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Map2 – The London Paper Map That has Zoom Function!

by Jay Garrett on January 24, 2010

Ok – hands up all those with touchscreen phones that now get confused when attempting to navigate a regular mobile?

Well, I’m guessing it’s the same when looking at one of those old-fashioned paper maps.

You can see where you want to be but no matter how much you pinch at the paper it does not zoom!

Here’s The Map2, which is described as being a “zoomable map on paper,” is a high tech, low tech map that lets you zoom in to a more detailed view without going digital.

On the original scaled page each of the four quadrants can be unfolded to reveal a more detailed map of that area – essentially zooming in.

I think it’s a great idea.

If you’re visiting London get one – it’s only £8 and very groovy indeed!

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Free Online Monopoly City Streets Uses Google Maps for Global Gaming

by Jay Garrett on September 8, 2009

monopoly-city-streetsBoard game great, Hasbro, has teamed up with Google to produce an online global version of Monopoly which will in turn create the largest board game area ever as the world of Google Maps is the playing surface.

Monopoly City Streets launches on Wednesday for a duration of four months.

Players worldwide will be handed a £3 million budget (a bit more than the £200 back in my day) to create the ultimate real estate empire – No more are you restricted to the likes of Old Kent Road or Mayfair – go for what ever you fancy!

With the Monopoly City Streets blog claiming “The entire planet will be pitted against one another in an online game of MONOPOLY turning the globe into one giant game board!” It’s gotta be fun!

Players can buy streets for set prices and build anything from skyscrapers to cottages – the other change is that you no longer have to wait for one of your competitors to pay you when they trespass on your land – you gain income through tennents paying you rent.

If your childhood street has been bought up by the school bully you always wanted to get revenge on you can make a bid, and if s/he hasn’t responded in seven days, it’s yours, no matter how tiny your offer was – a small victory? But a victory all the same.

Monopoly City Streets is free to play and goes live on Wednesday 9th September – keep up with the blog here.

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Google Latitude – Use Your iPhone To Stalk People

March 31, 2009 Click to read more →
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Word is that only a few moments ago Google reaffirmed that they will be releasing the Latitude app for the iPhone.
Google has said that it will be released “soon”.
As Morrisey once said: “How soon is now?”.
Chances are that the (girl/boy)friend-stalking tracking application will appear after the 3.0 firmware update is released.
Google says that it won’t be [...]

UK Google Streetview Live

March 19, 2009 Click to read more →

It seems that Google Street View UK is up and running.
Found this out by accident this morning – but hey!
Now the rest of the world can ”drive” around blighty just as we’ve been able to do with the US of A
We know that those Google street cars have been cruising around but now we can see [...]

Google Latitude Released For Mobile Tracking

February 4, 2009 Click to read more →

Fancy tracking friends, family and non-trustworthy partners legally?
Well, Google has announced that it has added the ability to that tracking via Google Maps for mobile from today.
Latitude, as it’s known, is a new feature of Google Maps for mobile that allows you to share your location with your friends and to see their approximate locations, if [...]

Google Maps Add Public Transport Routes

January 14, 2009 Click to read more →

Put paid to those confused looks when you catch the tube and change for one stop only to discover that it would have actually been quicker to walk.
Sorry – but the tube lines aren’t as neat as the stylised tube map everyone is used to.
Google Maps now has a ‘Transit’ layer under the ‘More’ tab.
In [...]

DEFRA Noise Maps Online

May 16, 2008 Click to read more →

If you want to check out how noisy an area is before you move there – or to see how powerful your stereo is you can now search DEFRA’s noise map by postcode to monitor noise levels.
The 23 areas include London, Manchester and Sheffield.
Defra said the maps would help to tackle “unreasonable noise pollution”.
The mapping [...]

192.Com – Ariel Photograhy of Where You Live

January 25, 2008 Click to read more →

With better resolution than Google 192.Com’s site  is quite outstanding.
With a view described as the same as that you’d get from the roof of a 10 storey building it’s pretty special.
I zoomed in on The Oasis leisure centre at the end of Shaftsbury Avenue and the result is that you can clearly see people swimming in the [...]