Google and their snowmobile StreetView is now in the swiss Alps. They have started a new contest to name the best resorts in the country and decide which one will be visited by their snowmobile. You can visite google contest page here.
You can view precious Street View imagery captured by the Google snowmobile in Canada at the Dave Murray Downhill, from the top of the 7th Heaven Chairlift on Blackcomb, and from the peak of Whistler.
As I was surfing the web searching for inspiration, I came across this new IGoogle theme. This made me wonder where this amazing geology map was from, with a bit of digging, I came across this blog, with more details on a set of amazing geology maps of the ancient course of the Mississippi River. This is by far some of the most amazing geology map I have ever seen.
(Fisk, 1944. Map of ancient courses of the Mississippi River, Cape Girardeau, MO - Donaldsonville, LA. Plate 22-10.)
As reported by the BBC, here is a new initiative of using the Wiki Map OpenStreetMap.
Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, widely known as Africa’s largest slum, remains a blank spot on the map. Without basic knowledge of the geography and resources of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents. This November, young Kiberans create the first public digital map of their own community.
More Info can be found on their web site: http://mapkibera.org/.
ESA’s 2009 global land cover map was generated using 12 months worth of data, collected from 1 January-31 December 2009, from Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument. GlobCover 2009 proves the sharpest possible global land cover map can be created within a year.
The first week of December was a chilly one for much of Europe and parts of the United States.
arctic oscillation
This image shows the temperature of the land surface for December 3-10, 2010, compared to the average temperature for the same period between 2002 and 2009. The measurements are from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Read the full article on the Earth Observatory site.
Remember last January the UK and much of the UK had already been frozen.
With the UK being once more in the grip of a sever frost, there is never been a better time to review our heat loss from badly insulated buildings.
As reported by geoconexion, an aircraft fitted with specially developed survey equipment is taking to the skies over Britain’s cities at night. Using a new super-sensitive thermal sensor Leicestershire based aerial mapping company Bluesky is capturing highly accurate measurements of heat loss from buildings. The results of these night-time thermal surveys will provide Local Authorities, energy providers and even householders with intelligence to tackle energy inefficiency and fuel poverty across Britain’s towns and cities.
From one place to another one, here is another great example of applying geospatial technology to the thermal industry. Check the heat loss map from Haringey council.
I recently came across this fun map of Europe made from Lego. No further comments.
It now seems that Google has once more stricken. On a partnership with the Russian Railways, Google’s Virtual Train spans the entire 150 hour journey and users can pass the time listening to audio books of Russian classics – such as Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace or Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls.
Few years ago I had the chance to travel on the Tran-Siberian train from Moscow to Irkutsk, and onto the Baikal Lake. At over 5,600 miles it is the world’s longest railway, crossing seven time zones, 12 regions and passing through 87 towns and cities before arriving in distant Vladivostok.
Over 80 hours of train, this was a truly memorable train journey! At the time, I was advised to travel to east Siberia by train, as this allowed discovering the country and slowly get accounted with the jet lag.
Every few hours the train was stopping, a chance to stretch legs on the platform and taste some of the local delicacies (pancakes, smoked fishes, etc.).
Here are few pictures from that trip along the Baikal lake and Irkutsk.
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As reported by the http://www.thisisbath.co.uk news paper, Google has just launched a new award scheme to vote for the best street in the UK. Google will work with the winning streets to create a bespoke Google Street View tour, created to highlight the key retailers and points of interest, allowing the world to find out more about the nation’s final choices.
In all, 50 streets in 25 different cities have been shortlisted, and the public can use Google Street View to decide on their favourites and vote.
Google judges have selected a shortlist of best streets in three categories, and now we need your vote:
Britain’s Best Foodie Street
The winning street should offer a unique mix of mouth-watering options which could include fine dining, cafés, market stalls and delicatessens, all covering a diverse mix of food types and price points.
Britain’s Best Fashion Street
The winning street should offer an eclectic mix of boutique and high street, designer and high street for all clothing tastes and ages. The winning street should satisfy both bargain-hunters and label-lovers.
Britain’s Most Picturesque Street
The winning street should be uniquely British and visually charming. It could be vibrant, full of character, diverse, walker-friendly or architecturally interesting.
A new stream of the Open Street Map is emerging, OpenSeaMap. This gives access to free nautical map. This is not yet fully developed and it is mainly available in Germany. In period of crisis, it also includes link to the various port in Haiti. This new version of OpenStreetMap links directly to something like 600 marinas around the world and the o the Wiki-port-pilot-book “Skipper-Guide“.
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