The UK Met Office has created a new Google Maps based application to monitor and forecast tropical cyclones around the world.
The application allows you to view worldwide cloud conditions and the locations of current cyclones. If you select a cyclone on the map you can view the cyclone's observed track and wind speeds recorded along the track.
As well as viewing current tropical storm conditions it is also possible to view historical storm information. For example you can view the track of the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.
MyBlocNYC
MyBlockNYC is a Google Maps based application that allows users to upload and explore videos documenting the life and culture of New York City.
The site already boasts nearly 1000 videos and videos representing 734 New York City blocks. The blocks that have videos are displayed on the map with yellow roads. If you click on a yellow line you can watch the video directly from the map.
As well as exploring the videos by location you can filter the results by category, by time of day and season, and by the age and sex of the film-maker.
Geotrio
Geotrio is creating a world-wide library of mapped audio tours that can be accessed from smart phones and desktop computers. Using Geotrio users can create, browse and share digital audio tours for any location in the world.
Each uploaded tour includes a Google Map of the audio tour. The map includes markers for each stop and each stop contains an audio commentary of what you can see at that location.
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