Discovering some new feature of a Facebook application...
Here's my travel map:
Showing posts with label map. Show all posts
Showing posts with label map. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Friday, November 16, 2007
Un immeuble en feu à Paris (XIXe)
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Here's the map of the burning building... I've "twitted" from Avenue de Flandre. Well nothing interesting but an experience.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Flickr photos from a set in a Gmap
trying out this (found via Ogle Earth)
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I've chosen my "...and China" set. I like the chronological order shown by the red line. (although here, the set mix photos of 2 different trips to China)
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I've chosen my "...and China" set. I like the chronological order shown by the red line. (although here, the set mix photos of 2 different trips to China)
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Google embedded maps
It's finally there, and i had to test...
Here's my notes on Paris map:
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I recently found the mapplet to add the Paris Metro lines. Quite useful but waiting for a better one.
It look like this:
ouuuuuuups! no sorry, that map can't be embedded. that's really too bad!
I'm also announcing that I'm now renting a small apartment in Paris (see on the map "my place"), since yesterday. Slept there last night, now I have to get Internet there so I can feel at home.
PS: I already embedded a map recently through a third party website. It was good that this map is updated when i'm doing change to the original Google My Map. Should be the same here. testing...
[update]
- I don't like that the zoom scale is the "minimum" one. I'd like to be able to choose.
- I was having a look at my map tagged posts. It's looking good to see all these maps. I could see a difference in some china maps as the Google data has improved (not only satellite pics anymore). Wikimapia also improved. Have also been over at tagzania. He's terrible to have to make a choice between 2 great services. Tagzania have some great features (tag, comments, send to twitter...)
[update 2]
- Just found some Vélib' data. The Vélib' KML file for Google Earth is quite great.
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Here's my notes on Paris map:
View Larger Map
I recently found the mapplet to add the Paris Metro lines. Quite useful but waiting for a better one.
It look like this:
ouuuuuuups! no sorry, that map can't be embedded. that's really too bad!
I'm also announcing that I'm now renting a small apartment in Paris (see on the map "my place"), since yesterday. Slept there last night, now I have to get Internet there so I can feel at home.
PS: I already embedded a map recently through a third party website. It was good that this map is updated when i'm doing change to the original Google My Map. Should be the same here. testing...
[update]
- I don't like that the zoom scale is the "minimum" one. I'd like to be able to choose.
- I was having a look at my map tagged posts. It's looking good to see all these maps. I could see a difference in some china maps as the Google data has improved (not only satellite pics anymore). Wikimapia also improved. Have also been over at tagzania. He's terrible to have to make a choice between 2 great services. Tagzania have some great features (tag, comments, send to twitter...)
[update 2]
- Just found some Vélib' data. The Vélib' KML file for Google Earth is quite great.
View Larger Map
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Balade...
Balade à vélo (vtt) map - Tagzania
Aïe! Le nouveau blog de la LPO FC m'a donné le goût d'écrire pour un blog... et me voilà bloguant ma petite balade à vélo de ce soir, un truc que je n'aurais pas fait avant (y'a qu'à regarder les immenses archives de ce blog).
Non, vraiment, faut que j'me surveille.
Bon, c'était aussi pour dire que Tagzania présente encore d'énormes avantages par rapport à Google my maps (qui est néanmoins génial). Le fait d' "étiqueter" ses localisations plutôt que faire des "cartes". Et la possibilité d'inclure sa carte sur un site (mais ça, c'est surement pour bientôt sur Google)
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Balade Nature sur franche-comte.lpo.fr
Je viens d'écrire un billet sur le tout nouveau Blog de la LPO FC à propos des "balades nature" de l'association que j'aimerais essayer de cartographier... (le blog que j'ai créé et intégré au nouveau site franche-comte.lpo.fr maintenant en ligne)
Si vous avez déjà installez Google Earth sur votre ordi, cliquez ici!
A Faire:
- une carte pour chaque "balade nature" déjà publié.
- une carte de localisant toutes les "balades nature" déjà publié.
- une carte regroupant tous les endroits significatifs pour la LPO FC... (MRE, Maison de velotte, Sabot de Frotey, ...)
"Parce que j'aime les cartes et les outils de cartographie de plus en plus répandu sur Internet, je voulais me pencher sur les "balades nature". Nous avons prévu l'emplacement sur le site, dans la belle rubrique "Partager". Il n'y a "plus qu'à".Une des balades sur "Google my maps".
