01/22/2008

Google Maps + SimCity = Chinese city maps

shanghaitemp.JPG The Chinese online maps site Edushi.com has an innovative approach to circumvent the Chinese government’s control over the public use of high-res satellite imagery. The result? Google Maps meets SimCity. Check out this Shanghai city map for instance:

http://sh.edushi.com

Whether the manifestation is informative and of high usability is debatable, but no one can deny its attraction. Note the McDonald’s and KFC shortcut buttons on the right – the wonders/plights of globalization… Where’s Panda Express?

Fang-Yu Lin

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Pinny Cohen:

This fits right in with the Chinese/Japanese style of animated images.

Posted by Pinny Cohen | January 24, 2008 11:30 AM

Posted on January 24, 2008 11:30

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