Wiki, Wiki and some more wiki. The latest sensational wiki-stuff is wikimapia. See this link. Those who have already knowledges about this site please leave the next paragraph.
Wikimapia is a wiki-like concept that take into account the google-map feature. That is they are using the services of google-map for the map purposes with wiki feature i.e. anyone can edit his/her places of interest. Though it was launched in September, 2005, it has already crossed 3 Million marked place in the map. This shows how the popularity of wikimapia is crossing all the limits. But my request to any editor would be first register yourself. U might gain some advantages over the unregistered users in long run.
With so many sites providing these mapping features, we may guess whats the situation would be ten years down the line. There would be broadband connectivity almost all the corners in the country. The word 'Globalisation' will reach its highest peak that day. I shouldn't say it the highest. Since the improvement of a society would know no bounds.
Though the zooming level of Indian cities are one or two levels less than that of London, New York and Chicago. I hope with the advancement in time we would have better zoomed in imag of Indian cities too.
Often i wonder, how do they gather these satellite images? There must be some collaboration of google with NASA, most renowned space body today. The way images are captured reminds of a painting of Nabab Siraj-Ud_Doulla in Murshidabad. I went there way back in 1996. The specialty of the oil painting was it will simply look at you wherever you go in that room. and it could cover a range of 1 km sideways. This might not make any sense though. Analogy is, "Wherever you go, our network follows.. same for the painting and wikimapia.
Next i would post something really of my interest. Not of this wiki-sort. Cheers.
Wikimapia is a wiki-like concept that take into account the google-map feature. That is they are using the services of google-map for the map purposes with wiki feature i.e. anyone can edit his/her places of interest. Though it was launched in September, 2005, it has already crossed 3 Million marked place in the map. This shows how the popularity of wikimapia is crossing all the limits. But my request to any editor would be first register yourself. U might gain some advantages over the unregistered users in long run.
With so many sites providing these mapping features, we may guess whats the situation would be ten years down the line. There would be broadband connectivity almost all the corners in the country. The word 'Globalisation' will reach its highest peak that day. I shouldn't say it the highest. Since the improvement of a society would know no bounds.
Though the zooming level of Indian cities are one or two levels less than that of London, New York and Chicago. I hope with the advancement in time we would have better zoomed in imag of Indian cities too.
Often i wonder, how do they gather these satellite images? There must be some collaboration of google with NASA, most renowned space body today. The way images are captured reminds of a painting of Nabab Siraj-Ud_Doulla in Murshidabad. I went there way back in 1996. The specialty of the oil painting was it will simply look at you wherever you go in that room. and it could cover a range of 1 km sideways. This might not make any sense though. Analogy is, "Wherever you go, our network follows.. same for the painting and wikimapia.
Next i would post something really of my interest. Not of this wiki-sort. Cheers.
