tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961689206757766282024-02-20T16:16:24.827+01:00maps of worldMaps of every place of tourism and sports in the worldyouneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.comBlogger1029125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-67834336483968052772013-06-22T20:14:00.002+01:002013-06-22T20:16:46.250+01:00All About the MapBox<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week MapBox released a series of dot map visualisations of Twitter data. The maps explore every geotagged Tweet since September 2011 "revealing demographic, cultural, and social patterns down to city level detail, across the entire world."</span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/blog/visualizing-3-billion-tweets/" imageanchor="1" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZEAFAMjuoGWh_6QeJDa3YLEsMVPo04D03ABsVWZMoFcr_gcwqpy6eaUdB3Er5pRBMUz3_yAarSdkbdx6T8sPEygFWXQC_gNBUDnvfIFY8EORhjY611ZTJsQ8tprGrJ9kvz-uUwQBT1Z_/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><br />My personal favorite visualisation is <b><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/blog/visualizing-3-billion-tweets/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mobile Devices</a></b>, a dot map displaying the brand of phone used when people use an official Twitter application.<br /><br />The map reveals a really interesting pattern across American cities that seems to suggest that the iPhone is more popular in higher socio-economic neighborhoods, while Android phones predominate in areas with lower socio-economic residents. In business neighborhoods the Blackberry seems to be the device of choice. <br /><br />Across the rest of the world there doesn't seem to be such a split in the economic level of Apple and Android device owners, while the Blackberry seems to be popular in business areas across the globe.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/locals/#10/40.7591/-73.9852" imageanchor="1" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdwcJnON_KZJjHRwDQcSOC-mpojxPMPV9lLS4D2Q9r151OeiJ_s16TXssAVgYiFLH5__KbBatN1NaxrRSwySZGlLIy1lL614R2Ej18VQN3f8QBW63i5sIx5fgsBkjjlG9xfOZmG_MpMfk/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><br />The <b><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/locals/#10/40.7591/-73.9852" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Locals and Tourists</a></b> map highlight areas of cities popular with locals and places where tourists visit. The map shows the locations of Tweets sent by locals (those who post in one city for one consecutive month) and tourists (whose tweets are centered in another city).<br /><br />This map provides a fascinating insight into locations that are popular with tourists. For example, in this screenshot (above) of my neighborhood in London you can clearly make out the 2012 London Olympics stadium.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/languages/#12/40.7552/-73.9679" imageanchor="1" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPcDJUHVSJ6buvEhH6al_6tvr4Ds1wvCy6ADXM1_KH5-9EQwc-FPTEkL3hwSqonXwXDtWzj7QyosXM0ohCW5XwDqTg1twfjpP7jIUGxS5Vm7xq3-1dSoeQUQD_Qc6M_LSe-iKOimJh4g9Q/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/languages/#12/40.7552/-73.9679" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Languages of Twitter</a></b> is a map that displays where different languages are used in Tweets. Different languages have been given a distinct color on the map. One obvious use for this map is to visualise areas with large immigrant communities.</span></div>
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youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-43509509364286520582012-11-07T20:57:00.005+00:002012-11-07T20:57:41.968+00:00Share Your World with Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.ujoolt.com/?l=en" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWFoxhTXDoJUxv0hUg5svdi8_3bKz6qj_APsmzZDt4tqfJJVvzQXWrmfaFVjGhsn8mJoxIt5GTRoJUH1BcqKm_3mr4sV_g4vzzc0qpp5W2QrrCTKIMoi6D8s7GWGwJBhFUIq9NGHFhhD9/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.ujoolt.com/?l=en" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ujoolt</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is a smartphone app (Android & iPhone) that allows users to share short messages (140 characters or less), photos or short video clips with the rest of the world.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Users can post a message, photo or video directly from their phone and their post will appear on the Ujoolt website's Google Map. All 'jolts' appear to be time-stamped as well and it looks like that they disappear from the map after a set time. A countdown timer appears next to each jolt in the map sidebar indicating how long until the jolt will disappear from the map.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Users can 'rejolt' posts submitted by other users and search for jolts nearby by using the search option or by simply browsing the map.</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-9845036457205029032012-11-07T20:57:00.002+00:002012-11-07T20:57:14.292+00:00What Movies Were Filmed Near You?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.travelex.com/top250movies/index.html" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDxPNhg0-FLUEjTGXeh6oSZZdHevpSW5flnAG7Iw1JTrxpzj-J1MjKu5XyHc43RFczOtNhW4K-JOvc0pf4RfZuA7YZ-e-5ixqa1mXdJo4Q2a-p22MD5ETjhJI99r3rxM3F_epGlKUt0WN/s523/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Travelex has created a Google Map to help film lovers and avid travelers find where in the world the best and most prominent blockbusters in history were filmed.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Travelex </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.travelex.com/top250movies/index.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Movie Lover's Guide to the World</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> app allows users to explore the filming locations of the top 250 movies of all time (according to IMDB). The map features red markers pinned in locations all over the world.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Users can click a location marker to find out what was filmed there or they can click one of the movies listed to see all of the various locations where it was filmed.