Your Nearest Power Plants on Google Maps

Wo ist das nächste Atomkraftwerk?

This Google Maps application lets you find the location of the nearest nuclear power plants to your home.

When you first load the map your location is automatically detected and lines are drawn on the map from your location to the nearest nuclear power stations. If you click on any of the marked power stations on the map you can view its age and its distance from your home.

The site is in German but even if you can't speak the language it is very easy to work out which of the figures is the age of the power station and which is the distance.

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Herobrine Na versão anterior do 1.6.6??

Segundo Notch o patch corrigiu tais Bugs!!! o.O

Foto retirado do Minecraft Forum

San Francisco Bike Routes on Google Maps

San Francisco BikeMapper

The San Francisco BikeMapper uses Google Maps to provide biking directions using all existing Class I, II and III bike routes in San Francisco, southern Marin County and northern San Mateo County.

Using the BikeMapper it is possible to find the best bike route for your trip with turn-by-turn directions. To get directions you just need to enter your starting point and destination. You can also select to get the shortest bike friendly route or, importantly for hilly San Francisco, the flattest bike friendly route.

The results of your search are then displayed on the map and the turn-by-turn directions are listed in the map sidebar. Details of the route are also provided, such as the length of the journey, the estimated time and the carbon emissions saved.

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Minecraft 1.7 : Mode Aventure

Notch a annoncé il y a peu que Minecraft 1.7 intègrerait un Mode Aventure. Il n'en a pas dit plus pour le moment mais on est en droit de se poser des questions.

Alors j'en appelle à votre imagination : A quoi pourrait ressembler ce Mode Aventure ?

Sortie de Minecraft 1.6.6

Visiblement Notch était pressé de partir pour l'E3, du coup il s'est empressé de sortir Minecraft 1.6.6.

Voici la liste des changements :

* Nouvel usage de la poudre d’os (bonemeal)
* Dureté de la Glowstone identique à celle de la pierre. L'utilisation d'une Pioche est donc nécessaire pour récupérer les ressources.
* La glowstone drop en plus grande quantité.
* La recette pour crafter des blocs de laine et de Glowstone change : 2x2 contre 3×3 initialement.
* Retour des FPS illimités.
* Bug des Lits en multijoueurs corrigé.
* Bug sur les bateaux corrigé et diverses améliorations.
* Suppression d'Herobrine

Plus qu'à attendre Minecraft 1.7 :)

Add Graffiti to Google Maps Street View

Paint Your Street

Have you ever wanted to spray your tag on the side of the White House or Buckingham Palace?

Well now you can.

At least you can virtually.

Paint Your Street lets you add graffiti to Google Maps Street View. Anywhere that has Street View coverage can now be virtually daubed with your very own tag.

Just log-in with your Facebook account, find your location on Google Maps and tag away to your heart's content. If you want to you can also browse other users' creations by most popular, most recent or just view your friends' artwork.

Hat-tip: @geoparadigm

Red Bull Street View Art

Red Bull are using Google Maps and Google Street View to present a crowd-sourced map of street art from around the world.

Using the map you can search for graffiti directly from the map and click on the map markers to view a Street View image of the art. The site includes quick links to the 'most viewed' and the 'latest additions' to the map. There are also quick links to works by popular graffiti artists such as Banksy and Keith Haring.

Adding your own finds to the map is very easy. It just involves finding the right location on the map and dragging the Street View to grab the best shot of the street art that you wish to submit.

Shelter Housebling - World Cup Special

UK housing charity, Shelter produced a special World Cup edition of their Christmas Street View House Decoration application last year. The World Cup may have finished a long time ago but the application is still working.

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Vidéo : Compilation Minecraft FAIL

Voici une vidéo géniale qui compile les plus beaux FAIL que l'ont peut subir dans Minecraft... Le tout réalisé avec beaucoup d'humour s'il vous plait. Bien joué ;)

Swedish Travel Tips with Google Map

ReseEkonomen

This Swedish language Google Map provides advice and tips about the favourite tourist destinations of the Swedish around the world.

