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Google have got me all excited, no posts for over a month and now two in a day. With the revelation that we now have geo-coding in Google Maps for Singapore, I thought I’d try reverse geo-coding (going from lat/lng to address rather than the other way around). No real surprise that it works..........
The UN Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) has data on the path of the recent cyclone Nargis and the resultant flooding. The data has been made available (courtesy of Google) as a Google Earth layer which can be downloaded here.For those that.........
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.........
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.......
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.........
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.........
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 .........
One of the problems with using SBS Transit’s iris real-time bus arrival information has been the cumbersome interface on mobile devices. Now Deepak Sarda of Sounds From The Dungeon has produced a mobile interface that allows you to quickly find out the arrival of all SBS Transit buses for a.........
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.........
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..........
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.........
The Straits Times reported today that an 8 metre by 7 metre hole has appeared in Cornwall Gardens. The hole has been created by subsidence as a result of boring work being done for the MRT Circle Line.I haven’t yet seen the hole in question, but by looking at the planned route of the Circle.........
If you’re an iPhone or iPod Touch user, you may have wondered how the Google Maps application is able to locate you even when your inside a building and GPS doesn’t function. One way in which this is done is to use WiFi router locations. A company called Skyhook Wireless has built a.........
Sometime in the past few days Driving Directions for Singapore have been added to Google Maps. Just go to http://maps.google.com/, navigate to Singapore (if you don’t already have it set-up as your starting point) and choose the option to “Get directions”. Type in your starting.........
Why spend your time watching the Singapore rain outside your window when you can view it in Google Earth? The Singapore National Environment Agency provide some (almost) live rain maps of Singapore. I’ve linked to their maps to allow you to view live weather data for Singapore from inside.........
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.........
iSinGeo.com now has more locations. Recently added are ATMs, bank branches and AXS Stations. If you have an iPhone give it a try and let me know what you think. Just point your browser to http://isingeo.com, locate yourself and find things near you.The full list of available locations is.........
Plans for new Singapore MRT lines were announced on Friday. Here’s a quick view of them for those of you with Google Earth. A Google Maps version of the new lines will follow soon, in the meantime click here to download Google Earth image overlays of the MRT lines.......
You probably already know that you can book a taxi in Singapore using SMS. Just send your location (address and/or postcode) in an SMS to 71222. To make this service easier to use on an iPhone I wanted to have an icon on the Home Screen to allow “one-touch” taxi booking.It.........
Since my last posting about TransitLink’s integrated Singapore transport planner and it’s inability to perform, I came across this paper from some Microsoft researchers about scaling web-sites to handle traffic surges. This isn’t only a TransitLink problem the SLA Street Maps site.........
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