Tag: Google maps | Apartment Therapy

Final Frame The Urban Cursor

The Urban Cursor is both art and furniture on wheels, providing seating and equipped with a built-in GPS tracker so you can follow its location at Google Maps...even if you're just moving it from the ...

HP Incorporates Widgets Into Photosmart Printer

We just purchased a GPS unit, but prior we've had the habit of using Google Maps and printing out directions whenever we head out somewhere new (which is often, due to our love of roadtrips). Looks li...

Use a Little Leg Work to Find Undoctored Apartment Photos

When you're shopping around for a new apartment, the internet can be an invaluable resource for finding deals and giving you photos to help narrow down your search......

MakeUseOf's Lesser-Known Google Maps Features

Some of you might me Google Maps aficionados that are already hip to the tips and tricks that get your from point A to point B more easily. But for those of us still learning the ropes, MakeUseOf.com ...

Final Frame: You Have Arrived

This 3-D Google Maps marker of wood, fabric and paper is a public art installation by German artist Aram Bartholl. Via Web Urbanist...

Topography to Typography

Now this is what I would call the unplggd equivalent to the modern classics alphabet poster and Ohdeedoh's nursery friendly embroidered alphabet and DIY alphabet poster. 6 months and a lot of patience...

This is Possibly the First 17th c. Swordfight on Google Maps.
Possibly.

Google Maps has a lot of great potential to help you with little life-and-home-related tasks. We've already seen it used to help you map out an efficient array of solar panels and to find the optimal ...

Wii and Google Maps: Run on the Street From the Comfort of Your Home

The Nintendo Wii has been an absolute success due to the fact that pretty much anyone can walk into a room and play. From young children to senior citizens it seems to have something for everyon...

Using Google Maps to Map Out Solar Panels

Installing solar panels on your home is one of the smartest things you can do, but it's also costly -- even if you're using Ikea's upcoming solar sheets. Finding out after the fact that you've instal...

Petitition to Google: Add "Bike There" Directions to Maps

We're huge advocates of biking. Unless you're going to Ikea, there really is no excuse not to bike to your next destination. In busy metropolitan cities it ends up taking less time to bike than it do...