As well as providing travel tips from Mattias Varén the map also shows tips sent in by users. The yellow markers on the map indicate tips provided by Mattias and the green markers are those sent in by users of the map.

It is possible to filter the travel tips shown on the map by country and by type of holiday destination. The categories include, Family Travel, Weekend, Backpacking, Cruises and Adventure.

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Fan Art : Creeper le Pirate

Si maintenant ils se déplacent même en bateau on est pas sorti de l'auberge... Satanés Creepers !

Greek Flights in Real-Time on Google Maps

Greek Aircraft Tracking

As one of Europe's favourite holiday destinations Greece sees a lot of aircraft traffic. This Google Map lets you view all the civil aviation flights over Greece in real-time.

The map shows the location of all of Greece's major airports and of all the planes currently in flight in the country's air space. If you click on one of the plane shaped map markers you can view flight details for that plane in the map sidebar.

The details include the plane's manufacturer, current heading, altitude, model and call sign.

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Toilettes dans Minecraft grâce aux Trappes

Voilà une utilisation bien sympathique que l'on peut faire avec les Trappes dans Minecraft. Personnellement, je compte bien me faire des Toilettes sur le même modèle... Trop fun !

Historical Map Collections

One of the most popular uses of the Google Maps API since it was launched six years ago has been as a tool to view historical maps. The David Rumsey Collection, with its huge collection of historical maps, obviously stands out.

However it does not stand alone.

In the last six years Google Maps Mania has reviewed historical map mashups from the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, France, Japan and many other countries around the world. Here is a round-up of some of the best historical map we've seen:

David Rumsey Google Map Collection

The David Rumsey Google Map Collection contains an amazing 120 historical maps overlaid on Google Maps. For, example, the screen shot above shows an 1832 map of London overlaid on the current Google Map of London.

Highlights of the new maps include the first accurate survey of Yosemite Valley, California, from 1883, maps of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Washington DC, Denver, Chicago, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Calcutta, Lima, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Beijing, Tokyo, Kyoto, and more – all from times ranging from the 18^th to the 20^th centuries.

Also See

HyperCities - collection of worldwide historical maps
Maps of Edinburgh, 1765-1945
Historiekaart - Historical Dutch maps from 1829 to 1949
Utrecht van Boven
Amersfoort 750 op de Kaart
Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps
Historical Maps of Tokyo
Historical Maps of Paris
Henry Hudson 400 - US historical maps
PhilaPlace - Philadelphia
Retromap - historical maps of Moscow

Have we missed any historical maps mashups? If so - tell us in the comments ...

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Foursquare on Google Maps

4sqmap

4sqmap lets you view your foursquare check-ins on a Google Map and access all your other foursquare statistics.

As well as viewing all the locations you have checked-in you can view all the places where you have earned badges and where you have become the mayor. You can also view the latest check-ins made by your foursquare friends.

The map also allows you to search for the currently trending venues, search for recommended place nearby and search for local venues that are currently running foursquare deals or offers.

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Construction Minecraft : Patinoire de Hockey

Histoire de changer des Stades de Football dans Minecraft, voici une jolie et très réussie Patinoire de hockey. Un match Canada - USA semble se préparer.

Minecraft 1.6.6 en attendant Minecraft 1.7

Minecraft 1.7 n'est pas prêt de sortir. En effet, Notch a annoncé sur son compte Twitter qu'une Beta 1.6.6 était prévue pour cette semaine mais que Minecraft 1.7 devrait prendre un peu de temps. Dur de trouver du temps libre entre l'E3 et les vacances d'été...

"Don’t Stop Me Now" de Queen dans Minecraft

Le niveau monte de semaine en semaine quand il s'agit de maîtriser les Blocs Musicaux dans Minecraft. C'est cette fois "Don’t Stop Me Now" de Queen qui est à l'honneur.

View Zip Codes on a Google Map

Zip Codes by Radius

Here is a handy application if you need to get zip codes around a particular location.

Using the application you can enter an address or zip code and a radius size and view the location and all the surrounding zip codes within the given radius on a Google Map.