</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-62029861323699872082012-11-07T20:56:00.003+00:002012-11-07T20:56:50.155+00:00Late Polls & then the Results on Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBm3AL-xX9hwALPZSvhJkwJXOhGwe9b3TD2D5yAQufeSa0MGFA2YMxciebRRIwq_BYn4SMQ3z8io0H0zyz2tjLa0SWM68K6H34SKwm-YMgsHMa14cO-y32TyqokSgsKQ4HyFO0tKp94eP/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Google </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">US Election Results Map</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is now live. The map is updating as results are called.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The map shows states that have gone to Obama in blue and those states won by Romney are shown in red. A running tally is also displayed in the map sidebar.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="http://static.reuters.com/resources/media/global/editorial/interactives/electoral-college-usmap-v2/electoral-college-map.html" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOs_8DgENwM3yitSmW9-OStxo_bfK0mGHXFWzlrWnXAWXLqexm6mYHwZUULxmURtUNMt6ncKl9xp4dCHNq8oOQwwJQmmQG5ZqBcTu1Zd98vVk4WHnuZB2wJHwt9OY4tFgZJz8b1v9vsmvc/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Reuters has created two Google Maps for the U.S. Presidential Election. </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://static.reuters.com/resources/media/global/editorial/interactives/electoral-college-usmap-v2/electoral-college-map.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reuters/Ipsos Electoral Map</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> shows the latest results of their national poll of likely voters. The map was last updated yesterday and predicts a 201 to 190 lead to Obama with 147 votes still considered to be a 'toss up'. States on the map are colored to reflect who the polls say is most likely to win in the state.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/interactive/idUSBRE89M11220121105?view=small&type=politicsNews" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Presidential Election Results Map</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> like the Google Map is updating in real-time as results are called.The map also follows the same design with states shaded to show which candidate has won and a running total for each candidate shown above the map.</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-89384104586440394682012-11-07T20:56:00.000+00:002012-11-07T20:56:05.972+00:00Create Longboard Runs with Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://findhills.com/" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCd0vDsUiK-J0UkgV0MuUun6WgSdYZLtG8wujjruy9TyfpxIP8YmMOdWwqiD-NQ51njoxICIouPJTUfsVnkJPQam7eW8ynvVMPPDebeJmy3LSv8fyueWyaUk0QnqRJ7VMoDTo-5nO7q7c/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://findhills.com/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">FindHills.com</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is a utility for longboarders to discover new runs to bomb, get data on hills, and share their runs with friends.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The tool is very simple to use. Users can use the search box to find a specific address. Then it is possible to click on the map twice to set a starting point and destination. The map markers can be dragged and dropped on the map to refine their exact location.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">As soon as two markers are placed on the map a route is generated using Google Maps driving, bike or walking directions. The Google Maps API ElevationService is then used to show the highest and lowest point, the elevation change and the steepest point on the run. An elevation chart of the map is also created.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If you want to share a created run you can grab the URL of the search and even shorten the link with the built in link shortener.</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-53813901990573459192012-11-07T20:54:00.001+00:002012-11-07T20:54:16.524+00:00The Silk Road on Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://seidenstrasse.srf.ch/de/home.html" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #3778cd; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXBAX2PkCAvfG1DnW4f3-msA6VCxOURFIesa-c_E0g1otc2VFJSWunVs0p_0fMYqp_ZrBE4C4fx3wswQuguBuUXqSHH849I9wR5ag-OLz7jUDTincztm9U8gIJKpH4xlftBGPl7jqvbuF/s523/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://seidenstrasse.srf.ch/de/home.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Die Seidenstrasse</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is an interactive tour of the Silk Road using Google Maps satellite imagery, photos and audio. The tour was created by Swiss broadcasters SRF to accompany a televised documentary series that is currently airing on Friday nights in Switzerland.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The tour animates along the Silk Road from Venice to China and includes an audio commentary with accompanying music, photos and 360 degree panoramas of interesting locations along the route. It is possibly to listen and watch the tour in chronological order or you can jump to a specific section by picking a country from the drop-down menu at the top of the page. </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The tour is entirely in German</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-29459623727195274862012-11-06T13:08:00.001+00:002012-11-06T13:08:29.283+00:00The Maps of Amsterdam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsf3ZfTq7TnSRqpwbdn9zAu5CglpWK7oA4lDsZZflQjZsRUaHzXX8FtE40xlLjkLZT5CIsSFqBKQKBd3mZ_6FEu39T7VwsUGJpq4JnlX-uQFY_UK_ns7Gb1p7UfjWOgQ4rr7OaWP3aAbI/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Planning Department of the City of Amsterdam has created a number of interesting Google Maps, all of which can be found in the </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Interactieve Kaarten</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> section of their website.