Jul

31st 2007

World Sunlight Map

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If you’re curious about where the sunlight is hitting the earth at any given moment in time, visit the “World Sunlight Map” web site.  Using computer simulation, the site shows the extent of lightness and darkness on the surface of the earth in realtime.  Cloud cover is also updated every 3 hours.  Towards the bottom, you can play around and view the map in various projections; the map default is Mercator but you can also view Peters, Mollweide or equirectangular projection maps.

 

 

Jul

29th 2007

The Simpsons: Interactive Map of Springfield

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Created by Jerry Loma and Terry Hogan, this interactive maps highlights sites in the fictional town of Springfield, home of the Simpsons:

Simpson version of ADNDiscover Springfield, where live the Simpsons family; Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie. Roll over the places to discover a picture of it. The map of Springfield is based on the Guide to Springfield USA The Simpsons. I made this interactive, the job is not finished, there are allways framegrabs to add and add some functions to the map.

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Jul

26th 2007

StateTris

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An interesting new spin on the Tetris game is StateTris, a geography game by IntenCT that tests your geographic knowledge of the United States.  This online game drops each of the 48 states one by one from the top of the screen.  Using the arrow keys, you have to move the state over to its location. The space bar drops the state.  If you have the right location then it will settle on to the screen.  If you’ve picked the wrong location then the state drops off the bottom of the screen and you have to try again.  There are three modes: easy, medium and hard.  In the easy mode you can see the state’s name and it is oriented the correct way.  In medium mode, you still get to see the state name but the orientation isn’t always correct and you need to use the “Up” arrow key to move the state around.  In hard mode, the state is no longer labeled.

 

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Jul

26th 2007

Live Derby 2007

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As a new way to promote LiveSearchMaps, Microsoft has launched Live Derby 2007, a Pac-Man styled game that has players driving around aerials from Live Maps as they pick up points for hitting spots along the way such as restaurants, hotels and banks while avoiding other cars.  Players can drive around their choice of cities in New York, London, San Francisco, Seattle, or Las Vegas. 

 

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Jul

25th 2007

Flood Map from BBC

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BBC, the British television station, has created a Google Map that displays information about the flooding in Great Britain including “photos, videos, flood warnings and BBC audio reports across Berkshire”.   Red markers are BBC radio broadcasts, green markers are video (through YouTube) and blue markers are user submitted files.  Additionally, river flood conditions are marked as well as the location of emergency shelters.  If you have your own photos, stories or video you can email them to  berkshire.online@bbc.co.uk along with information about where the information comes from and they will be added to the map. 

Jul

19th 2007

NASA in Google Earth

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Google Lat Long Blog has announced the availability of the NASA layer group in Google Earth:

The new “NASA” layer has three components:

  • Astronaut Photography of Earth
    The “Astronaut Photography of Earth” layer showcases some of the best of photos from the online Astronaut Photography collection.
  • Satellite Imagery
    The “Satellite Imagery” layer highlights some of the most interesting Earth imagery taken by NASA satellites over the years.
  • Earth City Lights
    “Earth City Lights” offers a new perspective on this popular image.
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Jul

18th 2007

Outstanding Aerial Photos around the World

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The Oddee blog has some fantastic pictures taken around the world; from rows of low income housing in Mexico to a love-struck message on a freeway in Seattle, Washington. 

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