The returned zip codes are also displayed in the map sidebar. If you mouse-over a listed zip code in the sidebar it is highlighted on the map.

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The Best Google Maps of the Week

El Microscopio del Voto

The 2011 Spanish electoral results in the context of historical electoral results and a vast range of demographic indicators. Using the map you can view electoral results since 1987 and discover how the electoral and socio-economic landscape of Spain has evolved over the last few decades.

TU Delft Cloudviewer

TU Delft Clouvdviewer allows for the 3D exploration of massive point clouds directly from a web browser. The Cloudviewer lets you explore Delft in the Netherlands in 3D, from a number of angles and points of view.

Grand Theft Auto IV - Custom Street View

An excellent Google Map of Grand Theft Auto IV. Walk around the whole of Liberty City in Street View.

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Vidéo : Final Fantasy dans Minecraft

Un fan de Final Fantasy s'est amusé à reproduire le Château de Figaro (FF6), le Château de Baron (FF4) et la Tour des Fanatiques (FF6) dans Minecraft. Je vous laisse découvrir ça en vidéo.

Pack de Texture : http://www.mediafire.com/?3hpawoh87zla8hc

Minecraft Beta 1.6.5

Afin de corriger certains bugs persistants, Notch s'est décidé à sortir Minecraft 1.6.5.

Au menu de cette mise à jour :

• Item jetés puis récupérés ne disparaissent plus


• Items récupérables quand on pose un bloc dessus


• Luminosité s'adapte lorsque l'on creuse


• Commande "shift+clic droit" dans coffre ne crashe plus le jeu


• Mode Advanced OpenGL réintégré


• Réglage de la limite de framerate : 40, 90 ou 200 FPS


• Client Minecraft plus fluide


• Lits en Multijoueurs

Grand Theft Auto IV in Street View

Grand Theft Auto IV - Custom Street View

I think this might just be one of the most awesome things I've seen ever. This Google Map lets you explore the whole of Liberty City, from Grand Theft Auto IV, in Street View.

GTA4.net have created custom Street Views of the whole of Liberty City and added them to this Google Map. The map shows all the important locations in the game, such as health & weapon pick-up points and all the important mission starting points.

However, once you enter Street View, you will forget about all that and just spend all your time wandering the streets of Liberty City through the amazing custom Street Views of the game.



The Street View option in this Liberty City map works just as it does on Google Maps. Drop the pegman icon anywhere on the map and you can start exploring the game in Street View. You can click on the arrows to navigate around the city and you can use the mini inset map to keep track of your position in the city.

I can't begin to think how many hours went into capturing the imagery for these custom Street Views and then lovingly mapping it all with the Google Maps API. Just ... wow!
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HTML5 & Google Maps

GIS Cloud HTML5 Canvas

This Google Map demonstrates the advantages of using HTML5 canvas to create an overlay for a map.

What impresses me most about the map is how fast the canvas element is drawn on the map. There are a few thousand polygons on this map and they load seamlessly. If you zoom in and out on the map you can really appreciate the speed with which the polygons are displayed.

I think the overlay shows US monthly employment rates.

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The Best Australian Flights on Google Maps

GetFlight

GetFlight is a Google Maps based application that displays the cheapest flights in and out of Australia. The application tracks sale fares for the four major domestic carriers and some of the largest international airlines that operate in and out of the country and displays them on a map.

To start you can just click on one of the major cities and the cheapest domestic and international flights are immediately shown on the map. It is also possible to type in your starting point and your destination of choice to see the best deals for that journey.

If you select the 'search direct' button you can also define the dates you wish to travel and select which airlines you wish to fly with.

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Google Maps Plus for the iPhone & iPad

Maps+

Maps+ is an iPhone and iPad Google Maps application from IZE that improves on the default iOS maps app with a few new useful features.

Maps+ lets you record and edit GPS tracks. With a tap of a button you can start recording your location. When you are finished recording you can edit the track by deleting individual waypoints or by trimming the beginning or the end of the track.

