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SchMap - Interactive Maps and Guides

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Download links, Maps, Yahoo Maps

SchMap - Interactive Maps and Guides
Maps and guides that are interactive and pull up information based on the area that you are exploring.

SchMap - Interactive Maps and Guides

“Exploring a Schmap Guide is a uniquely interactive experience: maps and guide content are dynamically integrated, allowing intuitive, real-time access to reviews and photo slide shows for places of interest.”

SchMap - Interactive Map - Calgary
Using Yahoo Maps, and joining real-time data feeds to gives the users up to date information.

There is also a desktop application that can download
Schmap 2.0 (desktop) you can:

  • Browse this Schmap Guide on your PC, online or offline.
  • View Schmap Guides for 200 worldwide destinations.
  • Bookmark places of interest, plan trips and take virtual tours.
  • Custom print your own full-color travel guides.
  • Publish and share schmapplets with your favourite places

or use the Schmapplets for your website which uses Google maps.


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No Street Names Map

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Maps, OpenStreetMap

No Street Names Map (OSM)

OSM NO NAMES MAP
This is a good map highlighting area that need attribution for streetnames in the OpenStreetMap data.
“Dave Stubbs built it as we have many features traced from aerial imagery”
**OSM have permission to do this with Yahoo aerial imagery.
Just shows the task ahead- capturing the data is one huge task, updating the attribute (points, lines, polygons) is another huge task.
See this Map with No Names
Slowly but surely this is getting updated, then the task of maintaining is another task in itself.
Want to help out?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
New beginners guide.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide
Source:
http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=296

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