Tag: maps
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what3words
what3words describes itself as "the simplest way to communicate location". Essentially, the service creates a three word phrase for every 9-square-meter point on the earth. I came across this via Joon Ian Wong’s Quartz piece regarding Mongolia’s upcoming adoption of this system since many of its people do not have a mailing address: Mongol Post
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James Duncan Davidson on Maps in iOS 6
Speaking of Duncan… James Duncan Davidson on Maps in iOS 6: I might be in the minority here given the raised pitchforks in many quarters, but I like the new maps in iOS 6. Yes, a lot of people are running into holes in the data set. Others are finding that the queries that they
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Map Tales
This is great. Map Tales is a simple but great service to share just about anything using a map. Check out Jeremy Keith’s examples.