Maps+ also allows you to set location based alarms. You can set an alarm at a location, for example for a specific train station when you are on a train, and get a reminder when you reach that location.

The application also acts as a Twitter client. You can use this option to view Tweets around your current location live on a Google Map.

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Friday Fun with Google Maps

Google Maps Skydiving
If you are scared of heights then you might want to try this Google Maps version of skydiving instead of dropping out of a plane at 10,000 feet.



Street View Wedding Photography

Street View Funny wonders if the Google Street View car driver might have found himself a nice sideline in wedding photography after discovering this Street View image in Hong Kong.

Street View Cruise

After a busy day posing as a wedding photographer there is nothing the Street View driver enjoys more than a cruise around Tokyo Bay.

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Minecraft 1.6 Update

Acabou de lançar...
Estou testando ainda... os mapas estao bem legais =)


Segue as mudanças (em ingles)

• Added Nether support to multiplayer
• Added craftable maps
• Added hatches
• Added tall grass in some biomes
• Mushrooms now spreads (very) slowly
• Added server property view-distance. Sets the radius of terrain updates (in chunks) to send to the players. Range 3-15, default 10.

• It’s no longer possible to build solid blocks on the top layer of the maps (sorry!)
• Players stuck in walls will slide towards the nearest gap if there is one
• Made booster tracks speedier
• Severely nerfed fire so it spread slower, and doesn’t spread infinitely
• Seeds are now found in tall grass, using a hoe on the ground no longer works
• Blocks destroyed by other players in multiplayer now shows the breaking block particle effect
• Activated dispensers make sounds and trigger particles in multiplayer
• Doors make sound for other players in multiplayer
• The record player now supports more than 15 different songs
• Fixed running out of memory corrupting the current level
• Fixed the side textures of grass getting extra dark when mining them
• Fixed anaglyph 3d rendering mode having severe visual bugs
• Fixed the crash screen vanishing immediately
• Fixed not being able to target blocks when at x or z pos 1000
• Fixed the achievements screen messing up the sky color
• Fixed saving while sneaking dropping the player through the ground
• Fixed a system clock change messing up the game speed
• Fixed rain sounds not playing with fast graphics enabled
• Fixed hair and cloaks being rendered in the wrong locations on sneaking players
• Fixed the attack/swing animation not being applied to the armor layer
• Fixed player rotation not being loaded correctly when loading a saved game
• Fixed arrow physics, making them not get stuck midair when you open a door
• Fixed arrows hitting reeds, portals, and other non-solid blocks
• Fixed keybindings not getting saved properly under certain conditions
• Fixed the player not being able to sneak off lowered blocks like cacti
• Fixed a bug where the player could mine without swinging their arm
• Fixed boats placed on snow being placed too far up
• Fixed submerged boats rising very very fast
• Fixed sand dropping onto boats getting stuck in a falling animation
• Fixed a game crash when riding a vehicle or animal into the nether
• Fixed falling while riding not dealing damage to the rider
• Fixed buttons and levers too close to the player being impossible to use
• Fixed dispensers shooting through walls
• Fixed fire hurting through wall corners
• Fixed entities reaching water through wall corners
• Fixed placing doors next to cacti creating half-doors
• Fixed buttons and levers being placeable on leaves in “fast graphics” mode
• Fixed furnaces and dispensers not dropping their contents when destroyed
• Fixed dispensers biasing later slots
• Fixed farmland taking too long to dig
• Fixed tilling below some blocks being possible
• Fixed tilling the underside of blocks somehow working
• Fixed fences and stairs sometimes becoming invisible
• Fixed walking on top of fences not producing step sounds
• Fixed fire sometimes existing mid-air as an invisible block of pain
• Fixed fences and wooden stairs not being flammable
• Fixed fire effect on burning entities sometimes getting rendered in the wrong location
• Fixed fishing rod rendering being a bit lacking
• Fixed fishing rods being stackable
• Fixed mining glass hiding the clouds behind the glass
• Fixed rain falling through liquids
• Fixed items in glass blocks not getting ejected properly
• Fixed water interacting strangely with glass
