This week I decided to talk about something different than security issues. I decided to talk about the bright side of mapping mashups and how they can be really useful in today's world. I came across this website that allows you to create your own map mashup. It allows you to create it by; choosing the exact location (either coordinates, or street address) a caption that can be displayed along with a caption that you can put with your marker (you can also choose a different color for the flag that represents whatever you are talking about). When I first came across this website a couple ideas came to mind. I thought it would be really clever for people who travel a lot to plot out different restaurants, museums, scenic views etc throughout their travels and make a blog about it! This allows you to see what other travels suggest seeing or maybe what specifically they ate a restaurant they really enjoyed and would recommend.
When I saw the coordinates option I automatically thought of people who are out on the water. This could be really handy for divers who are looking for new dive spots. Maybe there is a shipwreck you haven't discovered yet or a coral reef that a lot of fish have migrated to recently. These are just some ideas I thought of, off of my own interests, does anyone else have any ideas and how they could use this with their interests or hobbies?
The website I found is: http://www.mapbuilder.net/
Angela,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very useful website for mashups...I don't know if I personally would take the time to use this while traveling but the possibilities you mentioned seem to be unique areas that the mashup would work great for.
Angela,
ReplyDeleteI like this idea for map mashups you had abotu for diving and when people are traveling alot and to be able to keep a blog with it. So, there are some good ideas that go with mashup too haha, however I'm still a skeptic about it all.
I think back to simulation software in IDE 656 and this is a kind of simulation for students to create.
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