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Here’s the third in the series of reviews, this time it’s the turn of Yellow Pages.As a reminder, in each site review I try to do the following: find my address, find the Golden Village cinema at Vivo City, calculate a route between them and email appropriate links to a friend..........
In the ongoing quest for a useable on-line mapping site for Singapore. Here’s a review of the rednano.sg site.As a reminder, in each site review I try to do the following: find my address, find the Golden Village cinema at Vivo City, calculate a route between them and email appropriate links.........
Streetdirectory.com is back on-line but without its Maps. They have been refused application to appeal against the latest ruling against them. They are planning to take their case to the Court of Appeal and apply for a stay of execution to allow them to re-instate the disputed maps on their.........
Singapore’s popular on-line mapping site streetdirectory.com is back on-line as they promised. But they seem to have a small problem, they have no maps.Currently a search for a location results in an empty green box where the maps used to appear.I assume this is a temporary technical.........
Part 1 - The Demise of Streetdirectory.comSingaporeans have now had ten days to get used to the loss of streetdirectory.com. As of today the site continues to display a letter to “Dear Beloved Users” (presumably these are the ones they didn’t sue…) and no maps. The downfall.........
Some time ago I wrote an item about how Google Earth could be used to predict the effect of global warming and resultant rising sea levels on Singapore. Now someone has created a Google Map trying to do the same thing. You can access the map below and read more about it at their site .........
The streetdirectory.com web-site that so many Singaporeans rely on has been down since April 1st. There’s no message on the site giving any reason. It could be a technical glitch (they are in the process of migrating from open-source to Microsoft according to this Tuesday’s Digital.........
There’s a rumour flying around the Singapore blogosphere that the Government is about to ban the download and use of Google Earth, following a dispute between the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Google over copyright issues. The dispute centres over SLA’s allegation that the.........
I think I’ve found a way to automate a Google Map of the Singapore Dengue Hotspots. This should mean that the Singapore Dengue Map is now kept up to date.......
I’ve made some changes to the Singapore Bus Stop Map to make it more useable. The bus stop markers now load depending on the zoom level of the map. If you’re zoomed out you’ll only see a selection of the bus stops, as you zoom in they all become available. This should make the the.........
I’ve been meaning to do this for ages. Here’s a map of Singapore’s bike shops, or at least all those I can find, let me know if you know of others. Now I just need to get this working effectively on the iPod Touch with location search and I’ll never again have to repair my.........
There’s been a new addition to Singapore’s Mountain Bike trails. The trail is called “Ketam Mountain Bike Park @ Pulau Ubin”. I’ve added it to the Off Road Bike Trails Map. Also you can download a kml file for viewing it in Google Earth by clicking here, or on the.........
I’ve mentioned Daniel Chin’s excellent blog on Singapore’s Land Transport before, here’s another plug for it. Daniel has used Google’s MyMaps to produce a great map of the recently announced ERP gantries. You can access the map via Daniel’s blog posting by.........
Reader Chau Meng Seng has come up with some great suggestions of where the MRT stations may be on the Thomson line. Here are his suggestions based on available land and major roads.Sin Ming Station - at the previous Lakeview HDB locationVenus DriveKebu Bahru station at the juntion of Ang Mo Kio.........
The newly announced Thomson Line will be 27km long and links Marina Bay to Woodlands. It will have 18 stations including Ang Mo Kio, Kebun Baru, Sin Ming, Thomson and Kim Seng. Here’s my attempt to map it in Google maps. The station locations aren’t available yet and I haven’t.........
Transport Minister Raymond Lim announced plans today to double Singapore’s MRT network by 2020. As part of this expansion two new MRT lines will be built. The Thomson Line is 27km long and links Marina Bay to Woodlands. It will have 18 stations including Ang Mo Kio, Kebun Baru, Sin Ming,.........
Singapore’s recently released Land Transport Review specifies as one of it’s Key Performance Indicators: “Develop an Integrated Multi-Modal Travel Information System for door-to-door travel planning”. In his excellent blog on Singapore’s Land Transit Daniel Chin.........
The Singapore National Parks Board have recently completed the Eastern Coastal Parks Connectors Network, making possible a continuous traffic free cycle of 42km. The cycling is fairly easy-going and, apart from a couple of obstacles in the form of a subway and a footbridge, offers a lengthy.........
Although the iPhone is not (officially) available in Singapore the iPod Touch is, and I’m a lucky owner. Apple have tried to lock-down the Touch to differentiate it from the iPhone and this means no Google Maps client on the iPod Touch, but where there’s a will there’s a way..........
Logged in to Google Maps this morning and what do I find? They’ve added Street Maps for Malaysia. The maps look to be in good detail and support routing, so you can use the “Get Directions” features (though these don’t work from a Singapore to a Malaysian location). Try.........
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