Mapping Manchester's Trees

DataGM is Greater Manchester’s public data portal. It was created by public sector organisations in Greater Manchester, to release and bring together in one place, as much of the data they hold as possible.Trafford Highways Trees uses data from Trafford Council to map the area's trees. The map uses custom map markers to create a visually striking Google Map.At the bottom of the Trafford Highways

Local Foods & Dishes on Google Maps

One of the great joys of travelling is discovering (and tasting) the local and regional foods and dishes of the places you visit. If you ever get the chance to travel around England then I recommend you consult The Food Map of England and the UK Food Tourism website.The Food Map of England is a Google Map that shows the local and regional specialities of food throughout England. For example, if

The London Riots & Social Equality

In the UK I think it is now illegal to try and connect the recent rioting with social deprivation or economic inequality. The government and the mainstream media has decided that unless you blame bad parenting, social networking sites or a breakdown of moral order for the riots then you should be publicly castigated as a supporter and excuser of wanton criminality.The Centre of Full Employment

#UKRiots on Google Maps - Updated

The Guardian UK Riots MapThe London Riots Map is no longer being updated. However The Guardian has stepped into the gap with this Google Map.The latest incidents are displayed with red markers. The Guardian has also created a Google Map of reader's photographs of the riots.London Riots - Verified AreasThis Google My Map is attempting to map verified locations that have been affected by the London

UK Google Maps Mashups Round-Up

The Bath Schools MapThe Bath Schools Map is designed to help parents choosing schools in Bath, in the UK, by displaying local schools and admissions and performance data on Google Maps.In Bath parents are only allowed to indicate 3 schools as a preference for their children. Using the map it is possible to find the nearest ten schools and compare their academic mini-league tables on a range of

Google Maps at the Fringe

The world's largest art festival the Edinburgh Fringe is due to start on Friday. With over 2,000 different comedy, musical and theatrical shows taking place in over 250 different events what is needed is a Google Maps guide to the Fringe. Enter stage right - Gigglemaps.Using Gigglemaps you can click on any Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue and view the next five performances. The map includes a

Google Maps Picnic

The Guardian newspaper is increasingly working with partners to produce useful Google Map based guides. The newspaper are collaborating with lastminute.com to create their City Guides. They have also worked with Enjoy England to create a Google Map based guide to great destinations in the UK. The Guardian has now partnered with Country Life Butter to create a Google Maps guide to great picnic

Real-Estate Heat Map

Real-estate website Zoopla has created a heat-map of UK property prices. The Google Map provides a quick overview of where properties are affordable and where houses are more expensive. For example if you zoom in on London, you can see a distinct pattern of expensive property in the commuter belt around the capital. Zoopla: UK Property Heat Map________________

Tube Directions Now On Google Maps

Public transport directions for London has been added to Google Maps. If you want to get around in London you can now get transit directions that include the London Underground, DLR, buses and trams.To get public transit directions in London on Google Maps you just need to select 'Get directions', type in your starting point and destination and click on the train icon that appears in the side

London Olympics Tweet Map

There is one year to go to the 2012 London Olympics. A number of events are being held in London to celebrate the occasion (including the flying of musical hot air balloons).CASA is tracking all of today's Twitter messages that include the hashtag '1yeartogo' and have created a nice heat map of all the Tweets.The map is actually a little sneak preview of a new heat map visualisation that will be

How to Make a Campus Map

Loughborough University's campus map is a great example of how to use the Google Maps API to help students and visitors find their way around a large campus.The map uses the custom overlays function to overlay a custom map of the university on top of the Google Map. The custom map overlay includes features and locations that are not on Google Map's own map tiles, such as trees, tennis courts,

Boris' Cabs on Google Maps

This certainly qualifies as the strangest map I've seen for a while. The map creates the scenario of the user wanting to catch a taxi from a famous London landmark to the ICC London Excel conference centre. The map displays a number of videos of London mayor Boris Johnson moonlighting as a London taxi driver. Each of the videos contains a brief description, by Boris Johnson, of a famous London

Running & Cycling Apps with Google Maps

Afstand MetenDutch website Afstand Meten allows joggers and cyclists to create and save routes using Google Maps. The app is available on the desktop and for the Android market and iPhones.Using Afstand Meten users can create new tracks or search for tracks created by other users. When searching for saved tracks you can refine the search by the 'most viewed', the 'shortest distances' or 'the

UK Average Incomes on Google Maps

The UK's Office of National Statistics has used Google Maps to show the average household income estimates for different areas in England and Wales.You can select the income measure you want to view on the map via a drop-down menu. By clicking on the map you can then view the average household income estimate at that location. You can also search the map by an address or a postcode.The map seems

UK Broadband Speeds on Google Maps

Ofcom, the regulator of the UK communications industries, has created a Google Map to show the speed of broadband throughout the UK.Each county in the UK has been ranked on how they score on four broadband metrics; average sync speed, percentage getting less than 2Mbit/s, superfast broadband availability and broadband take up. The map displays as a basic heat map with each county coloured to show

London Bus Planners on Google Maps

There are around 7,000 red buses in London transporting passengers on over 700 different routes. BusIt London is a bus route planner that can help you navigate London's extensive bus network.To plan a route just click on the Google Map to select your start and end points, or use the search box to find locations. BusIt London will then display your route on the map. If more than one route is

The Angling Trust's Google Map Campaign

Cormorant WatchThe UK's Angling Trust, has launched a new web site for anglers to record sightings of cormorants, goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK. The new site uses Google Maps to record user sightings of the birds in the UK.The birds are having a major affect on UK fish stocks and the aim of the map is to gather data to help persuade the UK government of the need for action to

Google Maps on Campus

University of Southampton Campus MapPostgraduate student Colin Williams has created a campus map for Southampton University in the the UK using Google Maps and the University's Open Data Service. The map shows all the University's campus buildings, live bus times for nearby stops and a number of categories of points of information. The detail for each category of marker is very impressive. For

The Volcanic Ash Cloud on Google Maps

Flightradar24The 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

2012 London Olympics Street View

Olympics Street ViewI strongly suspect that when the Olympics Park for the 2012 London Olympics opens next year the Google Street View trike will be one of the first visitors.However at the moment there is no Street View available for the site of next year's Olympics. I therefore decided today to create my own Street View map of the Olympics construction site in east London.I have to apologise