Curious to know how common your surname is across the US?
Head over to Dynastree, search for your last name and get a geographical distribution of persons with the same surname sorted by states.
Just in case if you’re wondering what the source could be, its the phone book…
Did you know that Anderson is the most frequent name in the US?
Here’s a map of my..uh..name (there’s just one entry in the phone book with my surname)
Where does your name come from?
There are two ways you could learn geography on this site – Identifying Countries on a Map and World Capitals. The site also allows you test and improve your knowledge of art, english, math, chemistry and foreign languages. You can choose a level to start off with or let the game adapt to your answers.
If you need to keep track of your donations, make sure you set the option in the options page.
Now go visit FreeRice.com, start learning and relish your contribution by watching the grains pile up..
Tiny Geo Coder is an easy, simple to use geocoding website. All that is required is an address and a click to retrieve the location’s geographical coordinates (lat, lng) along with a google static map with the location marked on it.
The site also mentions about a geocoding API with no authentication. Its pretty simple,
http://tinygeocoder.com/create-api.php?q=Fairfax,VA and you get the result,
38.851531,-77.298167
Here’s something that puts to use, the new ‘Reverse Geocoding’ feature of the Google Maps API.
This Digital Inspiration page lets you click on a Google Map and returns the nearest street address.
Also, a search box is included to find an approximate location before you click to get an address.
Did you ever wonder, where your current location could be on the other side of the planet?
Well, here’s a simple tool that serves the purpose – antipodr
This tool works with any address, city, state or zip code and uses Google Maps to display the entered location and its relative location on the other side of the planet, along with their coordinates.
Here’s a sample:
I should be able to turn myself into some aquatic creature if I ever decide to live on the other side of the planet.
