Good to see Google Maps has now gotten the same detailed satellite imagery as Google Earth outside of the US. (That wasn’t the case when last I checked a few weeks ago).
As evidence, the route of the 2005 San Fermin running of the bulls, day by day, complete with markers for where the injuries are.
The geobloggers blog is a fount of hacks and ideas regarding Google Earth (GE) and the geographical positioning tags that have been developed for Flickr photos and del.icio.us links.
For example, del.icio.us links that have had geotags added can be made to show up automatically in GE if you are in the neighborhood. What does that mean?
So if you’ve been to a nice cafe and want to geotag their homepage, go for it…
In other words, you don’t need to wait for websites to locate themselves. You can take the initiative yourself.
This post on LifeHacker has instructions for Flickr photos.
If you want to learn how to add geo-data to your own Flickr photos or del.icio.us tags, head on over to geobloggers for straightforward instructions, or else have it spelled out word for word on Make:Blog
Over on www.StudyInSweden.se, I’ve published a .kml file (with instructions) that contains markers for all the campuses of Swedish universities.
The idea is to offer prospective students (who are often early adopters) the ability to have an immersive experience as they window-shop Swedish higher education. Don’t know where V√ßxj√∂ University is? You will now.
I grouped different campuses for each university together in a folder. Double-click on the folder, and you will be flown to a particularly photogenic view.
Because the file is a network link, every time I amend or expand it, all subscribers will have this new information available automatically.