November 6, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
It’s been available as a layer on Google Maps for BlackBerry devices for a while, but it looks like Google formally announced the MTA NYC Subway transit layer for the standard version of Google Maps. Rather than simply showing the station stops like Google Maps has been doing, the new layer actually shows you how each line travels from point to point.
Looks like there will soon be no use for this digital version of the official MTA NYC Subway map.
October 30, 2009 @ 8:47 am
OASISNYC just linked me to a great Google Maps mashup on WNYC that shows construction projects in NYC. The map labels areas as partially under construction, completed, and partially occupied — all great information if you want to get a peek at some of NYC’s urban holes and building shells.
Check out the map below.
View Halted Development in a larger map
October 10, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
I don’t remember reading an official post about it from Google, so who knows how long this new Street View imagery has been up, but apparently Google has launched brand-new Street View imagery in certain locations all throughout Manhattan. The new imagery is ultra-sharp compared to what was being used previously, and now there’s actually a reason to use Google’s zooming feature while browsing in Street View mode.
The imagery is sharper and generally higher resolution and there appears to be a bigger range in accepted exposures (as you can see in the image above which shows actual clouds in the sky rather than just a blown out white space like it was previously). It looks like Google Maps covered most of the avenues in NYC first before going down the individual streets, but so far, a good portion of the island is switched over to the new imagery making the Google Maps browsing experience overall more satisfying (and creepy…maybe).
UPDATE: Oh ok, it looks like I just overlooked this Google announcement from Thursday.
September 3, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
I went and saw the Mannahatta Project at The Museum of the City of New York a while back and it was quite possibly one of the most boring museum exhibits I’ve ever been to. It effectively made me not want to buy the book
What I did not catch at the museum exhibit was this neat Google Maps mashup of the Mannahatta Project and the renders of what Manhattan used to look like. You can literally click on any street in Manhattan and view it’s history and see what it looked like back in 1609.
June 6, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
I came across these two people hiding behind a wall while exploring Street View around 661 Kent Ave. I wonder if they were playing a game.
