Category: Google Maps | Feb 25, 2010
Madison Neighborhood Indicators ProjectThe Madison Neighborhood Indicators Project is an attempt to demonstrate various indicators that relate to the quality of life in Madison, Wisconsin at the neighborhood level. The goal of the project is to get a better understanding of neighborhoods and to help tailor solutions to a neighborhood’s particular needs or characteristics.As part of the project
Category: Google Maps | Feb 25, 2010
ASBOrometerThe ASBOrometer is an iPhone app that can help you avoid undesirable areas in the UK.In the UK courts often issue Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) against individuals who have been engaged in anti-social behaviour. The orders are designed to be imposed after minor incidents that would not ordinarily warrant prosecution.The ASBOrometer uses the data of where ASBO’s have been issued to
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/-PaF08OuwY0/google-maps-avoid-ghetto-option.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 25, 2010
TFL Bus Maps for LondonTransport for London have finally produced a Google Map of bus routes in London. Mapperz is calling it “almost a contender for the best UK Map mashup ever”.Previously if you wanted a bus map in the UK capital you had to download a PDF file from the TFL website or visit an independent site like What Bus? to view bus routes on a Google Map.It is possible to search the TFL
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/IdGRWkMJp6M/best-uk-google-map-mashup-ever.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 25, 2010
Deutsche PostGermany’s postal service Deutsche Post is using the Google Maps API so that their customers can find the locations of post offices, letter boxes, ATM’s and stamp dispensers.To search the map just enter your location and select which service you wish to view. The results will then be displayed on the map.Depending on the service you have chosen to view the map markers will display
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/YEIMc_gD514/german-postboxes-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 25, 2010
truXmaptruXmap claims to be the “world’s first and only up-to-the-tweet food truck tracker”. The site uses Google Maps to show the location of food trucks in Los Angeles.Using the map it is possible to browse the locations of food trucks, opening times, menus, directions, live traffic, Twitter feeds and Yelp! reviews.The site claims to be 99.9% effective. I think there may be some truth in that.
Category: Google Maps | Feb 24, 2010
Street View with Video EmbeddedRecently at TED Blaise Aguera y Arcas stunned the crowd with a demo of a video playing in Bing Maps version of Street View. You can see the demo in action in the video below.This got me thinking that this should be possible in Google Maps Street View. I knocked up this rather lame example showing a YouTube video embedded in Street View in under an hour today. This
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/JRX2ZqRKaKM/you-tube-and-street-view.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 24, 2010
Warwickshire News MineThis Google Maps mashup geo-tags news stories from the Warwickshire County Council (UK) website.The site uses OpenCalais to tag news from the council website. Those tags that it finds that are place names are then shown on the Google Map. If you click on any of the map markers an information window opens displaying the relevant news story.OpenCalais uses natural language
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/dPVBO_TwxXE/opencalais-and-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 24, 2010
Vancouver [de] Tour Guide 2010The Vancouver [de] Tour Guide 2010 is a mapping project that uses the Google Maps API to present an alternative to “the sanitized ‘best place on earth’ version the 2010 Olympics organizers are promoting worldwide”.The map highlights a variety of locations, histories, and representations of the city and also seeks to record, collect, and transmit information such as
Category: Google Maps | Feb 24, 2010
ProtectedPlanetThis beta release of ProtectedPlanet is the latest initiative of the World Database on Protected Areas. ProtectedPlanet lets you view the world’s protected areas on one Google Map.If you click on one of the mapped protected areas then you are taken to a close-up of the selected area, which includes photographs, points of interest in the area and links to related protected areas.
Category: Google Maps | Feb 23, 2010
Nosey ParkerThis handy iPhone app can you find the nearest car park and can even tell you how many parking spaces it has.The application uses Google Maps to display the location of nearby car parks. Just use the locate button to find your current location and the app will display the nearest car parks. If you click on a car park map marker you can then view the available details, including cost
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/Cn-f_R5bmtk/uk-car-parks-on-google-maps.html
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