Goollery and creative uses of Google Maps
Goollery is a collection of great Google related projects from people around the world. Here I want to share with you just some creative uses of Google Maps.
Real Time Twitter Trendmaps: Trendsmap.com is a real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world. Users can visualize and follow conversations on a local and global level. Users can click on a trend and follow the conversation in real-time.
Stweet: Mashup geo-coded mobile tweets with StreetView or Maps so that you can see where other people are twittering from.
Uniqlo Fashion Map: Interactive website acts as a fashion map of Tokyo. The site allows users to visit the various districts of the city and “meet” it’s inhabitants- even being able to buy what they are wearing. The Parka Campaign features 1,000 men and women, all adding their own unique touches to the ubiquitous parka - culminating in a video montage of the jacket being passed from one part of the city to the other. By Uniqlo and Graffiti Magazine’s ‘Tokyo Graffiti’ publication, Tokyo.
Make History: September 11th: Make History captures September 11th through Google streetview to show photos and how those areas look today. Built with Google app engine. By the National September 11th Memorial & Museum in partnership with design firm Local Projects. Users can Create a virtual memorial to 9/11 using Street View imagery and layers of digital storytelling.
MONOPOLY City Streets – A live global game of MONOPOLY using Google Maps as the game board. Own any street across the world and play to become the richest property magnate ever. The inspiration from MONOPOLY City Streets was taken from their latest game board, MONOPOLY City. MONOPOLY wanted to bring the updated game play to life in a unique way and a new game was born.
There are lots of creative uses of Google product on Goollery. Take a look and see if it sparks some creative ideas for your campaigns.