Archives for August 1, 2007
192.com is Mapping Britain with a new online map service
August 1, 2007 by gisuser
A new player in the local search and online mapping services has emerged over in the UK at 192.com. Using data from the Ordnance Survey and GetMapping (imagery) 192.com provides a fun, interactive mapping service enabling users to search and locate addresses and POIs in Britain. The map service is visually appealing, fast, and the panning is very smooth making it a pretty fun experience. Some details about the service from the developers… 192.com has republished all of its street maps after exclusively redrawing every UK map to incorporate the latest Ordnance Survey data and ensure street labeling was in an easy to read format. 192.com is unique on the internet for labeling 100% of UK streets (typically rival sites name 70-80%) and so uses hand drawn labeling particularly for crowded, historic cities with many street names in close proximity. a new 192.com Journey Planner including a fully interactive travel map and 'real route' directions that accurately navigate around major landmarks and highlight the major distances in your journey; particularly important on unfamiliar routes. Finally, users are invited to link to their address simply by locating an address then clicking the link to this map option. See http://www.192.com/maps
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