• Fixed glass not blocking rain sound
• Fixed fences and signs preventing grass from growing
• Fixed rain and snow being incorrectly lit
• Fixed grass staying alive below stair blocks
• Fixed the achievement screen not pausing the game
• Fixed some screens breaking the sky tint color
• Fixed fullscreen mode switching causing mouse issues and screen closes
• Fixed chat messages surviving through game switches
• Fixed ice so it regenerates regardless of whether it’s snowing or not
• Fixed rain falling too slowly
• Fixed levers being placeable on weird locations
• Fixed floor levers sometimes not delivering a signal downwards
• Fixed floor levers sometimes not being removed when the floor is removed
• Fixed rail tiles sometimes not properly connecting to a new neighbor
• Fixed minecarts next to each other causing extreme velocities (sorry!)
• Fixed wolves not following their owner if the name has different caps
• Fixed creepers retaining charge level when they can’t see their target
• Fixed dying in the nether spawning new portals
• “Fixed” beds in the nether
• Fixed inventory acting weird when portaling by making the portal close all screens
• Fixed wooden pressure plates being mined with pickaxes
• Fixed redstone repeaters having the wrong particles
• Fixed saplings being plantable through snow onto non-grass blocks
• Fixed ore density varying per quadrant from the center of the world
• Fixed dispenser graphics being one pixel off. ONE PIXEL!!!
• Fixed mushrooms spawning everywhere during nights
• Fixed animals only spawning near light during the night
• Fixed the multiplayer join screen input field being too short
• Fixed IPv6 addresses being parsed wrongly. To connect to a specific port in IPv6, use the format [1234:567::1]:25565
• Fixed network packets being sent unbuffered, causing huge amounts of packets being sent
• Fixed entity positions going out of synch sometimes. They get re-synched every 20 seconds now.
• Fixed inventory icons not animating after being picked up in multiplayer
• Fixed mushroom soup not leaving a bowl in multiplayer
• Fixed entities above the map height limit becoming invisible
• Fixed healing not flashing the health bar in multiplayer
• Fixed arrows being animated really strangely in multiplayer
• Fixed arrows triggering too many entity move updates in multiplayer
• Fixed the compass not pointing at the spawn location in multiplayer
• Fixed fires being impossible to put out in multiplayer
• Fixed record players spawning client-side fake records in multiplayer
• Fixed records not playing for other players in multiplayer
• Fixed players spawning in the wrong location and quickly lerping to the correct location
• Fixed monsters not being visible for players with their difficulty set to peaceful
• Fixed pigs getting hit by lightning in multiplayer spawning client-side zombie pigmen
• Fixed loads of exploding tnt generating way too many particles, possibly crashing the client
• Fixed bonemeal use in multiplayer sometimes spawning fake client-side trees
• Fixed saplings sometimes spawning trees client-side in multiplayer
• Fixed weather sometimes changing client-side in multiplayer
• Fixed grasscolor.png and foliagecolor.png not being read from texture packs
• Fixed stats getting saved to different files in offline mode if the caps in the player name differ from the true spelling

Don't be Shy on Google Maps

Shy Breaker

Shy Breaker wants to help you overcome your normal reticence and meet other people through the Shy Breaker desktop and iPhone application.

Using Shy Breaker users can drop a note on a Google Map. The note can be about someone you've spotted and would like to meet or it could just be a note to say you would like to meet other like minded individuals. Users can time-stamp their notes so that they only appear on the map for a specified period of time.

If other people want to respond to your note they can reply to it and start a private conversation using the application's messaging system. I guess the rest is then up to you ...

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Piège Minecraft avec Trappes

Certains ne perdent pas de temps. A peine les Trappes disponibles avec la sortie de Minecraft 1.6 que les idées de pièges surgissent.

Plan a Trip with Google Maps

Tixik
Travel planning website Tixik has created a nice and simple to use Google Maps based trip planner.



To create a map for your trip with Tixik all you need to do is type in the destinations that you are planning to visit into a plain text box. If there are any duplications in the database that match your chosen location you can select the correct one from a drop-down menu.

