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Best Game Since Google Maps Monopoly

Category: Google Maps | Aug 5, 2010

Don’t Go ZombieVirgin Trains have built a fantastic Street View zombie killing game to promote train travel in the UK.In the game you have to follow directions in Street View to your nearest train station. But watch out for those zombies because just as you think your journey is going OK hordes of the living dead suddenly appear. When this happens you have to grab your ticket machine and blast


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Finding Hotels Along a Route

Category: Google Maps | Aug 5, 2010

Premier Inn Hotels FinderPremier Inn in the UK has released a Google Map to help travellers find a Premier Inn hotel.Users can search the map by location and find the nearest Premier Inn hotels to that location. A useful feature for travellers is the route finder. This feature allows you to get driving directions from one location to another and view all the Premier Inn hotels along the route.If


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Marijuana Dispensaries on Google Maps

Category: Google Maps | Aug 5, 2010

Medical Marijuana ShoppingDo you need to find a medical marijuana dispensary in Southern California? Well there’s a map for that.The map shows the locations of dispensaries in Southern California. The information window for each dispensary gives the name and full address, the opening hours and user ratings. You can even get driving directions to each of the dispensaries.As well as providing a map


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Urban Development in Cologne – Mapped

Category: Google Maps | Aug 5, 2010

Köln-Exkursion / Cologne ExcursionThis Google Map explores the current urban development being undertaken in Cologne, Germany. The map shows a tour of the city that takes in areas that have been or are being redeveloped. Along the route of the tour are map markers with photographs and information about the areas being redeveloped.One really nice feature of this map is the arrow map markers. The


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WikiLeaks War Logs Mapped – Part Four

Category: Google Maps | Aug 4, 2010

AFG War DiaryI thought that it would only be a matter of time before someone used the MIT Simile Timeline and Google Maps to map the 75,000 US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan that were released by WikiLeaks. I even considered having a go myself but the sheer number of reports dissuaded me.The Motion Média team has obviously spent a few hours putting this together so that you can


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Australian Elections on Google Maps

Category: Google Maps | Aug 4, 2010

Australian Federal ElectionFollowing yesterday’s post about Brazilian Election Maps Arek of All Things Spatial got in touch to inform me that Google have also produced a Google Map for this year’s Australian federal election.Users of the map can explore their federal electorate on a map, see who holds power, and by how much. Closer to the election users will also be able to use the map to find


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Russian Widfire Tracking Maps

Category: Google Maps | Aug 4, 2010

At the time of writing 48 people are reported to have died and seven regions are under a state of emergency as a result of the wildfires raging in Russia. In response to the crisis a number of maps attempting to track the fires have been created.Russian-Fires.ruRussian-Fires are using the Ushahidi map reporting system to help provide a Google Map showing the fires. Users can inform Russian-Fires


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Bart Trip Planner with Bike Directions

Category: Google Maps | Aug 4, 2010

The Bay Area Rapid Transit System have released a new Trip Planner and Station Finder system that both use Google Maps.Find Closest StationThe Station Finder application allows users to find the nearest BART station and get directions to it. To use the application users just need to enter an address and a BART station. The application will then return walking, driving or cycling directions to the


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Get a Personal Trainer with Google Maps

Category: Google Maps | Aug 4, 2010

miCoachAdidas have released a free iPhone application that turns your phone into a personal coach.miCoach uses GPS and real-time voice coaching to pace you through easy to understand workout zones as you run. GPS is used to track your run on Google Maps. Using Google Maps miCoach is able to analyse your run showing your speed, distance and elevation data.The application measures your distance,


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Finding a Safety Expert with Google Maps

Category: Google Maps | Aug 4, 2010

Find a Safety ProSafety Pro is a Google Maps mashup designed for safety professionals to advertise their services. Construction companies looking for a safety professional in an area that they don’t normally do business in can use the map to find local safety professionals. Construction companies can use the map to search for Safety Consultants, OSHA Trainers, Equipment Installers and Inspectors/


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