Virtual Bird's Eye » Home Office http://www.virtualbirdseye.com A virtual bird's eye view of the world - Mapping the News, Interesting Places, Current Events and Unique Attractions Thu, 27 May 2010 03:52:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 NCAA Hall of Champions Aerial and Birds Eye Viewhttp://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2009/04/02/ncaa-hall-of-champions-aerial-and-birds-eye-view/ http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2009/04/02/ncaa-hall-of-champions-aerial-and-birds-eye-view/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:49:22 +0000 Virtual Bird's Eye http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/?p=1366 ncaa_hall_of_champions The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a voluntary organization through which the nation’s colleges and universities govern their athletics programs. It is comprised of institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals committed to the best interests, education and athletics participation of student-athletes. This section of the Web site contains more details about the Association, its goals and members, and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes.

The Official Web Site of the NCAA – NCAA.org

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ESRI was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 as a land-use consulting firm. ESRI products(particularly ArcGIS Desktop) have a one-third of the global market share, and are used by nearly 80 percent of GIS users worldwide from all professions.

ESRI has 10 regional offices in the U.S. and a network of 80 international distributors with about a million users in 200 countries. ESRI has 2,500 employees in the U.S., and is still privately-held by the founders. In 2006, year revenues were about $660 million. In 2008, ESRI ranked 70th on the list of largest software companies in the world. – Cont ΓÇô ESRI Wikipedia

ESRI Home Page

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As of September 2007, the company operates about 200 retail stores in six countries[3] and an online store where hardware and software products are sold. Additionally, the iTunes Store provides music, music videos, television programs, movies, podcasts, iPod games, and audiobooks, which can be downloaded using iTunes on Mac OS X or Windows, and also on the iPod touch and the iPhone. – Cont. Wikipedia

Apple Inc Official site

Apple on Wikipedia

Use the interactive map below to pan and zoom around – or check out the Aerial and Bird’s Eye view on the Virtual Earth site.

Link to Live Maps

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The name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of the two Danish words “leg godt”, meaning “play well”. ItΓÇÖs our name and itΓÇÖs our ideal. The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The Company has passed from father to son and is now owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, a grandchild of the founder. It has come a long way over the past 70 years – from a small carpenterΓÇÖs workshop to a modern, global enterprise that is now, in terms of sales, the worldΓÇÖs sixth-largest manufacturer of toys. – Official Site

Lego Official Site

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Link to Live Maps

]]> http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2008/06/27/lego-home-office-aerial-and-birds-eye-view/feed/ 0 Mahalo Corporate Headquarters Aerial and Bird’s Eye Viewhttp://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2008/05/02/mahalo-corporate-headquarters-aerial-and-birds-eye-view/ http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2008/05/02/mahalo-corporate-headquarters-aerial-and-birds-eye-view/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 19:26:17 +0000 Virtual Bird's Eye http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/?p=540 Mahalo.com is a web directory (or human search engine) launched in alpha test in May 2007 by Jason Calacanis. As of January 2008, the project is in beta test. It differentiates itself from algorithmic search engines like Google and Ask.com, as well as other directory sites like DMOZ and Yahoo by tracking and building hand-crafted result sets for many of the currently popular search terms. Mahalo means “thank you” in Hawaiian. – Wikipedia

Mahalo Official Site

Jason Calacanis Blog

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twitter home office aerial view

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