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- Thursday 12 October 2006: Canadian coffee map for the thirsty tourist.
- Wednesday 11 October 2006: Running map for the fit tourist
- Tuesday 10 October 2006: geoNames is one great global map index mashup webtool
- Monday 9 October 2006: Click gChart for global links to local travel, time and more
- Sunday 8 October 2006: Many avenues for online tourism content
- Saturday 7 October 2006: Train eTickets to be sold at ATMs and Post Offices
- Friday 6 October 2006: Tech 2.0 advice for tourism industry
- Friday 6 October 2006: Biometric check-in at Scandinavia Airlines
- Thursday 5 October 2006: Website for Women Travelling Solo
- Wednesday 4 October 2006: Media-rich touchscreen tables boost pub experience
geoNames is one great global map index mashup webtool
Have you ever used a map index at the back of an atlas, to locate a placename, a mountain, river or lake? Well, geoNames is probably the biggest map index. It is global. Click the name ‘London’ in the USA and you’ll get 2,535 places that contain ‘London’. I clicked London, Kentucky, and found out that it is a town of 7,844 people at 382m above sea level, located 37.129 N -84.083 W. Clicking links in the popup window sent me to interesting local information. Nearby is Cumberland Falls, one of two locations in the world that consistently have ‘moonbows’ (rainbows that show at night), the other being in Victoria Falls, Africa.
This is quite an intruiging tourist webtool and probably a useful bookmark.
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