Maps #32 Current Events

Now that we are done doing our own maps we're done. *Dusts off hands* Alright lets move o...Wait there's more? Of course there is! You don't think I'd let you off that easy now would you. ;)

Now what else can we do with google maps? Well alot! Think of how you made your own map with your special places of interest. Now think about what other people can do with just a little more elbow grease. You still don't understand what I'm talking about well then here's a question. Have you ever wanted to see the 7 wonders of the world? You can and can do it interactively with google maps.

Here's a webpage to show exactly that:

http://coolmaps.7wonders.googlepages.com/ancientwonders.html

Or have you ever wondered how it would be to take a little trip as a package? You can follow a package that you've sent or by a online retailer to you as long as you have a tracking number. It will show you a map through google and show you the different destinations the package travels as it travels.

Here is that website (Registration Required):

http://www.packagemapping.com/

Also here an image I liked and so decided to post on it. It's Alcatraz a prison over water.:

http://www.terraserver.com/view.asp?cx=550746&cy=4186756&proj=32610&mpp=1&pic=img&prov=gx19&stac=2743&ovrl=-1&drwl=-1



A couple of things I didn't know about Alcatraz:

• There were no female correctional officers or inmates in Alcatraz
• Prisoners remained on Alcatraz until they were no longer considered to be disruptive or incorrigible - an average of 8 to 10 years.
• There were no executions on Alcatraz, although there were five suicide and eight murders.