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No map here, but this story has a geographical element to it. Researchers in the UK have discovered that Singaporeans have the fastest walking speed amongst 32 international cities. According to this research the “Singapore shuffle” is officially a myth. The researchers timed how long.........
I thought an interesting way to view real-time imagery of Singapore would be to take the locations of some of the webcams around the island and map them. This screenshot shows you the resulting mashup of the webcams and Google Maps.This link will take you to the Google Maps page and display a.........
Singapore’s Southern Islands (located just south of Sentosa) are in the news today as a result of plans by the Singapore Tourist Board to investigate turning them into a “playground for the rich”. The map of the islands in Today newspaper is probably the worst I’ve ever seen. If you’d like a better look at the islands in question use this kmz …
If you’re interested in getting fed the latest Singapore PSI (air quality) figures in your news-reader, I’ve set-up an RSS feed here that you can subscribe to. The feed is updated once a day at around 16:30. The data comes from the NEA web-site.......
Google have just announced a new layer in Google Earth - “Google Book Search”. And it’s absolutely fascinating.Google has put a lot of effort into building a literature database and this database is now accessible via Google Earth. If you activate the “Google Book.........
Michael of Spades has used Google Earth, a dose of boredom and a very vivid imagination to create a scenario of a Tsunami hitting Singapore. You can read more at his blog.
Google have announced new functionality to Google Maps to allow the maps to be “embedded” easily in web pages, similar to the way in which YouTube videos are embedded.Any map created at http://maps.google.com can be turned into an embeddable map. The user doesn’t need to tackle.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA data from 15 June. If you have saved the Network Link in Google Earth, just right click on it and choose refresh to see the latest data. If you don’t yet have it you can download it here. Hotspots added are:Pereira Rd / Shaw .........
As of yesterday Google have added a detailed roads layer and points of interest for Singapore to Google Earth. The roads layer lets you view the Singapore street maps that have been available for a while in Google Maps. The points of interest layer displays icons in Google Earth for Dining,.........
I’ve updated the mashup of old photos of Singapore. In the previous version if there were multiple photos at one location, only one was visible, you can now see all the photos (100 of them) on the map. You may have to zoom in quite a long way to see them all, as many are .........
If, like me, you rely on the internet for your work (and pleasure…), then you’ll have a had a frustrating day today if you live in Singapore. Access to internet sites outside Singapore has been extremely slow and at times impossible. Here’s the reason: The screen shot above.........
SBS Transit recently launched their iris NextBus service. Iris tells you the time of the next bus at any Singapore bus stop and, in my experience, it works very well. This type of application lends itself very well to mapping, so I’ve taken some of the iris data for bus routes along East.........
This site is great fun. It lets you send a smoke signal from anywhere in the world using a Satelite image from Google Maps. You can send a message from your home, or from any other location. For example, click here for a message from the President of Singapore.You could use this site to send .........
I’ve been working on a mashup of old photos of Singapore with Google Maps. Right now the street maps of Singapore are not available in Google Maps, but are expected any day. In the meantime, I’d appreciate any feedback on this mashup which uses Google Maps Satellite imagery (no download.........
Here’s another walk courtesy of the Urban Redevelopment Authority, this time it’s Changi. You can download the kmz file for the Google Earth Image Overlay here. The description of the...This is a summary only, visit my web-site for full content and links.
There’s a lot of new development going on at Singapore’s Marina Bay at the moment. The new Integrated Resort, the Singapore Flyer, a waterfront garden as well as a new business and financial centre. To see a Google Earth image overlay showing how Marina Bay will look in a few years download this kmz file.
Well it’s been a bit of a wait but the Singapore streetmaps are now available through the Google Maps API. This means that mashups of Singapore locations on a Singapore map just became a lot more useable, people generally find it a lot easier to navigate a streetmap than a satellite map..........
The Map here created using Google Maps and data on SBS Transit Bus Services allows you to access information on most of Singapore’s bus stops (just over 3000 of them) via an interactive map.Information available at each bus stop is the road name, description of the bus stop, the bus stop.........
The Google Earth Network Link has been updated with the NEA data from 1 June. If you don’t yet have it you can download it here. Only four new hotspots added, they are:How Sun DrNathan RdKang Choo Bin Rd / Poh Huat RdJln Anak Patong / Tanah Merah Kechil AveYou can view the current.........
Jacob at bogomip.net has produced a nice tool which allows anyone using Google Analytics on their web site to convert their visitors Geo Locations into kml. Once the data is in kml it can be displayed in Google Earth or Google Maps. Jacob’s tool and instructions for using it are here.So.........
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