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The maps cover a range of subjects that will be of interest to local citizens, including housing, green spaces, climate and building use. For example the </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/woningwaarde/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Woningwaarde Map</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> plots the cost of housing in the city. Using a heat map overlay this map shows the average cost of housing throughout the city.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Another interesting map is the </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/functiekaart/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Niet-Woonfuncties Map</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> which shows the blueprint of all non-residential properties in the city. On the map each non-residential property is shaded to show whether the property is used for business, retail, leisure etc.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">There are a lot of other maps to explore on the site and all the data used in the maps is also available at </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/open_geodata/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Open GEO-Data</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. </span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-46903536833318793952012-11-06T13:06:00.002+00:002012-11-06T13:06:32.782+00:00Where Do I Vote?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/vote" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #3778cd; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywO0TRc55ebp0UGuNAWfFOuSilHM_zI8hvf3qEHWxKHWQVHAta63QkZG-36qszXc3gv6q5GzHAIq9p-mDSWYX5wVnk2mcHn2ObSfyUo4I_BwizJ9dwhyphenhyphenY8ync_XxzJEABDTTbx1R5tXe6/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If you want to know where to vote then you should check out the </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/vote" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Voter Information</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> section of the Google Politics and Elections website. </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here you can find a Polling Place Lookup tool that will tell where you should vote. If you enter your address your polling place will be shown on a small Google Map alongside the full postal address and the hours of opening. You can also click on the 'get directions' link to get the full directions from your home to your polling place.</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-53560896671130041702012-11-06T13:05:00.003+00:002012-11-06T13:05:26.380+00:00#NYCGAS on Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://alpha.justmap.it/home.do?mapId=aHH7rcmFpy3O" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #3778cd; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FJeoICBJJwos19afBVWW7FPsjV38mq31T_hxhgWX7aXQpIiwq7o-iS_UCqPKeEDLANjjnFnFzGCsBjaOcJsZtqCJW4TnpEOoMIah2DaGL5nVfq8ycTph3txafmMbmg5976MfZ1mp557t/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://alpha.justmap.it/home.do?mapId=aHH7rcmFpy3O" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Justmap.it</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> has created a crowd-sourced Google Map to help New Yorkers and Long Islanders find gas stations that are currently selling gas.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The map shows the latest Twitter messages that include #NYCGAS. The messages can contain information about whether a gas station currently has gas and the length and duration of queues.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="http://mappler.net/gasstation/#nyc" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiem9Oo3xFPVrvy6WxwlER9SPcP-0pNEaoM_cPUBAsLJ-lFfS24vIpXK3HHNJjYbZnMae6C1BZG7WDHzOIfrTMgh8zOnZuSPJmuseWDnIVIWZZAT_SR6MZnTj1-hwb3CV4TCymZYp7oHulC/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://mappler.net/gasstation/#nyc" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gas Station</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is a crowd-sourced Google Map showing operating gas stations and gas availability in New York and New Jersey.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The map uses red markers to indicate gas stations that have sold out of gas and green markers to show those that are open. If you click on a marker you can get more information, where available, on likely waiting times and when gas might be available.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">To contribute information to the map post a Tweet with information about a gas station including '@IMSOCIO2012' in the message.</span><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy-nyc" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Google Crisis Map for NYC</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> now includes a public transit map showing open subway lines, MTA replacement shuttle buses and road work and traffic advisories.The map also shows open and closed gas stations, pharmacies and restaurants. The map also includes a layer that shows open and closed food stores in New Jersey. </span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-68826877357015981802012-11-06T13:02:00.002+00:002012-11-06T13:03:23.095+00:00Can Twitter Predict the Election?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In this presidential election voters have taken to social media like never before. Is it possible then to try and analyse social media engagement to predict the winner of tomorrow's election?</span><br />
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<a href="https://election.twitter.com/map/" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQxB4o6t91IknabwMAnUMfQKhrOyAieo0XIeLjONr8qy0svaPD2LPQMjcEGptfR0PzRGAiYEKhpTkzDCqJEQYuZNSblHfETTSAn1pQZHUX-iHTFnmqx16Jj-UVoBAfSZSBfhu_TaYx0R3/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://election.twitter.com/map/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter Political Engagement Map</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is a real-time guide to the current political temperature, state by state. The map shows Tweets from @BarackObama and @MittRomney organized by engagement on Twitter.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Tweets from each candidate are represented by a bar and the size indicates engagement on that Tweet. If you select a Tweet's bar you can view a heat map of engagement state by state on the accompanying map.</span><br />
