Tag: google maps
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Indian Food
On our last day out at our current AirBnB, we searched for a takeaway.
Google Maps found me a Chinese takeaway, but it had an unexpected suggestion when I asked for an Indian... -
I know how I'm SUPPOSED to read it, but when I see this I can't help but imagine a conversation like...
"What shall we call our car wash?"
/waves hand/ "I dunno."
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Google Maps screenshot showing the location of a business seemingly called Waves Hand Car Wash Cheltenham.
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OpenStreetMap rocks (especially on foot)
OpenStreetMap blows Google Maps out of the water for walkers and also for if you're trying to find a particular-named house in a rural area. I'm not saying never to use Google Maps (there's plenty of things it's the king at): but maybe consider giving OpenStreetMap a go next time you need a digital map?
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Trump's Strategy
I've worked out what convicted felon Donald Trump's endgame strategy is! And I can explain it... through the medium of a comic in the art style of Sid Meier's Civilization!
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Accidental Geohashing
Dan mines his own geoposition data of the last decade to ask: did I ever accidentally visit a geohashpoint? Turns out... maybe. Ish.
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Google Maps's Moat
Google Maps’s Moat (Justin O’Beirne) How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?
Over the past year, we’ve been comparing Google Maps and Apple Maps in New York, San Francisco, and London—but some of the biggest differences are outside of large cities.
Take my childhood neighborhood in rural Illinois. Here … -
I found a debugging river that the mods left in by accident!
Alt"River Test" highlighted on a map
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TIL that the Malaysian government is one of few who HAVEN'T asked Google to censor satellite photos of sensitive areas, because they feel that to do so would make it MORE obvious where the sensitive areas are!
MALAYSIA will not ask Google Earth to blur images of the country’s military facilities to avoid terrorist attacks. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said doing so would indirectly pin-point their location anyway.
"The difference in, or lack of, pixelation of images of the military facilities compared to the surrounding areas will make it easy for … -
Edinburgh Free Fringe 2012 Venue Map
To help him get around the Free Fringe in Edinburgh this year, Dan's made a map of all of the Free Fringe venues, with links to all of their events. And you can see it too.
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8-Bit Google Maps
Google Maps have started providing an "8-Bit Edition", with retro-RPG-style map graphics, Dan observes.