Recently, Google released its new version of Maps. Naturally, when I heard that you could sign up for a preview trial, I had to try it. This morning, I opened my email to find a link to the new site and began exploring. The new Maps is fully interactive, integrating streetview, Google Earth as well …
It appears that Google Maps has been using open source DIY maps to improve their own site. We recently noticed that our balloon map of Kukuiula, HI was up on the Google site- it turns out we’re not the only ones. In a recent article by the Atlantic Cities, it is clear that balloon maps …
We posted these maps before but they are just too cool. Stamen Design posted this tile set using Open Street Map data a few weeks ago. The tiles use a water color style and is one of the first truly artistic styles of interactive street maps that we have seen. Kudos to Stamen and their innovative …
Recently Google was accused of exposing US military secrets and bases seen from their maps. Un-kosher sitings like hidden airstrips used for drone testings have been seen from Google satellite photos, ”a retired Air Force colonel, said that the Google Maps site shows satellite imagesof either a Predator or Reaper drone on the airstrip,”….”information that is surely of …
It became abundantly clear to the world with the release of Jay-Z’s 2009 hit “Empire State of Mind” that New York City is his continued source of artistic inspiration. But he is not the first musician to see the city as a canvas for musical development and he certainly won’t be the last. Musicians have always used …
