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Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Google Maps Plus for the Czech Republic

amapy

Can you improve on Google Maps? Well, aMapy think so.

Using Google Maps as the base map aMapy has created an improved map for the Czech Republic. It improves on Google Maps by adding missing footpaths and cycle paths, local points of interest and a number of 3d panoramas.

Google Maps is still very poor at mapping footpaths and cycle paths in most countries. aMapy has added two buttons to their version of Google Maps that allow you to view footpaths and cycle paths in Czech cities.

If you select the 'Objekty (POI)' tab you can also view local points of interest, which include churches, museums, public transit and shopping locations. Many of the points of interest also include 3d panoramas.

Select the '3D Virtualni proh'idki' tab and you can then view the location of a number of interactive panoramas on the map.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Czech Google Maps Mashup Round-Up

Inmite is a team of Czech web developers who helped 360cities.net produce their latest Immersive Tours Map. As you can tell from the 360Cities.net map Inmite are pretty skilful users of the Google Maps API. Here are a few of their other Google Maps implementations:

Prague International Marathon Map

Inmite created a real-time map for the Prague International Marathon. The map showed the real-time position of runners in the race.

Even though even the slowest runners in the race finished some time last year you can still use the map to replay the race. The map allows you to pick the top 5 runners in a number of age categories and replay the race at a number of speeds. The map shows the progress of the different runners as they completed the course.

That's not all. If you click on the 'select different race' link at the top of the page you can also replay a number of other Czech road races.

Marianne Days
This Google Map for Marianne magazine shows all the shops and brands involved in 'Marianne Days' (a weekend full of shop sales in the Czech Republic).

The map includes a really sophisticated shopping planning tool. It is possible to add shops to an itinerary and the map will return a near-optimal path enabling users to fit in as much shopping as they can.

Even though Marianne Days is now over the shops are still there, so Czech shoppers are still able to use the tool to plan their day's shopping.

Cenove Mapy

Inmite helped Czech real estate company, Bezrealitky.cz, produce this Google Maps mashup to show current real estate prices in the Czech Republic. The site uses a heat map to show the relative prices of properties at 1m².

The map can be used to find the most desirable (or at least the most costly) locations to live or help you find the cheapest areas to buy. As you might imagine property prices are highest in the centre of Prague but the map also shows which suburbs have the most expensive and cheapest property.

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

More New Street View Imagery

CNA Teaser

I don't know who created this Brazilian site or what they are promoting (whatever it is there are only 51 days to go), however I do like their Street View interface.

The site imposes a picture of a New York guide book on top of Google Maps Street View. The guide book includes interactive links to some of New York's favourite tourist destinations. When you click on a link you are taken to the Street View of that location. It is a lovely simple idea that works superbly.

Via: Street View Gallery

New Streetview Imagery in Cesky Krumlov

In reporting on this week's new huge Street View update I didn't notice that the Czech town of Český Krumlov also now has Street View. Český Krumlov is a very picturesque town and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

360Cities.net
has produced a nice blog post about the new Street View, comparing the new imagery with the 360 degree panoramic photographs they have produced of the town.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Interactive Panoramas of Brno

Virtual Tour of Brno

This Google Maps mashup provides a virtual tour of the Czech Republic city of Brno. The map includes a number of narrated panoramic images of the city's main attractions.

The locations that have been mapped include Špilberk Castle, the Tugendhat Villa, the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Náměstí Svobody (Freedom Square), Zelný trh (Vegetable Market), Old Town Hall. Each of the locations are marked on the map and listed in the map sidebar. The interactive panoramas that have narration are indicated in the sidebar with a small loudspeaker icon.

When you click on one of the map markers a window opens with the interactive panorama. Each panorama comes with arrow links that will automatically take you to neighbouring panoramas (Street View style).

Via: Street View Gallery

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Street View Tour of Old Town Square

Prague's Old Town Square

Using Google's newly released Street View imagery of Prague I've created a small Street View tour of the Old Town Square in Prague.

If you pan the Street View around information about what it is currently being shown in the Street View will appear at the bottom of the screen.

The code for this small Street View tour was developed with the help of Map Channels.

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Google Street View Now in Prague

Today Street View has been added to Prague in the Czech Republic.


Old Town Square


Narodni Museum


Estates Theatre


Charles Bridge


Jindrisska Tower

Hat-tip: Mapperz

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Czech Property on Google Maps

Cenove Mapy

Czech real estate company, Bezrealitky.cz, have produced this Google Maps mashup to show current real estate prices in the Czech Republic. The site uses a heat map to show the relative prices of properties at 1m².

The map can be used to find the most desirable (or at least the most costly) locations to live or help you find the cheapest areas to buy. As you might imagine property prices are highest in the centre of Prague but the map also shows which suburbs have the most expensive and cheapest properties.

Ukazky Staveb

Ukazky Staveb are builders of timber homes in the Czech Republic. The company have produced this Google Map mashup to showcase the properties that they have built.

The properties on the map are divided into three categories, classic, modern and reconstruction. It is possible to select which category of property you wish to view via the tick boxed under the map.

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Monday, April 30, 2007

19 New European Google Maps Mashups!

Czech Republic: Prague 360

Explore the beautiful city of Prague using this great Google Maps mashup (translated into 18 languages) Features city highlights with a nice Flash panoramic viewer. This is definitely one to check out! (More Czech Republic Google Maps mashups here..)Across Europe:
Recent Google Maps Mania posts:
Many of the mashups contained in this post were found on the ProgrammableWeb Google Maps feed.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Prague Google Maps Mashup

Prague, Czech Republic is often referred to as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Culture, history and most importantly architecture is what makes this a truly unique world city. Prague-Spot (.com) has integrated the Google Maps API into a website that allows you to plan a trip to this great city.

An interactive Google Map
welcomes you with notable "must-see" landmarks such as Prague Castle, Charles Bridge and The Old Town Square (Plus many more). Satellite imagery allows you to take an aerial look at this magnificent city-center. Quick links at the bottom allow you to scale the map to various viewpoints and the "most popular Czech sights outside Prague" are also mapped for you.

Related:
Wikimapia - Prague
Sightseeing with Google Maps: Czech Republic
Flickr: Prague

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