Plus qu'à mettre en forme les balades déjà publié dans l'ancienne gazette, et dans le premier LPO info Franche comté."
Si vous avez déjà installez Google Earth sur votre ordi, cliquez ici!
A Faire:
- une carte pour chaque "balade nature" déjà publié.
- une carte de localisant toutes les "balades nature" déjà publié.
- une carte regroupant tous les endroits significatifs pour la LPO FC... (MRE, Maison de velotte, Sabot de Frotey, ...)
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
My free Tripper Map
Get your own Flickrmap!
I knew this website but didn't know they made a free version. they support the new flickr geo-service, which is cool.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Chimp Conference...
Interesting post on the Gombe Chimpanzee Blog.
Too bad the text is not available in the blog. I mean, i love Google Earth but my laptop is slow, so i don't want to launch it just to read a blog post. Hopefully, Google maps now reads kmz files:
http://www.janegoodall.org/news/gombe-blog/New-Postings/August06/08-29-06.kmz - Google Maps
un extrait du post:
"Today was the first day of the conference and it started with a bang. It was an exciting morning as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni spoke with us during the opening of the meeting. It was certainly an honor for him to join us and it was reassuring to hear him speak about his commitment to conservation in Uganda, a place of rich primate diversity. Dr. Jane Goodall also spoke to the congress. In her tradition, she opened her speech by giving a pant-hoot, the chimpanzee greeting, and invited the congress attendees to respond with the answer of their study species. It was wild to hear the entire conference answer Jane! It was most moving to hear Jane talk about her experiences over the years and how the field of primatology has grown from her first meeting of just 10 scientists in the 1960s to an international meeting of more than 700 people in 2006."
[update]
I really love Google maps, look at these 2 links:
Overview of the posts location in Africa
Zoom on the Chimpanzee's habitat. woaw, the nice beach...
Too bad the text is not available in the blog. I mean, i love Google Earth but my laptop is slow, so i don't want to launch it just to read a blog post. Hopefully, Google maps now reads kmz files:
http://www.janegoodall.org/news/gombe-blog/New-Postings/August06/08-29-06.kmz - Google Maps
un extrait du post:
"Today was the first day of the conference and it started with a bang. It was an exciting morning as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni spoke with us during the opening of the meeting. It was certainly an honor for him to join us and it was reassuring to hear him speak about his commitment to conservation in Uganda, a place of rich primate diversity. Dr. Jane Goodall also spoke to the congress. In her tradition, she opened her speech by giving a pant-hoot, the chimpanzee greeting, and invited the congress attendees to respond with the answer of their study species. It was wild to hear the entire conference answer Jane! It was most moving to hear Jane talk about her experiences over the years and how the field of primatology has grown from her first meeting of just 10 scientists in the 1960s to an international meeting of more than 700 people in 2006."
[update]
I really love Google maps, look at these 2 links:
Overview of the posts location in Africa
Zoom on the Chimpanzee's habitat. woaw, the nice beach...
Maps in China
Xinhua - English: "Foreign organizations and individuals, who engage in surveying and mapping in scientific research and teaching programs, travel or exploration, must obtain approval from the government and accept supervision, the State Bureau of Survey and Mapping said.
The number of foreigners conducting surveying and mapping in China is on the rise and many field projects have been carried out illegally, which have threatened the security of the country, according to the state bureau.
[...]
Earlier this year, two Japanese scholars were fined a total of 80,000 yuan (10,000 U.S. dollars) and deported for collecting materials and coordinates of an airport and water facilities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It was feared their results could be put to military use.
The bureau notice said that foreigners who illegally survey, gather and publish geographical information on China will be severely punished.
Chinese partners or translators will be fined if they fail to stop illegal mapping activities as soon as they find out about them.
Details of regulations on how foreigners can conduct surveying and mapping in China will be announced soon by the State Bureau of Survey and Mapping."
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"foreigners who illegally survey, gather and publish geographical information on China"
Mmmm, of course, i'm not concerned! I don't "survey". I do feel i'm gathering and publishing though... ;-)
Other blog post about this (about Google Earth)
Another one (Single Planet)
The number of foreigners conducting surveying and mapping in China is on the rise and many field projects have been carried out illegally, which have threatened the security of the country, according to the state bureau.
[...]
Earlier this year, two Japanese scholars were fined a total of 80,000 yuan (10,000 U.S. dollars) and deported for collecting materials and coordinates of an airport and water facilities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It was feared their results could be put to military use.