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<a href="http://obamaromneytweetbattle.com/" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L1AsvEA0vi9Qu3Hs7yalSjCQmHiEoflbNZm-pcYcnO4OMR7Zws3QhyoTrwFWJdorlEwFinJ4Rf1PJzg9nBeITIHdCTI_I4rhCTOF3pqRL5W9hM5BIqd4jLyz1hHlYKgYJ61AVZWwECVU/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Whilst Twitter's own map shows how people are responding to the candidate's own Tweets the</span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://obamaromneytweetbattle.com/" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Obama vs Romney Tweet Battle</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> shows how many people are Tweeting "Obama" or "Romney".</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The map includes a real-time count of Tweets mentioning each candidate. It is also possible to view a heat map showing where each candidate is being Tweeted about the most.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bing.com/elections/social" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #4d469c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxziMq7HwwIQeECp9GvDP05o7Gi4J6bXHadfCv3jK6Q5hXFsGD1lEVwjyxpg5myDKq19dFtdviZtTmFeKRcaVUVbckzduO-MO4k41NZ8p3LqX9Qj802JMkNBrr9UfLBpsh2f-zacUFmTlR/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 209, 230); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The </span><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.bing.com/elections/social" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bing Elections Center</a></b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> has taken another approach to analysing social media political messages. Their social media analysis attempts to actually gauge the positive and negative feelings about each candidate in social media posts.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Bing have asked a number of questions, such as 'How do people feel about the candidates?', and analysed Tweets to gauge the current mood of the electorate.</span></div>
youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-24138499201674202552011-07-20T11:06:00.002+01:002011-07-20T11:06:53.083+01:00Bulgarian Real Estate on Google Maps<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://cheap-bulgarian-house.co.uk/map_bulgaria_sale_houses.php?action=from_home" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cheap Bulgarian House</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If you are looking for property in Bulgaria then Cheap Bulgarian House is a good place to start.<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0956101518&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The site uses Google Maps to display a large number of properties for sale or rent in Bulgaria. It is possible to search the map by price range, by type of property, by location and by the size of the property you want.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This Google Maps mashup shows properties for sale or rent in the major Bulgarian towns.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The map sidebar provides quick links to view properties in specific towns. Underneath the map it is possible to select which types of property you wish to view.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Each information window includes a photo of the property and a link to more details.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.varnaplan.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269687258234961490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYGrej6P-xTjaLjMWeE6JdO66SbT4PhMytgcCiANasUnBZnQYvwR0l32w4Dk2bdIRGrZChgEOpOO1_RBa2qKUrq1Dgmm4kYjJT1b3QUqKt_2yefk1WYDcFiEH6S9T9TCHnUJG4P4RBRc/s400/earth.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 212px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Varna Plan is a Google Maps mash-up for the Varna area in Bulgaria. Thanks to the map's impressive area polygon selection search engine it is possible to view an incredible amount of data about Varna on the map.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The map displays commercial, rental and residential property for sale in Varna. It is also possible to view from a large selection of tourist related layers.</span>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-17199932045046767592011-07-20T11:05:00.002+01:002011-07-20T11:05:35.858+01:00Building Outlines in More Cities<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Montmartre,+Paris,+France&hl=en&ll=48.853047,2.35028&spn=0.001719,0.007328&sll=48.881764,2.358284&sspn=0.028899,0.084543&z=18" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631187845110469570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSApRSKkQVbZbClNaG6fG9oViUf9I4b64tnp_m_eip7Ogt-ga1s0itIb9X7NPgwNgG2jM49cIjW7-ZIyU-tgATR7jOj2zEFqoWeScqTHlr2yR5PqZUc5LJq13kDHNHR42Hs_keoI7P87c/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 153px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 200px;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Google have today added 3D buildings to Google Maps in more cities <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1428818766&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>around the world. The new cities include London, Paris, Barcelona, Stockholm, Singapore, Lisbon, Boulder, and 11 major cities in South Africa.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In Google Maps the 3D buildings look pretty cool but they really only come to life on Google Maps for mobile. On Google Maps for mobile you can rotate, tilt, and zoom in and out on the buildings.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4yKFJE7TxA/TiWvfAlxl5I/AAAAAAAAAKU/zodJK6A7A1c/s1600/london.png" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631185956637725346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvx8SDLbCuOP1HcW0zkL-jk5VCtTOImevuumtUNVniSlznhzReeVFbGNDaPEz-OdmqZxXNOKK7YaT3B3BaAg07kn6QwJSOAoGjOQ4O-2lrbq0oNGSdUtJsQZPof6sbwhyphenhyphensNDLkCc-3oc/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 200px;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My guess is that at some point soon Google will look to implement the rotate and tilt views in Google Maps for the desktop.