Travel Warnings on Google Maps

UDBloggen

Sweden's Foreign Ministry has started a website of blogs by ministry employees. By hosting a number of personal blogs written by people working in the ministry the department hopes it will reach out to individuals and the media and keep them better informed about Swedish foreign policy. The hope is that the ministry's bloggers will lead to a more informal and faster communication of daily foreign policy work.

The new website includes a prominent Google Map of current content that is linked to a geographic area. The map shows the location of the ministry's bloggers who have recently posted,the location of embassies and any current advice about travelling to specific countries.

The content shown on the map can be refined by clicking on one of the tabs above the map. You can select to view the bloggers' posts, current travel advice or embassies. If you click on a map marker you are shown the title of the blog post, the date posted and a link to read the entry in full.

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Get Your Blog on Google Maps

The Bobs

German broadcaster Deutsche Welle have a database of over 11,000 blogs from around the world, which they call the Blogopedia. All 11,000 of the blogs are geotagged on this Google Map. When you click on the markers on the map, information about the blog as well as a screenshot and link open in an information window.

Deutsche Welle are also asking for nominations for their sixth annual Deutsche Welle Blog Awards. Winners of the awards will be announced next year at the re:publica'10 blog and social media conference on April 15 in Berlin. Nominate your blog and you to can get yourself on the map.

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