Snow and Webcams Maps for Skiers

To contact us Click HERE

As a general rule I have stopped posting links to maps created with v2 of the Google Maps API. The Google Maps API v2 will stop working on May 19th 2013 so I don't want to post links to maps that will stop working in a few months.

Having said that skiweather should prove useful to anyone who is lucky enough to be able to go skiing in the Alps in the next few months. Skiweather includes a number of useful maps for skiers, including a Snow Alert Map, a general Weather Map, a Snow Depth Map and, for those who want to check out the conditions in real-time, a Webcam Map.

Work Out a Cab Fare with Google Maps

To contact us Click HERE

The Washington Post's D.C. Taxi Fare Calculator helps passengers estimate the cost of a metered cab fare in Washington, D.C..

Using the app cab passengers can enter a starting address and destination or simply drag the start and finish markers on the provided Google Map. The app will then display the likely cab route on the map and display an estimated cab fare in normal and heavy traffic.

The displayed calculated fares are only estimates and actual cab fares may vary.

New Year's Weather on Google Maps

To contact us Click HERE

Before heading out to watch any fireworks tonight you might want to check the latest weather from wezzoo.

The wezzoo social weather application for iOS and Android allows users to share the current weather conditions where ever they are. This means that the wezzoo desktop Google Map shows the real-time weather conditions throughout the world.

Users of the mobile app can submit a weather report and upload a photo to accompany their weather report. The wezzoo social network also allows users to follow other wezzoo members, either geographically to ensure they get up-to-date nearby weather reports, or friends far away to keep in touch with the weather conditions across the world.

Via: GeoInWeb

New Year's Eve Fireworks on Google Maps

To contact us Click HERE

Last night we saw some amazing fireworks displays taking place throughout the world to herald in the New Year.

Sydney in Australia put on its usual spectacular display. In London, an impressive display was held on the Thames. In Dubai the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, also saw an amazing display of fireworks.

Here is a small collection of some of the best New Year's Eve Fireworks that took place last night.

Happy New Year everybody.

Mapping the World's New Year's Resolutions

To contact us Click HERE

In 2013 why not make sure that you stick to your New Year's resolution by sharing it with the world?

Google has taken its mission to organise the world's information to new heights with a new Global Resolutions Google Map. Using the app you can submit your postcode and your resolution and it will then appear on the map for the whole world to see.

The map uses Google Translate so whatever your language you can browse resolutions posted to the map anywhere in the world. You can also browse through the resolutions posted to the map by category (Love, Health, Career, Finance, Family, Education, Do Good, and Other).

Denmark in Gray on Google Maps

To contact us Click HERE

The Ã…rhus - Digital Elevation Model is a Google Map of the Danish town of Ã…rhus that uses map tiles created from a digital elevation scan of the town.

The map shows a 3d representation of the physical surface of Ã…rhus. This includes the height of buildings, tree tops, hills the ground and even a ship in the harbour. The Digital Elevation Model was created by the Danish government. The Google Map tiles from the model were created by microformats.dk using the CASA Image Cutter.

Microformats.dk has also created a similar map for Copenhagen, Copenhagen - Digital Elevation Model.

Half a Million Asteroids Mapped

To contact us Click HERE

Today I've been taking a little weekend break away from Google Maps and have been playing instead with the Asterank 3d Asteroid Orbit Space Simulation.

The simulation is an amazing WebGL application that shows a view of our solar system with over 580,000 asteroids mapped. It is possible to rotate, zoom and pan the simulation. It is also possible to refine the asteroids shown by most valuable and most accessible (just in case you have plans to get into asteroid mining).


Whilst we are in the heavens you might also like the BBC's collection of images of the Earth taken from orbiting satellites. 2012 as Seen from Space includes eleven images of some important events that have taken place in the last year, as seen from the heavens.

The collection features satellite images of Hurricane Sandy, the capsized cruise ship the Costa Concordia and NASA's Curiosity Rover parachute landing on Mars.