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.
Andrew Egan at Forbes writes about the most expensive stadiums in the world listing factors such as cost, their capacity and the purpose these arenas serve. The Wembley Stadium in London, which cost $1.5 billion and home to the English soccer team is currently the most expensive. Following Wembley, is an engineering marvel from 1970s, the Olympic Stadium in Montreal which is host to the 1976 Olympics. Third in the list is New York’s Madison Square Garden, which cost more than a billion way back in 1968.
Here’s a google map of the ten Most Expensive Stadiums in the world.
The next time you plan to visit one of these ten countries listed by Forbes, make sure you imbibe some quick travel etiquette tips which can make your trip more pleasurable and worth it.
I have put together a Google Map showing general dining and travel tips for the ten most visited countries in the world.
Google Maps Mania quotes:
The full list of towns with street view in Australia is:
Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide, Cairns, Mt Isa, Canberra, Albany, Alice Springs, Rockhampton, Broome, Tamworth, Broken Hill, Karratha and Geraldton
Here’s a google maps street view of the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia
and the Yokohama Landmark Tower, which is the tallest building in Japan and ranks second in world’s fastest elevators.
Google Maps, now helps us save a few bucks on a trip by adding to to its driving directions a new feature – “Avoid tolls”.
When you are getting directions, click the ‘Show options’ link and select the checkbox next to “Avoid tolls” and there you go, a new route with no tolls but you may end up paying more for gas to travel a few more miles.