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The rotating buildings obviously make more sense on mobile maps where the orientation of the map can rotate to reflect your view. However this would be a great feature to be able to access via the Google Maps API. I could see this being a popular tool with many map developers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Via:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/07/building-outlines-now-appearing-in.html" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Google LatLong</a></span>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-71443550671047467362011-07-20T11:04:00.002+01:002011-07-20T11:04:28.422+01:00Boston's Elastic Boundaries on Google Maps<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/graphics/071811_boundaries/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631095487515235330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKYi-eKwMjkHSIbWJyslaX5uJoAXDjjuPv_IaBO9M2xvwfnSR_1_ds8-YfkvOtEyJNWiBT1hQBii63t95voQn5si08ivN1sz5kJeZWMEa25zyyGA86mTaufuyuzC4Q5befRFQcDITiwU/s523/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Like many big cities Boston has very fluid neighborhood boundaries. Two people living next door to each other <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0817634649&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>can often have very different ideas of which district they live in.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">To try and clear up some of the confusion around Boston's boundaries Boston.com has created a Google Map that shows the different boundaries used by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, by the police, by the city and those determined by zip code.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Using the map you can drag the map pin around to view the different district boundaries at different locations.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/graphics/071811_boundaries/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Boston's Tangled Boundaries</a></span>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-20667432482326886672011-06-15T09:54:00.002+01:002011-06-15T09:54:48.365+01:00View Cell Phone Coverage on Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://www.sensorly.com/Map/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sensorly</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.sensorly.com/Map/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618119189857880002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQkb8vSRsihtHUoTqEnxHu6ekUHlaq6KzkQQxLJ5fu44YcjhlABFaiJ7Xr6jYbFYYJJ47j0YGB6EX7acW09A3FjNuRKjVTm1LxytmMzfLfesjO6HJ26jfobcCEKzTAQtgWu82iNQaa1o/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 172px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Sensorly provides community powered mobile phone coverage maps. It is currently mapping 76 networks across<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001JT1E5G&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> the world. If you download either the Android or iPhone app you can also become a part of the crowd supplying data to these phone coverage maps.<br />
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You can use the Sensorly Google Maps to view how good network coverage is in a given location, for both WiFi and mobile phone networks. You can navigate to your part of the world by using the links beneath the map. You can also find the relevant map for your network from the tabbed buttons at the top of the map.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://opensignalmaps.com/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">OpenSignalMaps</a></span><br />
<a href="http://opensignalmaps.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581297897299775602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEigTNm8897fzFtXibJ_G6v8GxuXNJd9gGfHM1EBQHPevGm5CmWCMNeJ9BZRmhezApsC1rCcfRoXgcydyALKnv2lSYeD_8I-Zz7bii0o9JCuTSxKxm1gXXu0k42uEbL6B1wE3zgGqKOkY/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 194px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
OpenSignalMaps is a great source for data about cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world. OpenSignalsMaps uses Google Maps to allow you to view the mobile signal strength for any location and view the locations of nearby towers for your carrier.<br />
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Using the map you can search by location and view a heat map of the signal strength for each of the carriers available in your area. You can select to view the data of individual carriers and quickly see how their local coverage compares. It is also possible to view the cell tower locations for each of your local mobile phone service providers.<br />
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The data for the map is collected from users of the OpenSignalsMaps Android application. Data from the downloaded apps is stripped of any identifying information.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare_coverage.php" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Root Metrics</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare_coverage.php" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581293864211497058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8QaJ3UBlrAmuGBbCGkIo03IaJhlXEKZ_q9a536k37afHUmsJEEMdq1pihM5QGdyNdPLCQ-LFt5brWjB2SyfTvytFd9PEa3o6DKfthDW7mAaBp9OHMwnxJWwbdWMCbE36PjT6prc9hhY/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 202px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Root Metrics allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers at different locations in the United States. You can search a Google Map by zip code or address to find the strength of coverage at any location.<br />
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The Root Metrics Google Map allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers. The map shows you each carrier's aggregate grade and the carrier's voice and data strength.<br />