The bureau notice said that foreigners who illegally survey, gather and publish geographical information on China will be severely punished.
Chinese partners or translators will be fined if they fail to stop illegal mapping activities as soon as they find out about them.
Details of regulations on how foreigners can conduct surveying and mapping in China will be announced soon by the State Bureau of Survey and Mapping."
_____________________________________
"foreigners who illegally survey, gather and publish geographical information on China"
Mmmm, of course, i'm not concerned! I don't "survey". I do feel i'm gathering and publishing though... ;-)
Other blog post about this (about Google Earth)
Another one (Single Planet)
WWF map
WWF - Selective map of flagship WWF projects around the world
woaw, cool map. Not i'm not ironical, it is not so bad!
Many maps i could find in the nature conservation area were very poor, very slow... compare to what could offer Yahoo or Google maps. But this one, is not so bad.
Arg, the Minshan area hasn't a little red cross. I guess it's not flagship. (i though it was)
Funny to notice the amount of "red cross" in Buthan. I thought there were doing pretty well there, towards environment i mean... do "they" really need WWF or WWF need some model projects?
woaw, cool map. Not i'm not ironical, it is not so bad!
Many maps i could find in the nature conservation area were very poor, very slow... compare to what could offer Yahoo or Google maps. But this one, is not so bad.
Arg, the Minshan area hasn't a little red cross. I guess it's not flagship. (i though it was)
Funny to notice the amount of "red cross" in Buthan. I thought there were doing pretty well there, towards environment i mean... do "they" really need WWF or WWF need some model projects?
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Flickr geotagging: Impressive
Great shot - where'd you take that?: "Flickr's great for exploring photos by photographer, tag, time, text and group, and now it's also great for exploring photos by place. There are a couple of short video tutorials (or "screencasts") which give the 90 second overview on how to geotag your own photos and how to use all the controls for searching and exploring geotagged photos. Watching them first will give you all of the information you need to get up and running.
If you want just jump in on the exploration side, here's the place to go: http://flickr.com/map"
"geobblogers.com" is back! well, kind of... it's a big new step for geotagging pictures.
Many new features make the experience very pleasant. (grouping pictures with the zoom level for example).
Well sure, it's yahoo maps, not google maps... but can't wait to use it. maybe yahoo maps are not so bad ;-)
Anyway, there will still be a way to see the same pics on a google maps, i guess.
Well, if you'll excuse me, i feel like geotagging now!
[update]
a nice link of my new flickr map:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philippe/map/
but i'll suggest fo there instead. (you can zoom in and out and filter to get the pics you want, and then link to the result by using the "link this", great simple feature. will we be able to embed this in a website soon?)
There is a lot to read about this. Here is a good place to start.
I'm only wondering something. I haven't found any comments about that, but it seems that if you use flickr tool to "geotagged pics", you will not give them the tags as geo:lat=xxx and geo:lon=xxx...
I think that means that, contrary to my "there will still be a way to see the same pics on a google maps, i guess.", it will be impossible to see the newly geotagged pics using the cool geotagging tools like Yuan.CC Maps. and that sucks.
[update 2]
ok, i could finaly find some info about this. it's there:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72157594255303300/
There is an API. The geotag-tools dev will have to adapt their tools.
Another important adress, the group discussion about Flickr API:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yws-flickr/
To sum up:
Yes, the geo:lat=xxx and geo:lon=xxx are not used by Flickr but it is still working and you still be able to get the location from the FLickr API and display it on another map.
[update 3]
great post again on the Flickr blog:
http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2006/08/geotagging_one_.html
[update 4]
I wasn't the only one (of course) to pick up on the geotag format choose by flickr:
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/08/flickr_maps.html
In the comments, Rev Dan Catt! (the geobloggers guy) he says he will be blogging now.
If you want just jump in on the exploration side, here's the place to go: http://flickr.com/map"
"geobblogers.com" is back! well, kind of... it's a big new step for geotagging pictures.
Many new features make the experience very pleasant. (grouping pictures with the zoom level for example).
Well sure, it's yahoo maps, not google maps... but can't wait to use it. maybe yahoo maps are not so bad ;-)
Anyway, there will still be a way to see the same pics on a google maps, i guess.
Well, if you'll excuse me, i feel like geotagging now!
[update]
a nice link of my new flickr map:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philippe/map/
but i'll suggest fo there instead. (you can zoom in and out and filter to get the pics you want, and then link to the result by using the "link this", great simple feature. will we be able to embed this in a website soon?)
