tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145116402024-03-07T22:37:09.329-08:00Embed maps with TagzaniaTagging the planet with <a href="http://www.tagzania.com">Tagzania.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-50286637771225463212009-03-17T04:38:00.000-07:002009-03-17T04:40:26.304-07:00Tagzania blogFollow <a title="Tagzania blog" href="http://www.tagzania-blog.com/en">Tagzania's news</a> in this new blog. We also have an Spanish version of the <a title="Blog de Tagzania" href="http://www.tagzania-blog/es">Tagzania blog</a>.Mikel L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793023576535691240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-69163909084632372092007-05-23T08:40:00.000-07:002007-05-23T08:50:30.523-07:00Angelina Jolie's tattoo mapAngelina Jolie has geographical coordinates tattoed on her arm! <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/angelina_jolie.html">Look at those</a>! And, well, here's the corresponding map.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/tagzania/jolie#t=m" height="420px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/tagzania/jolie">Angelina Jolie's tattoo map</a></small><br /><br />Each place marks the birthplace of each of <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=14615">Angelina's four children</a>. The latest addition has been this year, so it seems the list might keep growing. Three of the children are adopted, but #3 is the biological son of Angelina and Brad Pitt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-69589153678113490092007-05-11T05:50:00.000-07:002007-05-11T05:58:00.047-07:00Diving in Bunaken National Park in IndonesiaBeautiful creatures live in Bunaken National Park, in the Sulawesi islands of Indonesia: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielguip/465852246/">Chromodoris annae</a>, <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielguip/485066209/in/set-72157600091281908/">Premnas biaculeatus</a>, an unidentified <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielguip/478944475/">Nudibranch</a>...<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/danielguip/bunaken" height="420px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/danielguip/bunaken">Bunaken diving sites - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />The diving sites where <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielguip/sets/72157600091281908/">those great pictures</a> were taken have been mapped by the photographer himself.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-3298206733497892742007-05-07T00:42:00.000-07:002007-05-07T00:46:03.986-07:00Marathon of PraguePrague Marathon will be on Sunday, May 13, 2007. Start will be 9 a.m. from Old Town Square (Staroměstské nám). Finish will be at the Old Town Square after 42,195 m. Time Limit: 6 hours. <br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/fiz/Prague#t=m" height="700px" width="700px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/fiz/Prague">Prague Marathon map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />Combinations of points and lines/routes are now possible on Tagzania's users' and tag based maps.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-23359170334127656142007-05-04T21:22:00.000-07:002007-05-04T21:30:57.402-07:00Streets of BangkokJust as Chinese is visible in the <a href="http://tagzania.blogspot.com/2007/04/streets-of-taiwan.html">streets of Taipei</a>, there's also <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/tag/bangkok">Bangkok</a> and the whole of Thailand, with its streets and roads mapped in the Thai alphabet.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/20985#t=m&s=17" height="430px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/20985">Ekamai Train and Bus Station Bangkok map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />This is around Ekamai Train and Bus Station Bangkok, from where you can catch destinations all over Thailand: Pattaya, Rayong, Setahip, Sriracha, Ban Pae...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-25906228020160997952007-04-29T22:26:00.000-07:002007-04-29T22:37:09.280-07:00Streets of TaiwanGoogle Maps and the map views of Tagzania now have streetplans and roadmaps for a new set of countries, and Taiwan is among them. So, street names in Chinese now as here, around the Taipei 101 building, one of the biggest skyscrappers in the world.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/15492#t=m&s=16" height="430px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/15492">Taipei 101 map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />It's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese">Traditional Chinese</a>, what we see there, the set of characters used in Taiwan. In mainland China, they use the so called Simplied Chinese. There are no Google Maps with streetplans for the People's Republic of China, although one specific Chinese Google service, <a href="http://ditu.google.com">ditu.google.com</a> , has plans of several cities.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1362947718638053852007-04-25T04:24:00.000-07:002007-04-25T04:37:30.417-07:00Bombing of GuernicaThe bombing of Guernica (Gernika is the Basque name) was an aerial attack on April 26, 1937, 70 years ago during the Spanish Civil War. The raid resulted in widespread destruction and civilian death in the Republican held town of Guernica, Basque Country.