The Google Maps of the Week

The Google Maps of the Week: This week I was really impressed by the idea behind Dynamische Verbindunge, a crowdsourced Google Map assessing the bicycle friendliness of Berlin's streets.
The map developed by BMW Guggenheim Lab will hopefully be used to help build Berlin's future bicycle network.










The map allows Berliners to rate Berlin's roads for their bicycle friendliness and to view a
crowdsourced assessment of Berlin's streets. It is possible to view all
the streets that are thought to be bicycle friendly, all those that
are deemed to be bicycle unfriendly, where 'safe
crossings' are located, 'streets where the action is', and 'happy' and 'stressed
streets'.





PeakFinder allows users to generate a 360° panoramic sketch naming all the visible peaks and hills in view from any location. PeakFinder isn't the first horizon plan creator we've featured on Google Maps Mania but it still doesn't fail to impress.







To create a panorama users just need to select the required location
using a Google Map. After the location is selected PeakFinder creates a a
360° panoramic sketch of the view from that location. Users can zoom in
and pan the panorama.





Finally, Weavrs
is an interesting new website that allows you to set up fictional
alter egos (Weavrs) that you can set lose to live a virtual life. Once
you have created your fictional alter egos you can then follow them on
social media and Google Maps.

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