Maps For Kindle- London Map Guide
Maps International is pleased to announce the launch and sale of our London Map Guide for Kindle. As one of the first digital maps of its kind, the London Street Map is designed specifically for your Kindle.
The London guides are available to buy on amazon.co.uk and contains detailed Ordnance Survey street mapping for London and covers Charing Cross, Mayfair, Soho, South Bank, St Giles, The Strand and Whitehall. The detailed street mapping includes points of interest such as landmarks / tourist attractions, schools and train stations.
What makes the map guide so unique is its easy to use navigation functions not normally associated with the Kindle.
Overview map and Zoom features
- Map zoom feature
- Effortless navigation with pan left or right
- Simple page turning buttons
- “Go to overview map” feature
To buy the London Map Guide for Kindle go here.
Maps International are developing a range of Kindle Map Guides including maps of other UK cities and a range of international and world city maps.
World Wallpaper Map featured on Cowboy Builders
Channel Five’s Cowboy Builders really do love our Wallpaper World Map. This fantastic wallpaper product was featured once again in an episode of the show aired last week (28th July).
Dom, Melinda and the rest of the team worked their magic for a Bradford family. The Wallpaper World Map was used in one of the children’s bedroom and on seeing the room and the wallpaper the son of the family was so happy with the result he said it left him speechless.
Our standard Wallpaper World Map product is shown here. Or if you’d like your very own bespoke Wallpaper Map as shown on Cowboy Builders then just contact our team on 01993 880 939 and they will talk you through all the options. You can have any size, any colour and we don’t just have World Maps too.
Our wallpaper is pre pasted and needs no additional adhesive, simple to hang and can be installed by any novice decorator.
Wallpaper World Maps are perfect for your bedroom, even better for children’s bedrooms but also great for any office space at home or at work.
Buy your Wallpaper World Map here or contact us on 01993 880 939 to discuss having a Wallpaper World Map created to your own size and specification.
Public Transport Directions on Google Maps
Google maps have just added public transport directions to their service on desktop and mobile devices.
Public transport directions for London Underground, buses, trams and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) are all covered by the new feature.
While on any Google Maps page, click the ‘Get directions’ tab, then enter your location and destination points, and then click on the ‘By public transport’ button. The map will then calculate the best way to get there by Tube and / or bus, and suggest three optional routes.
You can also access the feature on your mobile —Android, iOS and BlackBerry mobile platforms are all supported. Google maps will use your GPS location when calculating the best route. There is also a Transit Navigation beta feature which will alert you when it’s time to change bus or train or when you have arrived at your destination.
Google has credited Transport for London (TfL) for making this feature possible as they made the information available through the London Datastore.
Tell us what you think about Google’s public transport feature?
Far more reliable road map
Research has recently suggested that the traditional road map proves far more reliable than the satnav. The younger generation have become reliant on this technological gadget to navigate to their destination and are least likely to carry an atlas, whereas older motorists are more inclined to rely on maps to plan their routes.
However, research by the AA found that only 46% of older drivers have been lost in the past year, compared to 82% of drivers aged 18 to 24.
Research carried out in April 2011 by Dr Rosamund Langston, a scientist from the University of Dundee has revealed that drivers are losing their natural sense of direction because they are too reliant on satnav systems. She claims that drivers who keep one eye on the satnav screen rather than looking for familiar signs and reminders are losing their innate ‘caveman’ ability to work out where they are.
The satnav has been described as the Casanova of devices - flashy and good for some things, but not to be relied upon.
What do you use to navigate when driving- road maps or satnav?
Dr Who tube map
We have discussed alterative tube maps before in recent posts, but the latest creation by Crispain Jago has got to be the most creative. Dr Who fans will marvel at Jago’s interactive version of the tube map. Click on the image above for the full Dr Who tube map image.
The map illustrates all your favourite Dr Who at every generation. Each line represents one incarnation of Dr Who. For example, Tom Baker’s time as the doctor is mapped out in Bakerloo brown.
Each station corresponds to a villain encountered by the Doctor.
Each Doctor’s companions are also listed chronologically, and footnote symbols represent assistance from characters such as U.N.I.T. and River Song. Finally, every entry on the map is clickable, leading off to a wiki page about the badie.