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/route/46095" height="350px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/route/46095">Bombing of Gernika - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />The attack was carried by planes of the German Luftwaffe "Condor Legion" and subordinate Italian Fascists from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie expeditionary force organized as Aviazione Legionaria. They took part in the Spanish war on the side of the rebel nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/route/46050#t=m" height="480px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/route/46050">Path of the Condor Legion attacking Gernika - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />The bombing captured the eye of the international press mainly by a report by journalist <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/200303240039">George Steer</a>, who wrote for The Times of London.<br /><br />More information on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Guernica">Wikipedia.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-79154500361301739282007-04-23T02:39:00.000-07:002007-04-23T02:43:06.362-07:00Tornado season 2007Map with the latest deadly tornados recorded in the southeast US, with their exact locations.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/TornadoObserver_7591#t=m" height="430px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/TornadoObserver_7591">Tornado Observer map - Tagzania</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-48010672825987523522007-04-16T13:04:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:09:39.670-07:00Map of the massacre at Virginia TechThe shooting at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia has reportedly left over 31 people dead, including the gunman. There were two incidents of shootings, in two distinct halls of the campus, featured in this map:<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/tagzania/tech-v#t=m" height="390px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/tag/tech-v">Shootings in Virginia Tech map - Tagzania</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-78185792417079247182007-04-16T04:00:00.000-07:002007-04-16T04:05:07.155-07:00The Marathon of MadridThe Madrid Marathon will be on April 22. Expect a tough (many hills) but great run - wide, traffic-free roads; superbly marshaled and tons of bottles of water and sponges.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/route/45601/#t=m" height="550px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/route/45601">Madrid Marathon map - Tagzania</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-28550584235326408992007-04-03T02:05:00.000-07:002007-04-03T02:06:56.989-07:00The Ninth Yard of New Orleans, devastatedNew Orleans, devastated by Katrina months after the hurricane. Google has released hi-resolution imagery from 2006.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/46381#t=s&s=19" height="450px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/46381">Lower Ninth Yard, New Orleans map - Tagzania</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-65838297740355577392007-04-02T04:37:00.000-07:002007-04-02T04:39:19.895-07:00The Moscow Kremlin mapThe <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Kremlin">Moscow Kremlin</a> (Russian: Московский Кремль) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), St. Basil's Cathedral (often mistaken by westerners as the Kremlin) and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west).<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/svetico/kremlin?n=200" height="400px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/svetico/kremlin">Kremlin map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />Tagzania user Svetico has tagged he area extensively and in detail, marking the most important elements of the complex.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-14042562676118563862007-03-30T04:59:00.000-07:002007-03-30T05:03:08.547-07:00Monarch butterfly migration pathFrom the wintering sanctuary in Michoacan to US areas. Eastern populations are scattered during summer in the US, but they gather mostly in those Michoacan woods.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/route/45643/#t=m" height="470px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/route/45643/">Monarch butterfly migration map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />Now routes can be drawn in Tagzania, long as this one, or <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/route/45732">shorter ones</a>. Try it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-65470400973305584372007-03-02T07:44:00.000-08:002007-03-02T07:51:16.086-08:00Korrika 15Korrika 15, <a href="http://karrajua.org/blog/benito/korrika2_0">Benitok Karrajuan egin duen proposamenetik</a> abiatuta, Tagzania puntuz betetzera doa Euskal Herrian. Erabiltzaileen artean dikotomia apur bat dago. Batzuk <span style="font-style:italic;">korrika15 </span>eta besteak <span style="font-style:italic;">korrika </span>etiketa ari baitira erabiltzen. Mapa honek korrika etiketa erakusten du.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/tag/korrika?n=200#t=m" height="400px" width="800px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/tag/korrika">Korrika 2007</a></small><br /><br /><a href="http://www.korrika.org">Korrika </a>is a race in favor of Basque language.