Tag: google maps
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National Geographic’s Incredible Historical Mapping, Now Explorable With Google Maps
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In an awesome move, National Geographic and Google Maps have teamed up to bring Nat Geo’s awesomely detailed, historical maps to the masses through Google’s tried-and-true maps engine. I already do a bunch of my travel planning with Google Maps, and being able to overlay Nat Geo maps on my trips seems like a great…
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Google Earth Tour Builder Lets You Tell Stories Through Maps
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Following up on my previous post about great new travel planning apps, Google has just come out with their infinitely useful “Tour Builder” maps feature, released on Veteran’s Day. From Google: Tour Builder is a new way to show people the places you’ve visited and the experiences you had along the way using Google Earth.…
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Google Labs Julia Fractal Map Uses HTML5
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Recently Google Labs released its Julia Map fractal renderer – a neat project that uses the power of HTML5, the simple Google Maps interface, and remote processing to zoom endlessly into fractals. Try it! Google: Julia sets are fractals that were studied by the French mathematician Gaston Julia in the early 1920s. Fifty years later,…
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Geotracking through Alaska
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I recently took a vacation to Alaska. It was a great escape from the city, and an awesome return to the backcountry for my Brother and I, who have both spend time backpacking there. There are a few photos in this blog post, and the rest of them, including captions describing most of the trip,…