There is a lot to read about this. Here is a good place to start.
I'm only wondering something. I haven't found any comments about that, but it seems that if you use flickr tool to "geotagged pics", you will not give them the tags as geo:lat=xxx and geo:lon=xxx...
I think that means that, contrary to my "there will still be a way to see the same pics on a google maps, i guess.", it will be impossible to see the newly geotagged pics using the cool geotagging tools like Yuan.CC Maps. and that sucks.
[update 2]
ok, i could finaly find some info about this. it's there:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72157594255303300/
There is an API. The geotag-tools dev will have to adapt their tools.
Another important adress, the group discussion about Flickr API:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yws-flickr/
To sum up:
Yes, the geo:lat=xxx and geo:lon=xxx are not used by Flickr but it is still working and you still be able to get the location from the FLickr API and display it on another map.
[update 3]
great post again on the Flickr blog:
http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2006/08/geotagging_one_.html
[update 4]
I wasn't the only one (of course) to pick up on the geotag format choose by flickr:
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/08/flickr_maps.html
In the comments, Rev Dan Catt! (the geobloggers guy) he says he will be blogging now.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
HK
Been to HK, got a visa.
- Train from Chengdu to Guangzhou was nice. Almost 40 hours but it was no problem. Surprisingly.
- Then HK. From Monday to Friday. Expensive to stay there but so many nice places to see. Met some interesting people as well... I'm thinking about the Filippino people we had lunch with, it was nice meeting these people, and hear their stories. I'm also thinking about the Indian people in Chung King Mansion where our "hotel" was.
- The passeport/visa was finally no pb. I thought it would when the chinese administration ask me to "repair" my passeport(my picture is a little "off"). Happily, the French Consulat was not too far. They said they didn't repair passeport and that they would have to make a new one (an emergency one) and reporting that to the chinese administration solved the problem: "ok, ok... no pb"
- 3 days to get a passeport actually means: if you give it monday, you'll get wednesday. pretty fast. Because of giving it wednesday, i got it friday, then we hurry to get out of Hong Kong.
- Here is a map to go from Wanchai MTR station to chinese admnisitration where to get a visa for china in Hong Kong.
- Bus from Guangzhou (Train/Bus station) to Shenzhen Airport is actually a bus to Bao'an. When you see the airport, ask for getting down... not like me. i thought he would stop there ;-) it's 50 kuai.
- the cheap way we used to go from Luo Hu Custom to Shenzhen airport: Metro (5 kuai) to the "windows of the world" the Public Bus (327? ask for it. 7 kuai) but be carefull. it takes a certain time (2 hours?).
sechina tagged map by user - Tagzania
- Train from Chengdu to Guangzhou was nice. Almost 40 hours but it was no problem. Surprisingly.
- Then HK. From Monday to Friday. Expensive to stay there but so many nice places to see. Met some interesting people as well... I'm thinking about the Filippino people we had lunch with, it was nice meeting these people, and hear their stories. I'm also thinking about the Indian people in Chung King Mansion where our "hotel" was.
- The passeport/visa was finally no pb. I thought it would when the chinese administration ask me to "repair" my passeport(my picture is a little "off"). Happily, the French Consulat was not too far. They said they didn't repair passeport and that they would have to make a new one (an emergency one) and reporting that to the chinese administration solved the problem: "ok, ok... no pb"
- 3 days to get a passeport actually means: if you give it monday, you'll get wednesday. pretty fast. Because of giving it wednesday, i got it friday, then we hurry to get out of Hong Kong.
- Here is a map to go from Wanchai MTR station to chinese admnisitration where to get a visa for china in Hong Kong.
- Bus from Guangzhou (Train/Bus station) to Shenzhen Airport is actually a bus to Bao'an. When you see the airport, ask for getting down... not like me. i thought he would stop there ;-) it's 50 kuai.
- the cheap way we used to go from Luo Hu Custom to Shenzhen airport: Metro (5 kuai) to the "windows of the world" the Public Bus (327? ask for it. 7 kuai) but be carefull. it takes a certain time (2 hours?).
sechina tagged map by user - Tagzania
Friday, August 11, 2006
Hong Kong or Macao?
Well i think it will be HK. Don't know the consequences of the big Typhoon Saomai on the trip. it's not a small one it seems.
Well, it should be fun. I tried to plan everything carefully. It should be enough. I'm going to try to find where is Nathan Road.
Well, it should be fun. I tried to plan everything carefully. It should be enough. I'm going to try to find where is Nathan Road.
