The Real Heat Map of Amsterdam

Amsterdam Heat Map

The Amsterdam local council have flown over the city and used a thermographic camera to capture images of the heat emissions of buildings. The images have then been superimposed on Google Maps to provide a heat map of the city.

The map has been produced to help identify where home insulation can be improved. If you live in Amsterdam and you want to find your house you can use the transparency control to adjust the transparency of the heat map and the Google Map controls to zoom in on your house.

The town of Venray has also produced a Google Map with a thermogrpahic overlay.

Via: Nederkaart

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Triangular Google Maps

Google Maps Triangle

Dutch map developer Door Martijn has created a pretty cool looking triangular Google Map. He also explains how you can create your own custom shaped Google Maps using images to mask the map.

The example triangular map can be viewed here. The example map also uses a triangular map marker that mirrors the overall map shape.

English translation via Google Translate

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Fast Food Google Map for The Netherlands

SnelleHapMap

Anyone who has ever spent a lost weekend in Amsterdam is sure to have suffered the munchies at some point during their stay. On such occasions what you probably need is a good fast food Google Maps mashup. Step forward SnelleHapMap.

SnelleHapMap is a map that shows fast food restaurants in the Netherlands clustered by province and zip code. The map shows the locations of Domino's, Subway, Burger King, FEBO, McDonald's, New York Pizza and Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.

It is possible to select any combination of the above restaurants on the map at any one time. Clicking on a map marker will open an information window with the address of the restaurant.

There is even a mobile version of the map!

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