Today the French voted in the final and decisive round of the Parliament elections.You can view the results live, as they are announced this evening, on this Google Map, Google Politique et Elections. The map is color-coded, so it is easy to tell at a glance how each political party has performed.Users can click on individual electoral areas on the map to view the results in that region. It is also possible to click on the political party names in the map sidebar to view how that party has performed throughout the country.
iSpot is a website aimed at helping anyone identify anything in nature.Users can add observations of animals or plants they have spotted to the iSpot website and if necessary request help in identification. Observations added to iSpot can include a photograph and/or a description of the observation.The iSpot Observations Map allows users to browse the submitted observations by location, taxonomy and by habitat.
Roadtrip Mixtape is a great way to create a play list for a road-trip containing only music by artists that are from the area you are traveling through. Drive through Boston and you might hear Aerosmith or Donna Summer. Drive through New Orleans and you might hear Lil Wayne or Dr. John.To use the application you just need to add the starting point of your journey and your destination. Your journey is then displayed on a Google Map. Each leg of the journey is represented on the map by a green marker.If you click on a marker you can view a list of local artists from that stage of the journey. If you select 'Play this leg' you can listen to the music for that leg of the journey. If you are a Rdio subscriber you will hear the full songs, if not, you can listen to 30 second samples.
The World of Mapcraft is a Google Map of the game world used in World of Warcraft. The map includes the new zones added as part of the Cataclysm expansion.A lot of work has obviously gone into World of Mapcraft and it includes maps of not only Azeroth, Outland, Vash'jir and Deepholm but Battleground maps, Dungeon maps and Raid maps.If you are interested in how the map was created there is a very detailed explanation here. You can alos view the source code on Github.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a Jeep parked on your front drive? Thanks to Google Maps Street View and Jeep - The Ultimate Search Engine you can create a virtual snapshot of your house with a Jeep Grand Cherokee parked outside.To create your own virtual snapshot just enter your address into the Jeep - Ultimate Search Engine. You can then view an animation of a Jeep falling through the sky (using Google Maps satellite view) onto your street.After the Street View of your house loads you can drag and position the Jeep anywhere in the Street View image. You can rotate the Jeep in 3d, adjust its scale and even choose what color of Jeep you desire.If you are Australian you could even win a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Every photo created with the application, between 16th May 2012 and 4th July 2012, will be entered into a draw to win a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo.
