How Accurate Is Your Mental Globe? / / No Comments Can you name the missing city in this diagram? If you can then you could be the potential daily champion of City Angle – a fun new geography puzzle game.If you think you know your global geography because you can point out Italy on a blank map, City Angle is here to completely shatter your confidence.At its core, this game flips the standard “point-and-click” map trivia template on its head. Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Accurate, Globe, mental
The Flight Sim Globe / / No Comments Flight Tracker Demo | Source on GitHub Flight Tracker is an impressive Three.js project that simulates global air traffic in real time. While the visualization is currently powered by simulated flight data, the developer has indicated plans to integrate real-time feeds in the future. For now, if you are interested in real-time flight tracking maps you can view Flightradar24 and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: flight, Globe
Everything New in the iOS 15 Maps App: Updated Details, AR Walking Directions, Globe View and More – MacRumors / / No Comments Everything New in the iOS 15 Maps App: Updated Details, AR Walking Directions, Globe View and More MacRumors “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: details, directions, EVERYTHING, Globe, MacRumors, maps, More, updated, View, walking
Renner apps, Sharpie’d maps, MP naps, and robo-hats – The Boston Globe / / No Comments Renner apps, Sharpie’d maps, MP naps, and robo-hats The Boston Globe Michael Andor Brodeur’s review of the week online. “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: apps, Boston, Globe, maps, naps, Renner, robohats, Sharpie’d
Google Maps app gets a refresh – The Globe and Mail / / No Comments Google Maps app gets a refreshThe Globe and MailI just downloaded the recently updated free Google Maps app (version 4.25) onto my smartphone and yes, it's better. The speed at which the map downloads is amazingly fast. Best of all – if there is a real-time traffic issue, I see it in yellow or red … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Gets, Globe, Google, Mail, maps, refresh
A new app asks crowds to help map bus stops for the sightless – The Boston Globe / / No Comments A new app asks crowds to help map bus stops for the sightlessThe Boston GlobeCrowdsourcing, of course, is what happens when we post restaurant reviews on Yelp, or correct the turn-by-turn instructions delivered by Google Maps. With Blindways, Perkins wants to recruit crowds of sighted Bostonians to precisely map the area around … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: asks, Boston, crowds, Globe, help, sightless, stops