Brilliantly geektastic or should we exterminate?
Is it the right way up?
More than half of under 25s would literally be lost if you asked them to read a map, research has claimed.
The fear of eroding our brain cells by relying too much on technology has always been present. Most of us use social network sites to interact with friends, or use online methods for entertainment such as music or gaming. So it comes as no surprise to learn that two-thirds of young adults are unable to read maps due to a reliance on sat-navs.
The MyVoucherCodes.co.uk poll of 1,976 drivers in the age group found that map-reading was alien to 67% of respondents - with sat-nav devices cited for the trend.
In fact, the research claims that young drivers had become completely dependent on their sat-nav systems for getting from A to B - with 83% saying they had one of the devices in their car.
The research suggests a worrying situation for younger drivers when there sat navs fail.
MyVoucherCodes chairman, Mark Pearson, confessed the findings were quite a revelation. “It’s actually quite surprising to find two-thirds of under-25s can’t read a map,” he said. “Whilst sat-nav does take away a lot of the stress associated with trying to find your destination, it doesn’t always take you to the right place. Map reading can be an invaluable skill to have; you never know when you might need it!”
The advent of satellite navigation has certainly added a new dimension to travel, but there is nothing like a good paper map for getting a real feel of where you are and how to get to your destination.
Maps never run out of battery or lose GPS signal at those vital moments.
Will you continue to use sat-navs for their convenience? Or do you believe the map reading skills are just as important?
Gates Foundation Infographic
Want to know more about the efforts being made to end Malaria all over the world? Then check out this great new infographic release by the Gates Foundation.
The Nothing But Nets organisation and the UN Foundation continue to raise awareness about Malaria and are working towards ending malaria deaths by 2015.
Check out the map, the facts and figures, and learn about the work that still needs to be done to end malaria deaths by 2015.
Meril Cullinan of Nothing But Nets has says that more needs to be done to achieve the 2015 target date.
“There’s a lot of useful information in there, and the bottom line is this: We’re making progress in preventing and treating malaria, but together, we can do more”.
Cullinan continues, “More” means different things to each of us – for governments and world leaders, it means making more smart investments to prevent and treat malaria. For scientists, it means more funding and hours in the lab to find a vaccine to prevent malaria. And for people like you and me, “more” means sending more nets to save more lives and spreading the buzz to get our friends and community to join the movement to end malaria.
For more information or to find out how you can help end malaria visit http://www.nothingbutnets.net and http://www.gatesfoundation.org
UK Land Cover Map (LCM)
Scientists have released a digital map showing never seen before details of the vegetation and land-cover types that makes up the British landscape.
By looking at the map we can better understand how the land is being used and how we can manage it more sustainably in the future.
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology on behalf of the Countryside Survey partnership produced the UK Land Cover Map (LCM) and is based on 70 satellite images collected between 2005 and 2008. The new map takes every piece of land in the UK, down to a resolution of 25m, and identifies the habitat there.
Proving our farming history, “improved grassland’ and “arable and horticulture” make up 25% of the UK. While we often hear so much about over population and urbanisation in the UK, it is reassuring to see that our land is still predominantly green.
Click on the map above to expand to a much larger image. Explore the map and let us know what you think.
View our range of British Isles maps here
Maps International Facebook
As you can see we have a brand new layout for our Facebook page, finally!
We are really happy with the new look and we hope you are too! Feel free to leave your comments.
You can ‘Like Us‘at Facebook now. All the latest news, updates, information and exclusive content will be added to our Facebook pages.
Discount on any of our products when you ‘Like Us’
More great news is that we are offering a 5% Discount on your first purchase with us. The discount code is available after you have liked us.
So be sure to follow and like us. Hint..hint.
Visit the Maps International Facebook page here
Take a look at our interactive Map of Wimbledon which pinpoints all the courts where the action in taking place this week. Included is the Wimbledon centre court map as well as all the other courts.
Look closely and you may notice there is no court 13, which was replaced by the new court number 2 in 2009.
Up to date news on this year’s event can be seen here.
Aerial Photography for Mapping
