Category Archives: Fun
GPS Dating: Proximity and IM are the new Icebreakers
John D. Sutter, CNN has recently written an interesting article with the topic: With new GPS dating apps, it’s love the one you’re near Some citations here:
Tourist Movements Map
You’ve picked a city for your upcoming vacation; Flickr user Eric Fischer’s Locals and Tourists image set of cities across the globe details exactly where tourists like to hang out around town—so you can avoid them. Blue pictures are by … Continue reading
Graphic Design in Google Maps Roadmap Style
Christoph Niemann is a New Yorker graphic designer. One of his collections includes illustrations in Google Maps roadmap style and is called “My Way“. View some of his illustrations:
Google Maps as platform for online games
Monopoly City Street is a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the game board. It will start on the 9th september and will be the biggest live game of monopoly in history. The goal to the classic Monopoly has not … Continue reading
Video and Maps: Home 2009 – Documentary showing HD aerial images of the earth
Some time ago I have posted about a site I like, called Earth from above. Today on the first UN-recognized World Oceans Day the author of this site has published a documentary movie about the earth on YouTube. The movie is called … Continue reading
“Intel Star” TV ad – The (real) image of an Engineer?
Intel has started a new ad campaign called “Sponsors of Tomorrow”. In this campaign they try to focus on their engineers rather than their products. One of their first video is really well produced and funny. The overall message of … Continue reading
GIS Day 2008 Song
Maybe you can rember the G-I-Yes! song. This song was released on the GIS day 2007. Also this year there is a GIS day song is called: Map Of The World As We Know It: You need to a flashplayer … Continue reading
