WorldGuessr on Street View / / No Comments My seemingly endless quest to find an alternative to GeoGuessr may be finally over. GeoGuessr is (rightly) by far the most popular Google Maps game on the internet. Unfortunately GeoGuessr’s subscription charges mean I can’t afford to play it very often. Which means I’m always on the look-out for free alternatives.GeoGuessr is an online geography game that challenges players to identify Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Street, View, WorldGuessr
The Future of Street View / / No Comments In 2007 Google began adding 360 degree panoramic images to Google Maps. It is no exaggeration to say that the introduction of Street View revolutionized online mapping. Now users could not only zoom into their neighborhoods in satellite view but they could also virtually explore their area in Street View.It is almost impossible to predict the next major revolution in online mapping. For a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: future, Street, View
Street View Surveillance / / No Comments The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Spot the Surveillance game is a virtual reality game which requires players to identify surveillance equipment in a panoramic image of a San Francisco street scene. Panning around this 360 degree view players are required to detect the every day surveillance equipment which is now routinely used on America’s streets, such as body-worn cameras, automated Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Street, surveillance, View
AI Street View / / No Comments Today I have mainly been creating AI generated Street View scenes of historical locations. The result is AI Time Travel Street View, a little virtual world of 360 degree panoramas which you can wander around in while exploring Medieval France, Renaissance Venice and Victorian London (as dreamed by AI).Navigating around AI Time Travel Street View is fairly intuitive. Just click on the arrow Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Street, View
The Map of Reddit Now Has Street View / / No Comments The Map of Reddit now has a ‘Street View’ option which allows you to explore this organisational network map of the world’s subreddits as a 3D environment. The Map of Reddit is an interactive map which organizes and plots subreddits based on their similarity. Subreddits are individual subject forums on the social news forum Reddit. On this Map of Reddit individual subreddits are positioned near Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Reddit, Street, View
The Undeniable Truth on Street View / / No Comments To mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine the website ‘Undeniable Street View’ has been launched. By providing virtual walks through six Ukrainian cities with custom made 360 degree panoramic ‘Street View’ imagery the Undeniable Street View allows you to see for yourself the damage that Russia has inflicted on Ukrainian infrastructure. The cities of Kyiv, Irpin, Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Street, Truth, Undeniable, View
Apple Angers China by Approving Cop-Tracking Map App for Hong Kong – The Wall Street Journal / / No Comments Apple Angers China by Approving Cop-Tracking Map App for Hong Kong The Wall Street Journal China takes aim at Apple over map app that helps Hong Kong protesters Washington Examiner China state media attacks Apple for Hong Kong police tracking app Financial Times China state newspaper hits Apple over map app use by Hong Kong protesters The Japan Times Chinese state media condemns Apple decision to allow “poisonous” Hong Kong maps app in scathing attack iMore View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Angers, Apple, Approving, China, CopTracking, Hong, Journal, Kong, Street, Wall
After Web, Google Maps Enable Street View Layer on Android App as well – Digital Information World / / No Comments After Web, Google Maps Enable Street View Layer on Android App as well Digital Information World Street View is beneficial in finding routes to your various destinations but also an exciting way of exploring new landmarks. The web version of Google maps has … “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: after, Android, digital, Enable, Google, Information, layer, maps, Street, View, Well, World