Anthony Bourdain travel map
I was a bit surprised to discover that a new season of Parts Unknown will start this weekend. Since, you know, the leading man Anthony Bourdain is unfortunately not with us anymore.
Posts in category ”Digital maps”
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3D cities in your browser
Over a decade ago I was making my thesis project about dynamic modeling of 3D buildings in urban environments. Some years later this field has seen some progress, to put it mildly.
Street view of Stockholm
Three years ago I wrote about how some guys with lots of time drove around in San Francisco, shooting millions of street-level photos. With a bit of Ajax you could explore the city and maybe even do some window-shopping.
Google Street View
Google has recently updated Google Maps with a street view mode. Just drag a little yellow icon along the streets and there will be street-level photographs for that spot. I just checked a few of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco, and they’re still there.
The world of digital map mashups
The world of mashups didn’t stop at the infamous projects HousingMaps or Chicago crime map. It goes on and on with stuff such as Weatherbonk and the Where to go travel map.
Manhattan elsewhere
For all of you who share my love for both Manhattan and digital maps, I want direct your attention to Jason Kottke’s latest project called Manhattan Elsewhere.
Atlas demo with Europe map
I’ve been playing around a bit with the April CTP release of Atlas, Microsoft’s upcoming framework for Ajax applications. I’ve done a small live demonstration with ASP.NET 2.0 which show a basic map display with pinpointed locations.
Google Maps versus Virtual Earth
The map war between Google and Microsoft has recently gone full throttle. In response to Google Maps, today Microsoft launched Virtual Earth. In standard software tradition they “happened” to delete the Apple headquarter from the map.
Google Maps goes photographic
Yesterday Google updated their web application Google Maps, now including satellite photos from DigitalGlobe and Earthsat, covering United States and Canada.