Monday, March 3, 2008

Coolest Map of the Week

http://www.swisstrains.ch

This map is built atop Google Maps. It simulates where all trains are in Switzerland based on timetables. Since most Swiss trains are decidedly punctilious it works really well. A promised enhancement will tap into onboard GPS, giving real-time, real positioning.


Ah, I want to go back to France! And Geneva, and points beyond.....does anyone have a wheelbarrow filled with Euro I can have?

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2 comments:

Debate Coach said...

Great site once I remembered to look at it with broadband! It gets the imagination going about the future of GPS working with such things in realtime. Would it be like having a fishing sonar? Would it take out some of the "sport" involved?

Fun map anyway.

March 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Debate Coach said...

The 2008 Horizon Report (homework reading for a class) just enlightened me on the concept of a "mashup". This map is one heck of a cool example of one. Find some more!

March 23, 2008 at 9:07 PM

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