The postcode lookup pattern
As a way of enabling address input, the UK postcode look-up is fraught with danger and is rarely implemented well. As is often the case in UX design, everything is fine until an exception is reached.
Mapping & Geospatial blog posts
Microsoft buys Multimap
I’m pretty sure this will be good for Multimap.
Geotagged blogs on Multimap
For the past month Multimap has been populating the database with geotagged blogs and now has nearly 4,000 mapped.
Plazes
Ben Hammersley points us to Plazes, which claims to be the ‘navigation system for your social life.’
The Degree Confluence Project
A collaborative initiative on a genuinely global scale, the Degree Confluence Project aims to visit and photograph each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world.
Put your blog on the map
Learn how to add your blog to Multimap’s new weblogs category.