This calendar week I was real impressed past times the Portsmouth History Picture Map. It is a neat event of how fifty-fifty individual, personal projects tin dismiss role the Google Maps API to practice impressive, master maps.
The Portsmouth History Picture Map includes an historical map overlay of the metropolis from 1896, equally good equally historical photographs of the city. I peculiarly similar the custom map markers, combining round down historical photos alongside an accompanying text label.
The map itself contains data nearly of import historical locations inwards the metropolis as well as some of the city's historically of import citizens. It is equally good possible to reckon on the map over 200 vintage photographs that assistance to illustrate the history of Portsmouth.
Another impressively designed map is this Ayrton Senna Memory map. Formula 1 racing driver Ayrton Senna died 19 years agone inwards an accident spell leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. The McClaren Formula 1 squad has released a Google Map as well as hence that racing fans to a greater extent than or less the globe tin dismiss part their memories as well as shipping tributes to Senna.
Fans tin dismiss shipping Senna pictures, YouTube links or their ain written memories as well as thoughts nearly the legendary driver. McClaren has equally good added their ain tributes as well as photos to the map (zoom inwards on the U.K. to reckon these). I similar the toned downwards await of this map, which helps to highlight the greenish markers posted past times fans to the map.
Archilovers bring equally good gone for a similar toned downwards design, created using the Styled Maps characteristic inwards the Google Maps API.
Archilovers is a social network for architects, designers as well as lovers of architecture. Users of the network tin dismiss shipping projects, telephone substitution opinions as well as interests, as well as instruct to know designers as well as architects to a greater extent than or less the world.
The Archilovers Google Map presents a mapped interface to featured architectural projects to a greater extent than or less the world. Users tin dismiss bespeak the featured projection on the map as well as click-through to take in the dedicated page nearly the project. The map includes a Street View layer so, where available, it is equally good possible to reckon the projects alongside Google's interactive panoramic images.
