Update: Internet Archive: USGS Maps
Anyone who doesn’t read Boing Boing simply isn’t living life to the fullest.
I never, ever want to hear another person tell me they don’t have a map or can’t find one.
Jared Benedict just liberated 56,000, 1:24k scale digital topographic maps produced by the USGS. They are now going to be available to every human being for FREE, in perpetuity.
Genius!
Link (via Boing Boing)
Tags: map·technology·web 2.0
It was just a matter of time before one of the giants put things together. Yahoo has revealed an incredible Trip Planner which integrates their popular photo-sharing application Flickr and Yahoo Maps. While still in the early stages, I believe this sets the stage for further development of these Web 2.0 information verticals within the travel niche.
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Tags: technology·web 2.0
Update: Official Tourism Brochures
Marketing Sherpa has a case study about the Virginia Beach tourism website’s redesign. Effective websites are extremely important for destination marketing and this article sums up many issues that those of us in the industry should consider when creating or redesigning our promotional sites.
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Tags: seo·technology·webdesign
