The European Word Translator Puts Language Into Geographic Context

The European Word Translator is a map and translation tool created by UK Data Explorer. Type a word or phrase into the map's search too...

Findery - Share A Story on Google Maps

Findery is a community site on which anyone can share a short story about any location on the globe. Findery uses Google Maps as its base s...

Two Easy Ways to Send Digital Greeting Cards

I started receiving holiday greeting cards in the mail this week. I'm sure that many of you have started to get them too. I remember whe...

100,000 Stars Puts the Universe in Perspective

Last week I shared a six minute video tour of the known universe . That video does a great job of helping viewers understand the scale of th...

MapFab is a Fabulous Map Creation Tool

MapFab is an excellent free map creation tool built on top of Google Maps. MapFab offers a few advantages over Google Maps, but the most no...

Explore Russia With the Russian Street View Gallery

Earlier this week Google added Street View imagery of Russia to Google Maps . Now you can explore historic landmarks in Moscow and St. Peter...

Novels on Location

Novels on Location is neat use of Google Maps designed to help you find fiction works according to their geographical settings. When you vi...

Historic Map Works - Browse Hundreds of Historic Maps

One of my favorite Google Earth layers is the David Rumsey historical maps collection . This morning, through Google Maps Mania , I learned ...

The Growth and Decline of US Newspapers 1690-2011

Stanford University's Rural West Initiative is an effort to create conversations and propose solutions to the challenges that exist in ...