Melinda and I just watched this great (if also comically old) documentary about the tube map. You should watch it too, and not just for the obvious delight one of the interviewees takes in the word "CockfostersApart from all the graphic design stuff that gets talked about, the biggest thing that struck me watching this was the change in mindset ( Read more... )

A while ago Flickr added a feature allowing users to place their photos on a map. It's quite a cool idea, but it didn't feel quite complete, because actually searching for photos by location never worked all that conveniently. Of course, they've always had tags on photos, but the usefulness of those is limited; searching by a word doesn't help ( Read more... )