Maps in the Media Update
Backpacker (at one time my favorite magazine - from which I stole “The View from Here”) offers a new website with some geo-goodies:
Featured prominently on the homepage and the destinations page is a new interactive Flash map directing users to more than 1,200 edited and approved GPS-supported hikes, from the Appalachian Trail to the Pacific Crest Trail. Another 10,000 trips are accessible to site users. The hikes, which are submitted by volunteer Backpacker readers and staff contributors, can be searched by city, state, park, and long trail.
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Tech-savvy participants can also upload GPS tracks, geotagged photos, and Google Earth screenshots.
The National Geographic Channel also launched a new website.
Of the changes to the site that are most readily apparent, the new Nat Geo schedule application presents viewers with a more intuitive calendar of show descriptions, allowing users to navigate through programming descriptions via a drag-and-drop fashion that’s similar to how visitors engage with Google Earth.
I don’t understand how this interactive calendar (while sexy!) is similar to Google Earth.
- MediaWeek
