All Things Spatial reports on a rumour that Apple has purchased Poly9, Canadian mapping company.

Urban Tick reports on the historical roots of a new yell.com 3D mapping project in London.

And Google tells us about some new developments in Google Earth that will provide a better way to represent movement on and above the globe.

This new "Best of the Blogs" feature will provide you with a regular update on the most interesting, quirky or downright nerdy things going on in the geospatial, GIS, and GPS blogosphere.

Watch this space for regular updates and please feel free to send ideas, hat-tips or any thoughts to Tom at tyoung@intermedia.com.au.