, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

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