CABINET // Trap Streets
A fascinating piece by James on trap streets, those fictitious places on maps that have no corresponding territory.
Google Maps Hacks, Performance and Installation, 2020 By Simon Weckert
I can’t decide if this is industrial sabotage or political protest. Either way, I like it.
99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic
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An excellent way to do geolocation even in browser that don't support it natively.
Google Maps
This is so so childish but here you go: rude place names on Google Maps.
Google Maps API Official Blog: KML and GeoRSS Support Added to the Google Maps API
Google gets behind GeoRSS. This is good. Somewhere, Mikel Maron is doing a little dance.
» Google Earth…
Reality imitating Google Maps in Berlin.
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