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

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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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)

China

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


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POIs and landmarks on Google Maps

We've just added icons and labels of prominent businesses and places of interest directly on the map itself. Not only can you see where these places are, but you can click the icons to get a summary of what this place is about and explore more by choosing more info to see business info, reviews, photos, Wikipedia articles, and a lot of other local information...


Official post on Google LatLong blog

Corsica Studios

Photos from last night's gig at Corsica Studios in Elephant & Castle, home of the UK's coolest music scene according to the Guardian:


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Summer in London

Some photos from summertime in London, including some tilt-shift experiments:


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I'm now famous in Switzerland :)

The local paper wrote an article based on my time lapse video of Zurich!

Tages Anzeiger - Eindunkeln im Zeitraffer

For those who don't speak Swiss-German, here's a translation via Google Translate:

"Dusk in time lapse

An English photographer has the very special atmosphere at the lakeside Zurich shortly before the collapse of the enchanted night - and the evening hours in time-lapse filming.

A summer evening at the Zurich lake. Scraps of clouds move across the sky, the water fountain by gusts of wind disheveled. Last steer boats to port, and Panta Rhei lights in all the colors on their journey to the nearest boat station. On the horizon moves slowly in the night, the lights along the lake and go along.

The English designer, filmmaker and photographer Jonah Jones was impressed by the atmosphere on the lakefront seems so fascinated that he captured with his camera has - in the time-lapse techniques. A short film about a sea, on the night's rest prepared."