A map marking the locations of your friends around the world would surely be a nifty tool to plan your next vacation. But building such a map by manually marking your friends’ location would be terribly time-consuming. Here to help you with it is a web service called Uwemi. Uwemi is a free to use [...]
We have just learned that Google has ditched their Google Labs projects, but that does not mean that we won’t be getting interesting experimental stuff anymore. Just check out Google Hotel Finder, a maps-based tool that will help you find the perfect hotel near you. To start using Google Hotel Finder, just enter your location [...]
Maps can get pretty boring if they include a lot of information. Animaps aims to make maps more fun by letting you animate any Google map. You can create any journey by choosing the starting and ending point and animate it by providing your own time frame. Multiple objects like comments, images as well as [...]
Road trips are a great alternative to costly flights but they can be pretty mundane and overbearing if you don’t know how to enjoy them. One great way to do so is travel through scenic drives and MyScenicDrives can help you find one that wouldn’t require deviating from your route. Simply enter your starting and [...]
Coffee shops with Wi-Fi might let you connect to the Internet but the noise at these places often does not let you work in peace. To find a suitable working environment you need a quiet workspace with Wi-Fi access. WorkSnug helps you find such workspaces. WorkSnug is a simple to use web service that also [...]
If you want to keep your nights busy with the latest live music, concerts, and shows, then you will need a place to find all of them online. ShowHopping is a good start. This Google Maps-based app lets you find upcoming live performances based on your location, preferred date, and your preferred bands, all displayed [...]
Many places, streets, and buildings are named after real people. Thus coincidentally you might share your name with many places around the world. To help you find out where those places are, DataPoint’s “Where The Streets Have Your Name” was created. “Where The Streets Have Your Name” is a free to use web tool that [...]
Many of us have wondered what the view would be like from a particular summit in a particular direction. Generate A Panorama lets you do just that by creating a panoramic view from any summit in any direction. You can choose your viewpoint on a map, pick it from a drop down list, or even [...]
The recent earthquakes in Japan caused a lot of damage to the country’s nuclear power stations. With this event the world’s attention was refocused on nuclear power and its potential danger. If you are curious about nuclear reactors in the world and their locations, check out Reactor Finder by VOANews. Reactor Finder is a web [...]
iEnviroWatch is a free iPhone app that lets you stay up to date with the state of the environment in Europe. The environmental data includes information about protected areas, water quality in bathing areas, ozone stations, land cover, urban atlas and more. The data is sourced from the European Environment Agency (EEA) and is presented [...]