Skateboarding with Google Maps

Longboarding and Skateboarding Map

Here is a great map to help skateboarders find the best places to skate in their neighborhood. Edmonton longboard and skateboard shop Local 124 has created this worldwide Longboarding and Skateboarding Map of crowdsourced skating routes.

Anyone can add a route to this Google Map of skating spots and the map can be searched by location and by category. If you click on a map marker you can read details about the spot, rate it and leave comments.

A map sidebar lists the latest routes added to the map and it is also possible to view the locations of upcoming sessions and races on the map.

Also See

• Skatespotter - Skatepark locator map
• Skatemap - Google Map of European skateparks.

Playing GeoGames in Google Earth

We've seen a lot of games built on top of Google Earth over the past few years, including some great ones such as GE War, Ships, Helicopters and the Apollo 11 Moon Lander.

Today we have a new game from CyberCity3D, who last month showed off a slick new map for Vixen's L.A. Happy Hours. This latest game is part of their new site: GeoGames3D.com.

The scavenger hunt-style game itself isn't too exciting, but it's very well crafted. You use a variety of clues to search around the city for prize boxes. As long as you're comfortable with the Google Earth controls, moving around to find the clues can be a fun little adventure. They also include "lifelines" to fly you there automatically if you get stuck.

The great part is that they're offering real prizes to those that win, including some $5 Starbucks and Subway gift cards. They're not huge prizes, but they're a fun little reward for spending a few minutes playing a game!

Head out to GeoGames3D.com and try their first game, titled "Globe Quest". Be on the look out for more games coming from them soon, and you can join their Facebook Page to stay in the loop when new games are released.

The Police Memorial Map

US Law Enforcement Memorial (2010)

Mibazaar has created a Google Map to commemorate US Law Enforcement Officers killed whilst serving the public.

The map shows where each Law Enforcement Officer killed in 2010 was based. You can also access information about each officer from the map sidebar where the data is sorted by state.

The data for the US Law Enforcement Memorial map comes from the Officer Down Memorial Page.