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Monday, September 28, 2009

Place Pages for Google Maps

We've just launched a new feature called the Place Page, which aims to give a dedicated webpage to every place on the planet. In doing so, we are finally retiring the old super-sized bubble that used to dominate the map when trying to get more information about a place, and giving a lot more content with a lot more room to breathe:


Official post on Google blog
Official post on Google LatLong blog

Monday, September 07, 2009

Chinese Fitness part II

In the aftermath of Beijing 2008, Jones and Boonstoppel again visit the Olympic city to find that they are not the only ones getting in shape.


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Chinese Fitness practice

Out-takes and practice for the Chinese Fitness saga:


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Beijing Rain

Slow motion footage of a rainy day near the Forbidden City...


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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Translated tiles on Google Maps

We've just launched something very cool that I've been working on: Google Maps translated into Japanese. With over 60 million transliterated/translated labels, it's interesting to see how your city looks with a Japanese twist:


Official post on Google Japan blog
(... and the English translation for those who can't read Japanese)

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

China

I've uploaded some photos from the last month spent traveling around Beijing, Guilin, Yangshuo, Kunming, Lijiang, Dali and Yuanyang:


View the complete set...