We are putting Aberdare Town on the Map … with an Aberdare Town Map and Guide.
There are notes and markers on places of interest in Aberdare Town, including notable landmarks, buildings and public places.
We have photos of most of these public places including the Churches and Chapels of Aberdare, sculptures such as Caradog (see photo on left of this post) and Keir Hardie.
What have we missed and what should we add to an Aberdare Town Map… you decide today. Let us know.
In future we hope to make the map searchable and also give readers the option to choose a type of place, eg. display only markers for all the local pubs and clubs, or churches and chapels......
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We have sailed in the frothy, bubbly blogging seas for too long without any MAPS.
Everything changes this weekened.
Aberdare Blog gives birth to a wee cartographical offering…
The S & M Map of Wales lists all our photos of Sculptures and Monuments from across......
When it was first launched, Virtual Earth from Microsoft was nothing more than a Google maps clone, with older aerial photographs.
Then came the ‘Walk the streets‘ function which was very impressive, but never actually made it into full production and has remained in ‘Preview’ mode and thus still has only limited availability (San Fransisco & Seattle) which makes it untenable.
Finally though, the Microsoft Live development team have come up with something unique and worthwhile. Birds eye view mapping.
Using Virtual Earth, users can now see images from a Birds eye view of most major (and quite a few minor) cities and towns in the UK in their web browsers.
The images are much closer and more detailed than the aerial photography that was used previously...
I'm planning to visit Bilbao next month to watch Wales play football aginst a Basque XI side. As I'm too tight to buy a Rough Guide, I've been looking out for stuff to do and places to visit through websites and blogs. As a Welsh speaker I'm naturally interested in the Basque language (Euskara), so anything like festivals or gigs related to the language are things I'm looking for.While searching, I came across The English Cemetery, a tri-linual blog (in Basque, Spannish and English) by Luistxo.The blog concentrates on technical things mainly, which isn't all that usefull for my trip, but there's links to mapping sites (which are useful) and lots to do with software and localization of websites (which although is over my head, is still interesting):Maps.ask.com: A mapping site like...
