Comments on: Another huge Google milestone for independent developers http://ldstech.org/2008/04/08/google-milestone-for-developers/ Insights on technology development affecting the LDS community Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:32:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: David http://ldstech.org/2008/04/08/google-milestone-for-developers/#comment-88 David Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:02:18 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=49#comment-88 @Roland Actually, the LDS Church has been scanning the records from the Granite Mountain vault for several years now. They are soliciting volunteers to help with the indexing so that these images can be searched online. The indexing site is http://www.familysearchindexing.org and the records search site is still in development at http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch There are a lot of other rare books that will be made available at the new Church History Library when it opens in Spring 2009. The <a href="http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695256338,00.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Deseret News</a> ran a story on the new library back in February. @Roland
Actually, the LDS Church has been scanning the records from the Granite Mountain vault for several years now. They are soliciting volunteers to help with the indexing so that these images can be searched online. The indexing site is http://www.familysearchindexing.org and the records search site is still in development at http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch

There are a lot of other rare books that will be made available at the new Church History Library when it opens in Spring 2009. The Deseret News ran a story on the new library back in February.

]]> By: Roland http://ldstech.org/2008/04/08/google-milestone-for-developers/#comment-79 Roland Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:21:09 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=49#comment-79 I think a more important Google development that will have a far more greater impact on LDS families is the Google Books section. This last week I've discovered several old rare books about my family tree (published in 1880's) and have submitted nearly a hundred names to LDS New Family Search for Temple Work. When will the LDS Church / BYU let Google Books scan in all of the old rare pioneer books and Family History microfilm/microfiche? I think a more important Google development that will have a far more
greater impact on LDS families is the Google Books section. This last
week I’ve discovered several old rare books about my family tree
(published in 1880’s) and have submitted nearly a hundred names to LDS
New Family Search for Temple Work.

When will the LDS Church / BYU let Google Books scan in all of the old
rare pioneer books and Family History microfilm/microfiche?

]]> By: David http://ldstech.org/2008/04/08/google-milestone-for-developers/#comment-77 David Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:47:23 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=49#comment-77 ... and some more reviews... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080408-analysis-google-app-engine-alluring-will-be-hard-to-escape.html http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=48994 Yes, this is making waves in the industry, but there some legitimate concerns about how this will actually work. I don't know enough about this service to really say one way or another. … and some more reviews…
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080408-analysis-google-app-engine-alluring-will-be-hard-to-escape.html
http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=48994

Yes, this is making waves in the industry, but there some legitimate concerns about how this will actually work. I don’t know enough about this service to really say one way or another.

]]> By: David http://ldstech.org/2008/04/08/google-milestone-for-developers/#comment-71 David Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:04:13 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=49#comment-71 Some developers are comparing Google's service to Amazon S3, which has been out for several years now. One of the big differences right now is that this version of Google App Engine is that it only supports Python, where Amazon S3 supports C#, Java, PHP, and Ruby... a much more robust set of languages. Some developers are comparing Google’s service to Amazon S3, which has been out for several years now. One of the big differences right now is that this version of Google App Engine is that it only supports Python, where Amazon S3 supports C#, Java, PHP, and Ruby… a much more robust set of languages.

]]> By: David http://ldstech.org/2008/04/08/google-milestone-for-developers/#comment-70 David Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:58:25 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=49#comment-70 Here are a few early reviews from other blogs: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/ http://ajaxian.com/archives/what-does-google-app-engine-mean-for-ajax-developers Here are a few early reviews from other blogs:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/
http://ajaxian.com/archives/what-does-google-app-engine-mean-for-ajax-developers

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