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1165410715879802552006-12-06T05:11:00.000-08:002006-12-06T05:11:56.380-08:00Skiing or surfingSkiing time in the northern hemisphere. There are lots of resorts and <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/tag/ski">places to ski</a> tagged at Tagzania, but not all of them show snow in the satellite views. Imagery has been collected throughout the year, obviously. However, here's one of those skiing resorts in the European Alps, covered by white snow:<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/9969/tag/ski#s=15" height="300px" width="450px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/9969/tag/ski">Sestriere map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />If you prefer warmer holidays, turn to the southern hemisphere. Look at <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/tag/south-africa+surf">surfing spots in South Africa</a>, for instance. Beautiful waves are visible in many of those places, as here:<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/32529#s=16" height="300px" width="450px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/32529/tag/surf">Richards Bay map - Tagzania</a></small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1164987495701775842006-12-01T07:33:00.000-08:002006-12-01T07:38:18.046-08:00Places in London where Litvinenko's traces have been foundA map for a <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6561756">developing story: the death of former Russian agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in London</a>, due, apparently, to polonium-210 poisoning. Twelve places in London show traces of radioactive contamination now, most around the West End area.<br><br><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/user/tagzania/litvinenko%2Bwestend#t=m" height="300px" width="400px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/tagzania/litvinenko%2Bwestend">Polonium map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />These places in London and around <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/tagzania/litvinenko">have been searched</a> and <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/tagzania/litvinenko+polonium">polonium has been found on several of those places</a>, including Litvinenko's home in Muswell Hill, and both hospitals in which he was treated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1163882129928213542006-11-18T12:28:00.000-08:002006-11-18T12:35:29.936-08:00Sort means LuckSort (Pop. 2,113) is a town in Catalonia, Spain. It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Pallaresa. The word <span style="font-style:italic;">sort </span>is Catalan for "luck". The Sort-based lottery shop La Bruixa d'Or ("The Golden Witch") has taken advantage of the town's name to promote itself both within Spain (attracting business from around the country) and over the Internet, selling Spanish Christmas Lottery tickets all over the world.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/30911#t=m&s=7" height="300px" width="400px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/30911">El Gordo, Spanish Lottery map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />The Spanish Christmas Lottery (Sorteo de Navidad) is a national lottery game organized every year since 1812. As measured by the total prize payout, the Christmas Lottery is considered the biggest lottery worldwide. In 2005, if all of the tickets were sold, the total amount payout of prizes would be worth more than 2.023 billion Euros, which is 70% of the total revenues of ticket sales. The total amount of all prizes of the first category, called El Gordo ("the fat one") was 510 million Euros, which was distributed among 170 winning tickets (billetes) that won 3 million each.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1163484406669936802006-11-13T21:53:00.000-08:002006-11-13T22:06:46.680-08:00Tech conferences in SpainIf you organise a conference, you expect that most people attending are from other cities. Embedding a map to show venues and points of interests for attendants is a good way to illustrate the location of the conference at the official website.<br /><br />Several upcoming conferences in Spain have chosen Tagzania to show maps on their sites. <a href="http://eventoblog.com/">Evento Blog España 2006</a> is a big blogging conference in <a href="http://eventoblog.com/info/donde">Seville </a>next weekend (nov 17-19). On nov 16 & 17, in Madrid, the <a href="http://nlp.uned.es/mavir/">Mavir Conference on Languages Technologies for the World Wide Web</a> will be held in a couple of university <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/user/vitojph/mavir">locations</a>.<br /><br />Finally, the second <a href="http://www.alfabetizaciontecnologica.es/english/index.php">International Congress of Technological Literacy</a> will be held in <a href="http://www.alfabetizaciontecnologica.es/english/palacio.php">Badajoz, in a great new convention center there</a> (nov 29-dec 1).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1162365865322929462006-10-31T23:20:00.000-08:002006-10-31T23:24:25.333-08:00Biggest Monopoly game on EarthThe biggest monopoly on Earth? Who knows, but the biggest <span style="font-style:italic;">Monopoly game</span> on Earth is at a park at San Jose, California.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/28689#t=s&s=19&ct=0&cs=0" height="300px" width="400px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/28689">Monopoly in the Park map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />Visit the <a href="http://www.monopolyinthepark.com/">website </a>for more information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511640.post-1162270846121583942006-10-30T20:56:00.000-08:002006-10-30T21:00:46.130-08:00Japan at maximum map detailThe <a href="http://www.tagzania.com/blog/news/maximum-map-resolution-available-for-japan">new levels of map resolution</a> available for Japan let you embed astonishing maps.<br /><br /><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.tagzania.com/paste/item/28577#t=m&s=19" height="570px" width="500px" frameborder="0">tagzaniapaste</iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.tagzania.com/item/28577">Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel map - Tagzania</a></small><br /><br />We'll begin posting examples of this feature of Tagzania at this blog: pasting or embedding maps in blogs and websites at large.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0