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The Root Metrics iPhone app allows you to view the data from your mobile phone. Users of the app also contribute to the accuracy of the data shown. Data from downloaded apps is collected anonymously to track each carrier's performance.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-39697610603197631812011-06-15T09:53:00.002+01:002011-06-15T09:53:36.890+01:00A Google Map of Solar Power Installations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://solar.coolerplanet.com/Articles/solar-energy-installation-map.aspx" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cooler Planet: Solar Energy Installation Map</a></span><br />
<a href="http://solar.coolerplanet.com/Articles/solar-energy-installation-map.aspx" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618072907118063922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh470Ab61LM1SISlcxAWwErzU0MryvXIW3jaZVOOjL2U3QvrgjKO1oBK632C37zXnwq690BZQodZk2hKLOgQ6G6i4sQeSKp4wy7nZKK69Uyt6bE4m8G2seCid7cKYQ1zu1jadECrqSG8-A/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 194px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Cooler Planet has created an animated time-line with Google Maps to show the progress of solar installations in<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003UESJMO&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> California from 1999 through to 2011.<br />
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Using data from <a href="http://www.californiasolarstatistics.org/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Go Solar California Statistics</a> the map lets you view time-lines of 'total installs', 'total watts', 'watts per install' and 'total carbon saved'. It is fascinating using the map to view how solar power installations have blossomed in California over the last decade.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-56390168796619784942011-06-15T09:52:00.000+01:002011-06-15T09:52:22.474+01:00Searching Gets Easier on Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Google Maps now lets you search with 'descriptive terms'. Google describes 'descriptive terms as "the phrases which are most frequently used to describe ... places".<br />
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So, for example, if I want to find a pub that has quiz nights I can just type in 'quiz night' into the search bar on<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0814415024&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> Google Maps. I will then be shown all the places that have 'quiz night' mentioned in reviews and other information gathered about the venue.<br />
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<a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Ph3c" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618026131658184722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rMiKTXRWvnLkD5Xcd4QX_wyfmj9cgVRUao5fOdCL2wKRNM3ba9AG0pie0ZSd5p1p4rykzqFJQjJASMHHIJ17mcZI7Uwt6JJHV6l7280NGEVRApSs4LX1LUxz7SoZzYsAfX4DBJU0PNM/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 180px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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Other descriptive terms that I can imagine myself using a lot are 'great coffee', 'free wifi', 'free delivery' and 'live music'.<br />
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I'm sure I'll be using this new feature a lot!</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-41034925970468659152011-06-11T13:11:00.000+01:002011-06-11T13:11:23.831+01:00Guided Video Walks with Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://walking-the-edit.net/en/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Walking the Edit</a></span><br />
<a href="http://walking-the-edit.net/en/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616923283630862546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjQsCYK6ni3GCXtgHR1KEuwTMswezjYwqtiLugpPrGPSqV2SmGqBaqXO6tY2m3Ic9HrVQFhGlc4J3GFBBVrw1N4GtXAHg87QvqfUdk8TackloYSkBZ1sMjKUJGPtzCGdNWRl8FSOPk4Y/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 200px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Walking the Edit is an innovative iPhone app that allows you to create a mapped video. It is a great way to <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003SKC1AG&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>create a guided video walk or a video about your neighborhood.<br />
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Using the app you can take a walk through a neighborhood and the iPhone app tracks your progress and stores the location of the videos that you take on your journey. When you have finished your walk the app then creates a Google Map of your route with your synchronised video.<br />
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The videos are displayed on your automatically created map by small map markers. The size of the marker represents the duration of the video at that location. When you play the video the map view synchronises to the location of the video. </span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-50913218216247772912011-06-11T13:07:00.000+01:002011-06-11T13:07:47.721+01:00Skateboarding with Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://www.sk8loc8.com/skatepark-map.aspx#" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sk8loc8</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.sk8loc8.com/skatepark-map.aspx#" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616621534979989746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqazVPgTgWmSa4LDW_UPU6n7TBoPtJvKUj1Q5jOrPw_MrbOYB_bMvmXJBTQPH1gwBwMcwk0z_zkwAv-z18tuep80lEnKmUISJxSoEHn6Ufbk-KT2trrM8DiGd2CPP-AY5KnfPvb3x7fUw/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 184px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Sk8loc8 provides a searchable Google Map of over 1800 skateparks and skateshops around the world. <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0756620740&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
