RAC Route Planner - Virtual Earth

RAC Route Planner - Virtual Earth


New Route Planner from the RAC

Based on MultiMap (Integrated in Virtual Earth) Mapping across the United Kingdom.

Lots of Points of Interest available including Wifi hotspots and Live Traffic Alerts

Example Route (Click Large Map)
http://route.rac.co.uk/routeplanner.cgi?jsOption=true&lang=en_gb&qs_1=London&countryCode_1=GB&qs_2=Southampton&countryCode_2=GB&PlanSubmit.x=24&PlanSubmit.y=12&rtype=true&rpref=true&maptype=interactive


The added bonus is that you can calculate your carbon footprint base on the type of transport you are taking by road.

Weather information is also available for that area (users might have to click zoom in on the weather panel to see the weather - this would be even better on the map itself with an option to switch it off.)

Overall straightforward and quick results make this another useful mapping/routing website.

Google UK Carbon Footprint Project Map

Google UK Carbon Footprint Project Map



Google Aims
"Google aims to help people find information that matters to them quickly and easily. Through the UK Carbon Footprint Project we make information on calculating and reducing your carbon footprint, as well as information on climate change in the UK, easily accessible to everyone"

The project enables you to calculate your carbon footprint, choose personalised carbon-reducing actions and compare your footprint and actions to those of others around the country by placing yourself on the Google UK Carbon Footprint Map.

The Map

Use the Google UK Carbon Footprint Map to find resources and facts about the UK’s carbon emissions and climate change. They have worked with partners to create special layers for the map which will show information such as recycling rates of local councils, heat map images of famous buildings, where your nearest recycling points are and predicted future weather under different carbon emission scenarios.

The map also shows everyone taking part across the country, making it easy to see how individual actions add up to make a difference. The constantly updated project statistics will show how many people are taking part and the total carbon saved. To show the real impact of what is achieved, the carbon saving will be compared to carbon emissions of places across the country, effectively "wiping out" the carbon emissions of towns and cities.

Questions your be asked on your impact.

For Schools (Carbon Footprint Projects)

• Carbon Detectives
• Carbon Control
• Small Actions = Big Change
• Carbon Game

If everyone does there bit - it might just work.