A map of your tip is then created, with map markers displaying all your chosen destinations.



Tixik also creates the embed code for you to add the created map to your own website or blog.

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Minecraft 1.6 est disponible : les Nouveautés

Comme prévu, Minecraft 1.6 vient de sortir avec son lot de nouveautés et... de bugs :) Preuve en est, Minecraft Beta 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3 et Minecraft Beta 1.6.4 sont déjà de la partie.

Voici des vidéos vous présentant les nouveautés : Arbres morts, Herbes hautes, Trappes, Nether en Multi, Map/carte, etc...

Local Answers on Google Maps

Gootip

After coupon based sites the big new trend in location this year seems to be localised question and answer platforms. Gootip is an application, available on iPhones and Android phones and from your desktop, that lets you ask a question about a location and receive answers from the crowd.

You can use Gootip to ask any kind of question linked to a city or a specific place, for example, "Where can I see a hip hop concert tonight in New York?" or "Who is the best doctor in the Mission District in San Francisco?"

Other users of Gootip will then respond to your question. The answers you get back will be sorted by the respondent's location, information provided when they registered and their expertise level through 'stickers' earned by answering other questions.

Also See

• Crowdbeacon -ask location based questions of the crowd.
• Askaro - ask a question in a specific area by placing the question on a Google Map. Askaro has a nice reputation scoring system for answers given
• Travellr - ask questions about anywhere in the world and receive answers from locals or past visitors

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Vidéo : Minecraft Pocket Edition sur Xperia Play

Après l'annonce et les premières photos, voici une vidéo présentant Minecraft Pocket Edition sur Xperia Play. Vivement la suite...

Podcast a 2 PO's

Je viens vous annoncer par le biais de cet article, un nouveau partenariat avec Podcast a 2 PO's !

Mais Podcast a 2 PO's, c'est quoi ?!

Et bien, c'est un des tout premiers podcast sur Minecraft ! Il est animé par Seraah (Fondateur de la chaîne YouTube Epic fail) et Grorum (Administrateur du serveur MineThink).

Mais vous vous demandez surement en quoi consiste le podcast ? Et bien, Podcast a 2 PO's, c'est des news, le classement des serveurs, et des superbes invités, plus ou moins connus ! Le tout avec une touche d'humour.

Ce qui est innovant, c'est la touche professionnelle qui est apportée aux podcasts, et l'originalité de chaque épisode !

Le but de Grorum et Seraah est de réunir toute la communauté, pour qu'il n'y ai plus de "guerres" entre serveurs, sites et YouTuber, et que l'on ne forme plus qu'un ! Ils veulent aussi donner leurs chances à des personnes moins connus lors des interviews, et en savoir plus sur des personnes ayant plus de renommée.

Chaque épisode sera publié sur le blog afin de ne rien raté du Podcast.

Je vous invite à aller voir ce qu'ils peuvent produire en regardant le deuxième épisode :

Et d'aller vous abonner sur leur chaîne : http://www.youtube.com/user/Podcasta2POs

N'hésitez pas à donner votre avis !

Minecraft para Android?

Um suposto video no canal da TeamMojang aponta para uma versão portateo para Android, ja esperado...
Talvez anunciem na E3
Pena que não tenho um android

Construction Minecraft : Bateau Pirate par Raimei

La construction d'un Bateau Pirate est décidément un projet qui trotte dans la tête de beaucoup de joueurs de Minecraft. Raimei nous a fait parvenir sa remarquable réalisation. Bravo à lui !

Le bateau (première vidéo) est en téléchargement ici : http://www.mediafire.com/?e1zaapipt5xh266

Grimsvötn Ash Cloud Google Maps

Grimsvötn Ash Cloud Evolution

Today the ash cloud from the Grimsvötn volcano continues to drift across Europe, causing the closure of a number of airports in northern Germany.

This Google Map shows the current position of the ash cloud. The map creator is updating the position of the cloud every six hours. The map also shows the position of Grimsvötn in Iceland.

