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Artist reckons he sent a suitcase filled with GPS equipment around the world in a route tracing out the shape of a head—very very unlikely I say. gulfstream/2440
Where the winners of major science awards have come from over the last 20 years. (Mostly the US, and mostly US citizens, too.) gulfstream/2383
Pretty reference maps. (Printable versions too.) gulfstream/1836
Where map geeks and music geeks intersect… Map superimposes 20th Century musicians over London’s tube map; musicians at intersections … gulfstream/1965
Overheard in NY + Google Maps mashup. Nicely done! gulfstream/2108
Why does China have a 900m x 700m scale model of a 450km x 350km area of the Indian/Chinese border? (speculation) gulfstream/2117
Two world maps superimposed on top of each other, so that you can see which points are opposite each other on the Earth’s surface. (Surprisingly little … gulfstream/2172
Map showing what a more equitable Middle East might look like if it were divided up along religious and ethnic lines (related discussion). This was apparently … gulfstream/2176
Managua, in Nicaragua, a city of 2 million people, has functioned without formal street addresses since an earthquake over 30 years ago. (Old story, but … gulfstream/2276
Google on identifiable people appearing in Street View images: “Street View only features imagery taken on public property and is not real time. This … gulfstream/2293
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Official Google Maps API Blog: Google Maps Without the Scripting
get google maps tile via static call
Yahoo! Internet Location Platform - YDN
yahoo's geocoding tool--unlike google, appears to resolve uk postcodes to lat/long
what features are available for different google maps? (spreadsheet)
London: A Life in Maps
exhibition on maps and london; until 4th march 2007
Free The Postcode!
postcode -> geo project; uses gps data
Nicaragua - Managua - Worldpress.org
Win, Lose, Draw: The Great Subway Map Wars - New York Times
Google Maps API Documentation
free geocoding--for UK postcodes as well. up to 50,000 request/day.
