mapping

One for the map geeks.

We’re doing a quiz at the Emirates…and it’s about mapping and stuff.

After Monopoly maker Hasbro announced last week that the location of the “Go” square was beside the London Eye — a claim duly rubbished by Diamond Geezer — Ordnance Survey, who compiled the data for Hasbro, have clarified their methodology. In a blog post, OS …

How much space would the Pentagon take up if, for some absurd reason, it had been built in Trafalgar Square? How about the Giza pyramids? Or Stonehenge? Or even a deep sea trawler net? And did you know that the deepest hole ever drilled, if …

For those who find the current Maps exhibition at the British Library a little academic, here’s a possible antidote. Iniva gallery on Rivington Place has a new exhibition in which nine international artists provide their own takes on mapping. Indeed, Whose Map Is It? stretches …

Prompted by a reader comment last week, we thought it’d be handy to have a directory of websites containing maps of London. First, a special mention to two sites. MapTube London acts as a mapping platform, allowing you to upload your own GoogleMaps and overlay …

Seety: Good for probing back passages. But while the debate continues over privacy issues, why has no one noticed that a similar service is already freely available? Over the New Year, Google announced that its Street View technology will roll-out to London and other UK …

Pretty much the whole of central London is now available in panoramic street view, much sooner than we’d expected. In plain English, you can now see photos of any street, shop, pub, house, office or dodgy sauna in the centre of town, as though you …

Google is out and about capturing London for the latest addition to its Street View service. These 360 degree panoramic views are already available in most major US cities, but now Google is capturing everyone and everything on the streets of London. If your’re planning …