Also See

Flightradar24 - this Google Map shows the position of the ash cloud and the real-time position of planes in European airspace.

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Electric Car Charge Points on Google Maps

ChargeMap

ChargeMap can show you the location of charging stations for electric cars in France. The application is available for iPhones, Android and from the desktop.

If you enter your current location into the desktop application ChargeMap will show you the nearest charging stations on a Google Map. Your location is shown by a red marker on the map and the charge stations are indicated by blue markers.

Each charge station includes information about the distance from your current location, the number of charge points available and its exact address.

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Vidéo Minecraft : Call of Duty MW2 "Terminal"

Les joueurs de Call of Duty : Modern Warefare 2 reconnaitront sans soucis la fameuse map Terminal, reproduite remarquablement dans Minecraft.

Minecraft d'abord sur le Sony Ericsson Xperia

Les possesseurs de Sony Ericsson Xperia vont pouvoir se réjouir. En effet, Mojang a annoncé que le portage mobile de Minecraft sortira en exclusivité sur les Xperia. Viendront ensuite les version iOS et Android.

Delft in 3D on Google Maps

TU Delft Cloudviewer

The TU Delft Cloudviewer is the first application to allow 3D exploration of massive point clouds directly from a web browser. The Cloudviewer lets you explore Delft in the Netherlands in 3D, from a number of angles and points of view.

The TU Delft Cloudviewer was developed as a final student project for the Minor 3D Virtual Earth. As part of the project aerial photography and 3D point clouds were pre-processed for use in a real-time 3D rendering engine. Then students designed a system to simulate a virtual camera that creates tens of thousands of oblique 'birds-eye' snapshots for various zoom-levels and viewing angles.

These resulting images are then shown in the Cloudviewer as a layer in Google Maps. Using Google Maps you can explore the 3D point clouds from a number of different perspectives. There are three oblique views available, from 90, 45 and 20 degrees. It is also possible to rotate the point clouds to view the resulting images from north, south, east and west.

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Spanish Election Results on Google Maps

El Microscopio del Voto

Vizzuality have a history of producing some of the most interesting and beautiful Google Maps applications. Their latest effort for the Spanish broadcaster RTVE is up their with the best of them.

The map presents the 2011 Spanish electoral results in the context of historical electoral results and a vast range of demographic indicators. Using the map you can view electoral results since 1987 and discover how the electoral and socio-economic landscape of Spain has evolved over the last few decades.

The map allows you to visualise 15 datasets at 3 different administrative levels over more than 20 years. All the data is visualised on the map using colour coded custom tiles and the result is a great looking map that presents a huge amount of data via a user friendly interface.

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Minecraft 1.6 : le Trailer Vidéo

Voici le Trailer Officiel de Minecraft 1.6 mettant en scène quelques nouveautés. De quoi bien nous donner envie !

Introducing the Google Maps Label Library

MapLabel Utility Library

MapLabel is a very nice utility library for the Google Maps API that allows you to add labels to Google Maps.

Labels created with the utility are dynamically rendered on Google Maps using Canvas 2D. Developers can define the font size, the font face, color and alignment of the labels. I've created a demo of the library in action here, which (at the risk of seeming obsessive) places labels on a map of the 2012 London Olympics site.

One really useful feature in the library is the maxZoom and minZoom controls. These let you define at what zoom levels labels should be visible. In my example map above if you zoom in on the Westfield Shopping Mall the 'Westfield Shopping Mall' label disappears and a number of other labels become visible, showing the locations of individual stores.

If you want to know more check out the reference documents and the source code.

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The Volcanic Ash Cloud on Google Maps

Flightradar24

The eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland has caused a huge ash cloud that is now affecting flights in Iceland and Scotland. Flightradar24, the live flight tracking Google Map, has now added an overlay to show the current position of the cloud.

The map shows the movements of flights in real-time. At the time of writing the map shows that most European flights seem to be unaffected by the cloud but there seem to be very few flights in and out of Scotland.

The BBC are reporting that flights to and from the airports of Londonderry, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick, Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and Carlisle are likely to be affected by the ash cloud.

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