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5 Interesting Installation for Google Maps


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1.  Advertising with Google Maps, it looks like advertisers have realized that with Google’s online satellite pics on Google Maps, there is a completely untapped space for more eyes to see their logos.   Link

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2.  People from the Russian town of Chelyabinsk has been aware of the exact timetable of the “QuickBird” satellite passing over their city and planned to make a massive yellow smiley face in order to commemorate their city in Google Earth.  Link

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3.  The project “Map” is a public space installation questioning the red map markers of the location based search engine Google Maps.  Link

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4.  The object Urban Cursor, which is shaped as an oversized 3-dimensional computer cursor (pointer), was placed on a square in Figueres, Catalunya during the cultural festival Ingràvid. People could touch it, move it around and sit on, it had a built in GPS tracker which transmitted its location to Google Maps.  Link

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5.  Cabracega studios created this umbrella that indicates where you are in the Google Earth Map.  Link



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January 22nd, 2010  Posted in Ideas

2 Responses to “5 Interesting Installation for Google Maps

  • smoke tip  on September 29th, 2010

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