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Hong Kong Google Maps Mashups
a post written for me as i'm going to Hong Kong in less than 2 weeks...
Google Maps Mania: Hong Kong Google Maps Mashups [Anonymoused]: "Pongu's Travel Community is a Google Maps mashup of notable Hong Kong attractions and locations and nearby hotels to these sights. As you hover over a pin the location name is given with options to zoom to that location or link off to a page to read more detail and photos. It's a nice little mashup to browse around on if you are traveling to this area."
link not anonymoused (if you are outside China, you'd better use this link)
Google Maps Mania: Hong Kong Google Maps Mashups [Anonymoused]: "Pongu's Travel Community is a Google Maps mashup of notable Hong Kong attractions and locations and nearby hotels to these sights. As you hover over a pin the location name is given with options to zoom to that location or link off to a page to read more detail and photos. It's a nice little mashup to browse around on if you are traveling to this area."
link not anonymoused (if you are outside China, you'd better use this link)
Friday, June 23, 2006
Earthquake near Minshan Natural Reserve
An earthquake in Gansu, but actually a few kilometers away from Minshan area in Sichuan.
wwf2006 tagged map by user - Tagzania
check the item at the top right corner (mouse over or click)
Three people were reported to be injured in the moderate earthquake jolting southern Gansu, northwest China, in the wee hours on Wednesday, with Linjiang and Liping townships in Wenxian County being the worst hit.
wwf2006 tagged map by user - Tagzania
check the item at the top right corner (mouse over or click)
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Tagzania blog link to my Tagzania account
Photos and other resources - Tagzania Blog | News and Announcements: " This long-awaited and requested feature, pictures, photos at Tagzania is ready. We introduced it yesterday, and some users are already documenting their places with pictures from Sicilia, Cuba or elsewhere."
That's right! That's me, linked in "elsewhere"... that's because I put some links to flickr in my worldwide tag places that are: French Guyana, Cameroon, China and Italy.
I plan to add pics to all my places of my Tagmap.
That's right! That's me, linked in "elsewhere"... that's because I put some links to flickr in my worldwide tag places that are: French Guyana, Cameroon, China and Italy.
I plan to add pics to all my places of my Tagmap.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Pictures in Tagzania!
You can easily add flickr pics in Tagzania now. See that here:
flickr tagged map by Philou - Tagzania
flickr tagged map by Philou - Tagzania
Sunday, May 21, 2006
News RSS feed displayed on a map
Was looking for something like that and finally found it:
An ACME GeoRSS Map:
It displays the Reuters International rss feed.
This map is the result of 2 different works. ACME (viewer) which website link is above, but also Geonames, explaining more about it here (converter).
here is the converter link from where you can try to:
Find an interesting feed (or create one!) and display it automatically on a map using these great tools...
Here is one i "created" with Libération rss feed. I don't understand the number of feed displayed...
UPDATE:
mapufacture, the georss aggregator
An ACME GeoRSS Map:
It displays the Reuters International rss feed.
This map is the result of 2 different works. ACME (viewer) which website link is above, but also Geonames, explaining more about it here (converter).
here is the converter link from where you can try to:
Find an interesting feed (or create one!) and display it automatically on a map using these great tools...
Here is one i "created" with Libération rss feed. I don't understand the number of feed displayed...
UPDATE:
mapufacture, the georss aggregator
Check out my map:
Rss to georss, world news (mostly french) by philou
using Geonames converter with several news feed
http://mapufacture.com/georss/map/show/35Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Discovering Chengdu
Too bad that the sky is so cloudy on this satellite picture of Chengdu...
Tagzania: tagging the planet
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Daylight Map: great google maps mashup
About DaylightMap.com: "DaylightMap shows the pattern of night and day on a Google map, for any area of the Earth, for any date and time. It also allows you to select up to ten locations on the map; in addition to seeing at a glance whether it's daytime there, you can show their local time, sunrise and and sunset times, and length of day. These locations can be remembered for future visits, saved as a bookmark, or sent to other people as a web link. This site can thus function as a graphical world clock, and can be used to show relative times of any future or past event."
Yesterday, I happen to chat with a friend in Perou (I'm in China). It was very early there and they were preparing to go on the field at 5am in the morning... I was preparing to have dinner...
So click here to visualize the situation.
Yesterday, I happen to chat with a friend in Perou (I'm in China). It was very early there and they were preparing to go on the field at 5am in the morning... I was preparing to have dinner...
So click here to visualize the situation.
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