the future motorbike drivers might soon be exciting as LiveMap is looking to fund a project that would bring built-in navigation and augmented reality into helmets.
the motorbike helmet, which is currently listed on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, comes with technology and features so powerful only fighter pilots currently have access and is backed up by the Moscow Department of Science.
so we can all imagine a motorbike helmet with Google Map, right? 🙂
read more [www.mashable.com]
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Google Maps “My Location” Shows You the Indoors
Google Maps has just released a new feature called, “My Location.” it shows you as a blue dot on the map hence helps you walk the right direction or guide you while hiking an unfamiliar trail. not only that, Google Maps now also offers indoor tracking for Android users!
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see more [googleblog.blogspot.com]
Google Engineer Proposes to Girlfriend using Google Maps
this could give the romantic PINOYs an idea how to use technology when proposing to their chosen ones, see how Google software engineer Ari Gilder used Google Maps to direct his girlfriend around New York en route to her prize, a wedding proposal.
Ari Gilder orchestrated the “ultimate romantic scavenger hunt” for his girlfriend, Faigy, to ask for her hand in marriage.
“I recently decided to propose to my girlfriend, Faigy. I knew I wanted to do something meaningful and —yes—a little over the top, so I decided to put my software engineering skills to work to create the ultimate romantic scavenger hunt. On the road to ‘The Big Question,’ I wanted Faigy to visit places around New York City that were filled with memories of our relationship. My plan was to construct a map of the route and get my girlfriend from one destination to the next, all with the element of surprise. Google Maps gave me the tools I needed to make the magic happen.” said Gilder via Google Blog.
now if you know any better PINOY (geeky) marriage proposals, who could beat this story, just post it here! 🙂
Filipino Wins Google Map Maker Global Competition
google blurs street views
due to privacy complaints, google has blurred or totally removed some of it’s best street view shots. google street view is a feature in google maps, where a 360 view of a place can be seen.
it’s a quite kewl since you can pan and rotate your view as if you’re there.
some however clamor that showing faces of ordinary people can be quite invasive…
read more [i.gizmodo.com]
putting Philippines in the map

i also found an alternative site you can add google maps via http://mapmaker.donkeymagic.co.uk. ‘thought this would be good to further promote the country especially to tourists more so to PINOYs who lived abroad and haven’t been to the country (like my cousins). ‘thought having them see what our country like (even via google’s satellite view) they would know not everything in our postcards are coconuts and beaches! haha
let’s all work hand in hand in putting the country in the map!