http://www.euromapsmania.com News on European Geo Mashups (like Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Map24) Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:04:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (especially for the attendees of the Wan-conference in Amsterdam ;-) cheapbeer020.blogspot.com - Longing for a beer in Amsterdam, but not willing to pay much? Check out this site, it displays a lot of places in Amsterdam where you can get cheap beer. Unfortunately, the site is a little bit slow... (because ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/10/16/round-up-friday-netherlands/ Bluetongue - The United Kingdom is coping again with a Bluetongue-outbreak (check this BBC-page for more info). Now the National Farmers' Union setup a page that shows how far the virus could spread, depending on weather conditions. As wind direction is a significant factor in the spread of the virus, ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/10/01/bluetongue-in-england-watch-out-france/ Motoinfo.it - Do you drive a motorcycle, and want others to know you're a "motor-mouse"? At the Italian website Motoinfo.it, Italian motorlovers can upload where they live and what bike they're riding. Italymap.it - Showing all kinds of Points-of-Interest (POI's) using an easy-clickable system (yep, even granny will understand it ;-)), ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/09/28/round-up-friday-italy/ VisitSweden.com - Thinking of visiting Sweden this summer? The most easy way to find more info on this country, is using the country-website VisitSweden.com. Like many other country-websites, also this one has had a map-application online. Recently, Margareta Björnberg and Tommy Sollén of VisitSweden.com decided to change their current paid-for ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/06/12/sweden-how-to-use-google-maps-as-a-tourist-ageny/ All Germans speak the same German, or don't they? Well, not according to this site called Diwa.info. They have collected and recorded many dozens of audiofiles of Germans speaking German in a certain region of Germany. When plotted on a Google Map (the original file is a Google Earth file) ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/06/11/all-germans-speak-german-or-dont-they/ Map.movin-360.com - Remember this post? Now, you can vote for a new video! Make your choice between three new routes in Berlin. [ratings] http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/06/11/berlin-de-panoromic-drive-through-the-city-ii/ Dismoiou.fr - a mashup produced in France with the will to create a huge common database of Points of Interests. They recently launched an English version as well, called http://tellmewhere.com/ . Although most of the content is mainly French-based, the concept could be quite interesting for other countries as well: ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/06/01/tellmewherecom-france-what-do-you-consider-as-interesting-pois-2/ Every Friday, I'll try to post a country round-up from a a specific country. I'll call it for now "Wrap-up Friday", but better names are welcome ;-)For this Friday, I'll post here the fourth round-up for the Netherlands (thanx to Remco from Nederkaart); the previous one can be ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/05/25/round-up-friday-the-netherlands/ Map.movin-360.com - Yesterday, Mike blogged about a driving video in San Francisco, synched to Google Maps. The guys from movin-360.com (Fabian Zastrow, Christian Müllenhagen, post-graduated students from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin) made something even more spectacular. They used a videocamera, combined with a single-shot panoramic camera system ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/05/23/berlin-de-panoromic-drive-through-the-city/ Planningalerts.com - I guess all of us had had the same experience: suddenly, you see in your neighbourhood a new construction being built, or an old one being demolished. Richard Pope had the same experience with an old pub in his town Brixton. He was mad, and decided to do ... http://www.euromapsmania.com/2007/05/22/brixton-uk-how-to-find-new-building-sites-and-old-ones-being-demolished/