ViaMichelin Maps - Speed Camera Data

ViaMichelin Maps - Speed Camera Data

ViaMichelin has had traffic information available across most of Europe for several months now.
Their Blog seems a little dated. So here is a little update.



Speed camera data is now available as an additional overlay - this data can be useful when overlaying the traffic data. The data for speed cameras is fairly up-to-date (apart from Swindon)
note: mobile 'safety' cameras are not mapped.



Other Geo-related (loosly) news:

ViaMichelin GPS Products


includes
Points of Interest:
Hotel and restaurant recommendations from the Michelin Guide, tourist locations from the Michelin Green Guide and thousands of useful and practical addresses throughout Europe

Safety Camera Locations: UK version or European version featuring Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Liechtestein, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain & United Kingdom.

MP3 Player for AudioTours (see below)

http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/GPS/htm/nav/gps.htm

ViaMichelin Local (geo-advertising)
Geolocated advertising for the tourism and leisure sector is now available.
http://local.viamichelin.com/?langue_choisie=en

ViaMichelin Geo-Tourism
This includes 'Green-Guides' and AudioTours
http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Tourisme
http://www.zevisit.com/NEWSVIAMICHELINUS/US/newsletter.html

Via Michelin Revamp (Maps, Routes & Photo's)

Via Michelin Revamp (Maps, Routes & Photo's)


Lot of new content availble in Via Michelin Maps - Speed Cameras, Traffic Incidents, Parking and Weather available across Europe.


Full routing (Directions) right across Europe - France to Turkey in this case.


GPS users can send themselves routes (directions) six different types are supported.
Note the good selection of alternative routes - sightseeing, economical quickest, shortest, pedestrian and bike.
Different types of automobiles (with caravan etc) and fuel cost calculator.
Display Hotels, Restaurant and Tourist site on-route.

Very impressive revamp from Via Michelin - the more you look the more there is with this site.


PhotoExplorer is currently in Labs (beta) with Via Michelin but looks familiar to the panorama layer google maps has (but it is Via Michelin own content).
more labs products:
http://labs.viamichelin.com/


Via Michelin is available in many more languages (Click the Flag Icon at anytime)
Native is French - http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/fra/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm

ViaMichelin API Geocodes UK Addresses

ViaMichelin API Geocodes UK Addresses



Works like other Mapping API's out there but is more specific to the European user

This Geocoder Requests a UK address and returns the lat and lng in an 'alert'

Yes a bit manual at present, but if your a dab good at Javascript - you can add the map element request an address and have it return on the map.

ViaMichelin API Map Features:

• Michelin's high quality maps on-line
  
• Driving Directions with 7 types of itinerary : ‘recommended by Michelin’, ‘shortest’, ‘quickest’, ‘economical’, ‘scenic’, ‘on foot’, ‘by bike’.


• Assure a seamless integration with your site’s look and feel by customizing the colour, opacity and stroke width of the itinerary path displayed on the ViaMichelin map.


• A proximity and booking search engine, unique in Europe, integrates over 40,000 hotels


• Checking address and geocoding for exceptional accuracy


• Implemented entirely in JavaScript, a simple, standard technology!

If you like this you can sign up (free) to use this service

Thanks to http://www.renalid.com/ (in French)

More information on the ViaMichelin Blog

(ViaMichelin is a subsidiary of Michelin)

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