13 Mapping and Mashups

One application within the RMIT context would be to combine maps (perhaps street view provided by Google) whith a link showing RMIT pdf campus maps together with Blackboard applications showing the location of a particular lecture. As a student I had to travelled between campuses and buildings so the idea of a lecture timetable being linked to a visual location could help students find their lecture theatre or other location around RMIT more easily. It would work on the principle of the dance classes in the US: http://dancemaps.googlemashups.com/


http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/360-tuscany
Information and panoramic photos of places to visit in Tuscany, including Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Elba and San Gimignano. Interactive maps of areas of Tuscany with preset zoom levels and tourist information.

http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/ask-500-people
Real-time polling mashup. People can ask questions and watch the answers come in real-time, with geographic locations.
Do people really have time to ask this kind of questions?


http://www.programmableweb.com/api/google-maps/mashups
From there I chose Paris:

http://paris.360cities.net/fs.html?loc=Autumn-sun-in-Jardin-du-Luxembourg-Paris.p36
I used to cross le jardin du Luxembourg on my way to school. For an instant I'm back in Paris....