This is everything I’ve always wanted Google Maps to do for me. And now it can. This is gonna be amazing for roadtrip planning. Here’s what’s new along with a way you can request an invite to this latest Google Maps version.
Tag: Google Maps
At the end of March, Google published photos of their Street View cars traveling through Namie, Japan, a small town ravaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011. The town formerly had about 21,000 inhabitants and all of them had to leave after the Fukushimo Prefecture nuclear plant leaked following the devastating earthquake. [...]
You know, in case you wanted to know what it looked like up there. Google Maps Street View has you covered (along with some other peaks added to Street View).
Michael Wolf’s work is some of my favorite at the moment (see my posts about his work here). In this short piece from Foam, Michael Wolf talks about his series entitled “Peeping” where he recounts moving to Paris and using Google Maps as a tool for inspiration in a city that he believes hasn’t changed [...]
I really want to make it out here. Maybe camp in my car as I travel. Anyway, check out the amazing work Google has done in bringing the over 75 miles of hikes and trails of the Grand Canyon to life on the screen with these interactive “Street View” panoramic tours. Check it out here.
Have a look at The Blue Marble at night in this Google Maps mashup. ᔥ Explore