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You can search the map by location and view nearby Skateparks, Recommended Parks, Skate Shops and Unconfirmed Skateparks. You can also click on the map to load nearby skating locations or to add the location of a missing skatepark.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://www.local124.com/portal/index.php?option=com_gmroute&savedid=152" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Longboarding and Skateboarding Map</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.local124.com/portal/index.php?option=com_gmroute&savedid=152" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558308828418815266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_1Z-1BzI17thNAWa0q9tua7OmLVj4JmRLUPqj2D203tyMW3yhAEWj2PqiKoUx-ZQzo5GcPV0nT9LLigVCIiFkfmGwXxpDlg0HbmyjSV6fOuxhe7uPaonoT72zPyaD4jg0CyVLObVrLg/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 172px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-79239678293103161332011-06-11T13:04:00.000+01:002011-06-11T13:04:52.537+01:00Toronto is Dangerously Trendy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://trending.seetorontonow.com/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Toronto is Trending</a></span><br />
<a href="http://trending.seetorontonow.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616549291992554498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMYpLmi07mTdOkdVzK-G20KvuSm0h97sPIWEweIr8YKvK_n1qd81FnwdO52Tz_cuis8kS458aEEf6WvzRDdytTglWjNeSXt926WEJStafz2Rz6pfpJMAd4PqKsGITBvG2ZDTPiOG9ceQ/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 159px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Toronto is Trending has one of the coolest welcome screens I've ever seen on a website. When you go to Toronto is Trending you are presented with a full-screen video of Toronto. Twitter speech bubbles then appear above some of the moving pedestrians in the video and follow them down the street.<br />
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If you switch to the 'map view' you can then see the latest Tweets and check-ins made in Toronto on a Google Map view of the city. The map also displays a number of hotel, ticket and package deals.<br />
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The numbered map markers let you see how many people have checked into particular venues. You can select which category of venue you wish to see displayed on the map using the icons at the top of the map.<br />
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Altogether if you want to find the most happening venues in Toronto right now then you need to visit Toronto is Trending.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://www.globalnews.ca/Toronto+intersections+pedestrian+safety/4907932/story.html" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Toronto’s Most Dangerous Intersections</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.globalnews.ca/Toronto+intersections+pedestrian+safety/4907932/story.html" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616554021387182946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfgULh9-j92Q5TxGksdDFCFlU28WCLZ3quKlcqT4KfhwgeToBytI_lsc8Dyy1fEW758h8THPCu4m-7YRJk7JrBkKHELHR8qaJfu2dCW5xzS4ZXVrD9J7K1WRCrv7PZD_yuZhL0_HzWTY/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 202px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Global Toronto has mapped out Toronto's most dangerous intersections for pedestrians. By looking at the <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0470963727&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>accident history data for 1337 intersections in the city Global Toronto has been able to identify which pose the most danger to pedestrians.<br />
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Global Toronto devised an 'accident ratio' for each intersection by combining two sets of data: accidents by intersection from 2000-09 and the average daily pedestrian head-counts at each intersection.<br />
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The Google Map shows in red the intersections that have the highest accident ratio. </span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-13666501172215752942011-06-11T13:02:00.002+01:002011-06-11T13:02:49.015+01:00Google Maps of Bangkok Traffic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="http://bangkoktraffic.heroku.com/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bangkok Traffic</a></span><br />
<a href="http://bangkoktraffic.heroku.com/" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616542943910923890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2log3ZcIFNPmGV9DQXt9e_QCpS-K3sqBvSRj7ANoHKRczgv63UScpFq-OTN1prWMQEjEDirBWjoOuaABTR6LtOZA95PoIdbHs-E-unJZeI7SMxC6Jm9Q4rhAo_TV-VaVqQ0VwtFR0UQ/s400/mapsmania.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(178, 209, 230); border-top-left-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 168px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Bangkok Traffic is a driving directions application for the Thai capital that also displays real-time traffic<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=384338391X&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> information.<br />
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To get driving directions you can drop two map markers on a Google Map or enter your starting point and destination into the search box. Your route is then displayed on the map and listed in the map sidebar.<br />
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Also displayed on the map is real-time traffic information, showing current traffic speeds on the city's roads. It is also possible to click on the webcam map markers to view real-time images from the city's traffic cams.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-7295260370251565982011-05-14T16:40:00.002+01:002011-05-14T16:40:32.071+01:00Track Your Laptop with Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://preyproject.com/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Prey</a></span><br />
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Prey is a great way to recover your laptop or phone if it is stolen. If your laptop is stolen and you have have<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004GHNQDQ&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> signed up to Prey you can track your computer with the help of Google Maps.<br />
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Prey uses either your device's GPS or the nearest WiFi hotspots to triangulate and grab a fix on its location. It can then show you the location of your stolen property on a Google Map. All you have to do then is report the thief's address to the police and await the return of your computer.<br />
