Forget about the New York City transit strike and take an amazing tour using this clever google map mashup. VirtualNYC lets users select specific areas to take a tour. A complete description/historic is provided courtesy of mashing the Wikipedia. Then, a map, with place markers is displayed. Toping it off, photos of the area are offered with an amazing panning option with frames snapped at specified intervals… this mashup is AWESOME! See www.virtualnyctour.com
Archives for December 21, 2005
Governments Concerned about level of detail provided via Google Earth Imagery
The New York Times has run a lengthy piece of the latest concerns over the public access to high-resolution imagery. At issue is the detail and presence of government buildings and other sensitive areas within the widely accessible imagery. See more at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/technology/20image.html