New Maps Of The Week
Chung Nguyen's splendid WebGL Flight Simulator allows you lot to receive got command of a seat out of dissimilar planes. I'm non certain if the WebGL generated 3d environs is based on existent mapping data. It appears that it mightiness hold upwards equally the instructions state that 'you tin sack also wing to whatever identify to a greater extent than or less the world' (although I haven't worked out how to practise that).
There are 3 links to (different versions of?) the game. I've solely managed to instruct the mo link to work. This mightiness hold upwards because of the WebGL enabled browser I'm using therefore it mightiness hold upwards worth trying the other ii links equally well.
If you lot desire to endeavor a to a greater extent than traditional map based game therefore try Quizzity, a nicely designed map quiz built using the Leaflet mapping library. The quiz itself follows a familiar format, requiring you lot to pinpoint a serial of locations together with wins points based on the closeness of your answer.
The renowned Jurassic Park amusement complex has rejected the Google Maps API inwards favor of the upstart Leaflet.js mapping library. When the world's favorite dinosaur inhabited subject commons decided to practise a novel online map for Jurassic World they turned non to the mammoth Google build but instead chose the Microraptor similar independent mapping platform of Leaflet.
The Jurassic World Map is a custom designed, oblique view, interactive map of the world's latest, together with some state well-nigh exciting, subject park. Visitors to the commons tin sack piece of occupation the map to abide by the location of hotels, restaurants, residual rooms together with all the park's best rides together with shows.
Mapbox has created a actually groovy bicycle road planning map for Washington DC which also provides a 3d dimensional summit profile of the route.
Capital Bikeshare allows you lot to drib ii markers on a map to laid upwards your starting indicate together with destination. It therefore industrial plant out a cycling road betwixt the closest Capital Bikeshare goal to your starting indicate together with the closest station to your destination.
The magic actually happens even therefore when you lot click on the 'elevation profile' button. If you lot opened upwards the map inwards a WebGL enabled browser the map volition contestation to an oblique thought together with a 3d summit profile volition hold upwards drawn on laissez passer on of the entire route. Rotate the map to thought the 3d summit inwards all its glory.
Another groovy online experiment this calendar week was Parogra.ph. This natural linguistic communication mapping interface allows you lot to add together features to a map past times using written commands. Type a location into Parogra.ph together with a map mark volition hold upwards added to the map. You tin sack also add together polylines to the map together with alter the map type (there is currently a alternative of satellite, terrain or mitt drawn).
OneBayArea Maps is a groovy tool for exploring San Francisco move times together with holding prices. The map allows you lot to visualize the human relationship betwixt move times together with Bay Area housing prices together with could attention you lot abide by an surface area to alive that is both commutable together with affordable.
Center the map on a location inwards the Bay Area, pick out your trend of carry together with pick out a median identify toll together with you lot tin sack thought a map of all the places inwards the surface area that are accessible together with affordable. The areas that jibe your criteria are shaded inwards bluish together with you lot tin sack suit your criteria using the move fourth dimension together with identify prices slider buttons.
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