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Prey also comes with some other handy features, such as being able to take a photo of the thief with your laptop's webcam or being able to take a screenshot remotely (perhaps catching the thief's name whilst they are on online).<br />
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Storify has <a href="http://storify.com/btballenger/man-tracks-stolen-laptop-thousands-of-miles-away" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">a really interesting account</a> of how someone managed to recover their stolen laptop with the help of Prey and some Twitter friends. </span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-38591325148527545702011-05-14T16:38:00.002+01:002011-05-14T16:38:58.142+01:00Monitoring Water Aid with Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://watermapmonitordev.appspot.com/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Flow</a></span><br />
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Water for People is a charity helping people in developing countries through the development of locally <iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000PH2OR0&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education programs.<br />
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Water for People are using remote technology to display real-time reports about whether their water and sanitation projects are working or failing. The map allows field workers, volunteers and others to record data from tens of thousands of water points around the world.<br />
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Flow uses categorised markers to show which projects are currently functioning, broken or functioning with problems. The links in the map side-panel allow users to quickly zoom to Water for People's different projects around the world.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-39649704812548132402011-05-14T16:37:00.000+01:002011-05-14T16:37:13.702+01:00The Asian Carp Invasion on Google Maps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20110502/NEWS06/110501015" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Asian Carp Map</a></span><br />
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Reporter Tina Lam and photographer Brian Kaufman have embarked on a 13 day journey through seven state<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004IQMXD4&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>s to track how far the invasive species of the Asian Carp are getting to the Great Lakes.<br />
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A Google Map is being updated regularly with photographs and reports of their findings. The map includes a time-line so that you can follow the pair's progress chronologically as well as geographically.<br />
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If you click on any of the mapped photographs an information window opens so that you can read the submitted report. You can also click through to read the story on the Detroit Free Press.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-21943372681447151782011-05-14T16:36:00.000+01:002011-05-14T16:36:07.777+01:00Google Maps, Fusion Tables & Elections<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.patrickcain.ca/?p=715" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Canada & UK Post-Elections Round-up</a></span><br />
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Patrick Cain this week has spotted some post-election Google Maps from the<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/saanich2011.html" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Vancouver Sun</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/may/06/av-referendum-results-map" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>.<br />
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In Canada the Vancouver Post's map looks at the loss of seats by the federal Liberal party in British Columbia, whilst The Guardian maps the results of the British referendum on the Alternative Voting system.<br />
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The Guardian's map shows how there was very little support for the Alternative Voting system outside of a few London boroughs, the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge and central Glasgow and Edinburgh.</span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296168920675776628.post-45843692760728700552011-05-11T11:00:00.002+01:002011-05-11T11:00:58.677+01:00Introducing the Google Places Library<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Google Places API is now on general release and a <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/places.html" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Places Library</a> has been added to the Google Maps API.<br />
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The new Places Library allows map developers to display venues in Google Places on a Google Map. The venues can be added either via a bounding box or within a radius of a centre point. The displayed venues can be refined by type (e.g. gym, food, zoo, art gallery etc) or by name (e.g. Starbucks).<br />
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The Places Library can also display details about the returned venues, including full address information and<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latestnewsint-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B004HFS6Z0&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: right; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> user ratings.<br />
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The Places Library for the Google Maps API doesn't seem to support check-ins. So if you want to give your users the ability to check-in at venues it looks like you will have to use the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Google Places API</a> itself with your Google Maps.<br />
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Via: <a href="http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/05/places-everybody-show-is-about-to-begin.html" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Google Geo Developers Blog</a></span></div>youneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324276109062976458noreply@blogger.com0