the earley edition » mapping http://earleyedition.com David Earley - exploring digital journalism and cross-platform delivery of new media Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:16:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Google Maps recommends kayaking http://earleyedition.com/2008/07/28/google-maps-recommends-kayaking/ http://earleyedition.com/2008/07/28/google-maps-recommends-kayaking/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:22:29 +0000 Dave Earley http://earleyedition.com/2008/07/28/google-maps-recommends-kayaking/ I always thought it was a joke when someone said there were directions in Google Maps to kayak across oceans. And yet, I accidentally stumbled upon just that when looking for some directions.

Google Maps - Kayak the Pacific Ocean - text

Not much logic behind the recommended kayak route – Seattle to Sydney. Wouldn’t something like San Diego to Brisbane (since I’m going to Brisbane) make more sense? But we’re kayaking some 12,700km (7,923m), there is no sense.

Google Maps - Kayak the Pacific Ocean - image

]]> http://earleyedition.com/2008/07/28/google-maps-recommends-kayaking/feed/ 1 Location based News and Media http://earleyedition.com/2008/04/30/location-based-news-and-media/ http://earleyedition.com/2008/04/30/location-based-news-and-media/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:24:42 +0000 Dave Earley http://earleyedition.com/blog/2008/04/30/location-based-news-and-media/ The MediaShift Idea Lab have linked to a great list of examples of mainstream media using location-based technology in news delivery.

Personally, I like the idea of geo-tagging content so that readers can get a map view of their news across the city, state or country, and then be able to pick out what news to follow in feeds based on particular regions.

I’ve been experimenting with Yahoo!Pipes in trying to do that with news content that hasn’t specifically been prepared to be ‘locative’. It’s certainly time-intensive experimentation while I teach myself, and is yet to yield the results I’d like.

The list linked to by Paul Lamb is by LoJo connnect, who are also conducting a survey of news outlets and their offerings/experiments in locative media.

Via:
Paul Lamb at MediaShift Idea Lab

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