"The Big Apple on the Mumbles"

"The Big Apple on the Mumbles" - Map Text (errors)

View map of Mumbles, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, SA3 5 on Multimap.com
Get directions to or from Mumbles, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, SA3 5

"The Big Apple on the Mumbles" is an admitted 'software' error...

"Microsoft has said a technical glitch was responsible for the unusual road name
It is a quirky landmark well know to visitors to Mumbles near Swansea. "
BBC News(Wales)

"A spokesman for Microsoft said it was a minor technical issue with its mapping software but that maps were updated regularly and it would be amended."

"The Big Apple kiosk at the entrance to Bracelet Bay has stood near Mumbles Pier for decades - selling ice cream, refreshments and buckets and spades during the summer. "

Source & More Info:BBC News

Multimap - Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Mapping Available

Multimap - Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Mapping Available

update 26/01/2009 11.36am: from the forum link below- there has just been a reply from Multimap:

"We've worked with OS to get the data which features in the OS OpenSpace API (such as the 1:50k Landranger maps), also published in the Open API. Unfortunately, the 1:25k Explorer maps are not currently available through OpenSpace, so we can't currently make them available in a product such as the Open API. We can however make them available through our commercial API product (Multimap API)."
Julian Skeels, Senior Program, Manager Multimap

Come on Ordnance Survey free up your data! before your sold by the treasury...

“A STRING of state-owned household names including the Met Office, mapmaker Ordnance Survey and the Forestry Commission, are being prepared for sale by the government in the next two years to raise cash for the stretched public purse. ”
source:
James Ashton - The Times (November 23, 2008)


Finally 1:25,000 [Explorer] Mapping is available online for viewing and printing thanks to Multimap (Microsoft cash injection?).

This is the best overall mapping product Ordnance Survey produce for leisure tourism activities in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).

View map of Malvern, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England, WR14 4 on Multimap.com
Get directions to or from Malvern, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England, WR14 4

[RSS Readers cannot show the embedded map so please visit http://mapperz.blogspot.com/ to see the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Mapping embedded in the blog - thanks]

Now users can see official public footpaths, more detailed contours, field boundaries etc.

This beats the only other current accessible service from Ordnance Survey 'Get a Map' service hands down.

Available Multimap Open API? No (currently - see comments & update)
Is this available in the MultiMap API? Yes
Possibly, with an experienced developer would be able create a workaround to switch the tiles when the map zoom scale is higher than 16. (this has been done! borderline with ToS)
Though it would be adviseable to wait and see if Multimap updated thier documentation on the Open API
*note the updated red notations (need to be dated) these have been like this for a while now.

Legend
A full legend of all the map symbols and representations
http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/leisure/tscontent/products/os/explorer/symbols/25k_English_Legend_March08.pdf

Tile Source Structure.
http://mc2.tiles-cdn.multimap.com/ptiles/map/mi932/16/031313/100323/232.png
(does allow access to the raster png files but not recommended to do direct access to them as likely to be breaking multimap terms and conditions and ordnance survey copyright).

Source and a good question
http://forums.multimap.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=165

Official Blog Post
http://blog.multimap.com/2009/01/21/os-explorer-maps-on-multimapcom/

MultiMap adds OSNI Maps

MultiMap Adds OSNI Maps

View map of Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK on Multimap.com
Get directions to or from Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland(OSNI)
Similar to the Ordnance Survey 50k Rasters

Also added are:

Multimap have recently released new street level maps for countries in the Middle East. The countries are:

• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Oman (limited coverage)
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• UAE

Source:

http://blog.timwarr.net/

Embed Multimap Maps - New

Embed Multimap Maps - New

Multimap have announced via the Microsoft LiveSide that it is now possible to embed Multimaps in your own websites and blogs.


View map of Greater London on Multimap.com
Birds Eye view of Greater London on Multimap.com

Get directions to or from Greater London on Multimap.com

The above map is the new service of embedding multimap maps.

What is New?

• We [Multimap] launched a new service for small businesses, personal websites and hobbyists this week.
• The service, available for free from Multimap.com, provides a single line of HTML to cut and paste into a web page.
• The user gets a slippy map in a choice of map styles (TeleAtlas, Ordnance Survey and Barts) or aerial for anywhere in the world (US included, using VE maps and aerial).
• The pasted HTML includes four hyperlinks back to Multimap.com:
  1. See this location on Multimap (for a bigger map, POI, business listings, etc)
  2. See this location in Birds Eye
  3. Get directions to this location
  4. Get directions from this location
• The service is limited to 50,000 transactions per year (which we track) and cannot be used for internal apps (eg BI, CRM)

1. 50,000 transactions a year is not very many, would be better if this was a week or a day.
2. 4 hyperlinks seems to be overkill... 1 or 2 would look better.


Can you embed Multimaps maps? Yes but Multimaps FAQ has yet to be updated.

"No. Licensing restrictions imposed by our data suppliers mean that users are not permitted to display the maps within their own website - even if the user is linking to our website behind the image. However, maps without our advertising or branding are available for a fee. Please see our Business Services section for more information on our mapping options."
http://www.multimap.com/help/#aq64

Source:
http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/10/16/virtual-earth-get-a-multimap-map-on-your-site-for-free.aspx

Don't want to embed the Multimap have a tiny url creator - for the map above
http://www.multimap.com/s/Ap27JczF