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Where is that white Bronco going? Where
did that landslide go?
Dynamic infographics in Google maps with
mobile realtime hotspots that you can
latch your view on to, somewhat like "track
orbit" in Celestia.
Follow progress live on formula one races,
horse races even, sailing events.
Or
maybe historical recreations like
Maghellans voyage, the voyage of the
Beagle, Napoleons journey over the Alps,
the Adenne offensive, Waterloo, D-Day?
Inspired on this idea
GoogleTracks
[Ehrm, Mar 10 2006]
Celestia
http://www.pcworld....9600,RSS,RSS,00.asp
[Ehrm, Mar 10 2006]
Animated News Globe
Animated_20News_20Globe
Nearly redundant with this idea [hippo, Mar 10 2006]
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Would it have a little diagram of a 1930's seaplane arcing its way across the ocean, whenever someone is making a journey to another continent? |
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In fact, it could have several 'stylesheets' applied, if it were done in SVG. One stylesheet could be the above 'Indiana Jones' esque, style. Another could be a '"Dad's Army" opening titles' style of progress. |
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[+] for fitting a ABBA song into this idea. |
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It could follow you around over a period of time and show a dynamic infographic representation of the day before you came. If you wanted members of your family to know where you are, it could display labels, such as "Mum, I'm here". |
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Just figure out how to build fly-throughs in Google Earth, then save and share them. |
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