The Fantasy World 'Tyria' on Google Maps

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I have completed one more task in my never ending quest to see every MMORPG game world displayed with the Google Maps API. The Guild Wars 2 Interactive Map is a map of the fantasy world of Tyria used in Guild Wars 2.

Using the map it is possible to find dungeons, waypoints and other important locations used in the game. The map also includes an editing tool so that users can add and submit their own knowledge of locations used in the game to the map.

The drop-down menus at the top of the map allow users to add points of interest to the map in a number of categories. When users have finished adding their knowledge to the map they simply need to click the 'send for approval' button.


This Guild Wars 2 WvW Map is a Google Map of the world of Tyria used in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

The map follows a now familiar pattern for on-line game maps, allowing the user to view important locations in the game using the Google Maps controls. The map allows users to view the locations of Towers, Keeps, Supply Camps, Spawns, Castles and Orbs.

One nice new feature introduced by the Guild Wars 2 WvW Map is the ability to add weapons to the map. When you add a siege equipment to the map the range of the weapon is also displayed which should greatly help players in planning their campaigns. 

Arrange a Baseball Game with Google Maps

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Team Locator is a Google Maps based application that helps baseball teams find competitive games and / or scrimmages.

Teams can use the application to add themselves to the map and to arrange games with other teams, either locally or further afield. Users can filter the map by age and by distance to find the best match. The application also includes a Tournament Locator that can help teams find upcoming tournaments. 

They Know Where You Live

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WeKnowYourHouse.com is a social networking privacy experiment designed to show what could happen when you tweet about being at home with your location enabled

The application takes geo-tagged tweets that mention 'home' and then tries to work out the sender's home address from the lat / lng of their tweet. If you click on any of the messages in the Twitter stream on WeKnowYourHouse.com you are shown a guess of the writer's home address and a Google Street View image of the best guess of their home.

After an hour each tweet is fully deleted to protect the user's privacy.

Tracking Bald Eagles with Google Maps

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The Raptor Resource Project are using Google Maps to track two Bald Eagles, 'D14' and 'D1'. D14 is a male bald eagle who hatched in Decorah in 2012 and D1 is a female bald eagle who hatched in 2011.

Using the map it is possible to view the tracks of both birds. If you click on the map markers it is possible to view the date and the time of the fix for that location and to view the distance travelled.

In the UK the RSPB are also using Google Maps to track osprey chicks as they migrate to and from Africa to the Scottish Highlands. A number of birds have been tracked since 2008 and you can view the individual tracks of each bird directly on the RSPB Google Map.

New Orleans Reborn on Street View

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The Historic French Quarter

Google has released new Street View on Google Maps for New Orleans.

This news should please Update Google Street View in New Orleans! who have been running a campaign encouraging Google to update the Street View imagery in the city. The Google Street View car last visited New Orleans in 2007, just two years after the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.


Mercedes-Benz Superdome
 
The new Street View imagery (dated May 2012) shows a city that is successfully rebuilding after the 2005 disaster. Google has also updated imagery across the state of Louisiana including the cities of Baton Rouge and Lafayette.