If you’re interested in the archaeology of the county of Wiltshire, you can now access the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) online, complete with a map interface. It takes a bit of getting used to the interface, but to have this information publicly available is a step in the right direction. Tip: find the [...]
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Yahoo Tag Maps
Yahoo have just released a service called TagMaps, allowing you to display a tag cloud of the most interesting terms attached to geotagged Flickr photos on an interactive map. TagMaps are a new way to visualize text on geographic maps. TagMaps can be used to communicate key characteristics of location-based data in an easy-to-understand way. [...]
Free Our Maps (well, in the UK anyway)
[UPDATE] It looks like the Ordnance Survey are going to be releasing maps in a Google Maps style interface / license with an API. See the “Ordnance Survey mash-up takes on Google Maps” article on Silicon.com. It should be much better for rural areas than Gmaps… [/UPDATE] I’ve been reading the Free Our Data blog [...]
