CyberCity 3D Teams with Vixen's L.A. Happy Hours

We've talked about CyberCity3D quite a bit on this blog, with the most recent item being their work on Hidden Los Angeles. They've now taken the technology that was created for that site and have started rolling it out to other sites that could benefit from having a 3D map of their data.

Now tracking down a thirst-quenching happy hour in L.A. is as quick as a click of your mouse. They've toasted to teaming with the popular blog, Vixen's L.A. Happy Hours (vixenslahappyhours.com), to create lahappyhours3d.com.

Victoria Chandler (a/k/a "Vixen") uncorked her happy hours blog last February with a straightforward buzz: "I'm not a fancy writer... just a girl that likes a good drink." Since then, the blog has spun into an active Facebook page -- and now, its own 3D web portal.

Happyhoursla3d.com features a 3D exploratory portal highlighting happy hour locations (searchable by geographical area), blog reviews, driving directions and more. A cool mobile search app, in its beta testing stage, gives on-the-go followers access to Vixen's happy hour picks and locations.

"I think with the 3D map, my blog will turn into something much bigger than what I originally imagined. I'm just thrilled!" says Vixen's L.A. Happy Hour's Victoria Chandler.
"3D maps like lahappyhours3d.com are a big value add to social websites and their fans, bringing in another dimension to the social graph," states CyberCity 3D CEO Kevin DeVito.

Santa's Google Maps

How Far Does Santa Have to Travel

Have you ever wondered how far Santa Claus has to travel to get to your house? Now you can find out using this Google Map.

Santa holds a huge list of children who have been good throughout the year. This list has the addresses, post codes and ZIP codes of all the children in the world. The population of the world right now is 6,630,000,00. So if 27% of the world's population is below 15 years old then Santa has to visit 1,790,100,000 children (nearly 2 billion).

To work out the most effective route to each child's house Santa uses Google Maps. This year Santa has decided to release the map so that every child in the world can view the route that he will take to reach their house.

This Google Maps application works out the distance between the North Pole and your house. You are also able to view on the map the route Santa will take from the North Pole to your house.

NORAD Santa Tracker

Every year Santa also works with NORAD to provide a real-time Santa tracker using Google Maps and Google Earth.

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. If you visit the NORAD Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve you can view his live position as he travels around the world.

A New Google Map Creator

Mapfaire

Map Faire is a new Google Map creation tool that is very easy to use to create your own map with its own URL.

To create map markers to your map all you have to do is click 'Add a Point", fill in the information that you want to appear in the information window and drop the pin at the correct location. If you need to adjust the location of a marker you can simply drag it to the correct place on the map.

Once you have added a map marker to the map it is also listed in the map sidebar. When you have finished adding all your markers if you click 'Save Changes' you can then choose a URL for your map, which you can then share with your friends, customers etc.

The app creators are currently working on adding features that will also let you set colours, a logo, marker images and map styles.

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