London 2012 Olympic Progress Map

London 2012 Olympic Progress Map


A little busy in places but gives a clear indication on the progress of the building of the Olympic Venues

"There is such an opportunity here. It would be superb if you could include photos uploaded to sites such as flickr, the image-sharing website."
why not?

The Interactive Map
http://www.london2012.com/in-your-area/map/index.php
*Tip as this is based in Flash - right click and select 'Go Full Screen'

Firebug tells the developer there is an underlying API for the Map
http://data.map.london2012.com/


Timeline at the bottom
"timeline so visitors can see milestones in the project, and live webcams of construction sites"

Source: This is London

BBC Olympic and Paralympic Heroes Parade Map

BBC Olympic and Paralympic Heroes Parade Map
(A BBC first to report a live event using mapping tools)


BBC has created a map showing the route of the parade using the Microsoft Virtual Earth API.
The line on the map marks the route the parade will take, from Mansion House to Trafalgar Square.

The procession leaves Mansion House at 1100 BST (so the map will hopefully be updating shortly after that time)

Ollie Williams created this map with the intention for people who cannot attend the parade and will be uploading images live from the parade so the map will have more content during today.

"If you're not going, you can use the map to follow instant photo and text updates from points along the route."

"It's clever stuff, and it allows us to tell the story of events in a complex, live, graphic environment for the first time."

A mobile phone camera with built in GPS and Flickr and ShoZu websites will be used.

More on how the map and content is going to be created and used here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/10/mapping_the_olympic_parade.html

BBC Sport's Olympic Map Released

update in blue (see below)
BBC Sport's Olympic Map Released


BBC Sport has a nice custom maps using Microsoft Virtual Earth.
Image Source:Firefox screenshot of BBC Sport's Olympic Map

BBC Sport's Olympic map for the 2008 Beijing Games.

How to use the map Yellow sport icons indicate venues Click to find out more about a venue Blue icons indicate landmarks Click to find out more about places in Beijing Red icons indicate blog posts Click to read an Olympics blog post Green icons are Twitter posts Click for an update from a BBC journalist Image Source:BBC Sport

There are more than 30 venues in Beijing.
Sailing in Qingdao on China's north-east coast.
Equestrian sports in Hong Kong, to the south.

Clicking different icons allows to find more information about venues.

• Find out more about the 37 Chinese Olympic venues

• Read articles from journalists on BBC Sport's Olympics blog

• Read Twitter updates from BBC Sport's journalists in China

The BBC would like feedback...
We would like to hear your feedback on our Olympic map - you can leave your comments on BBC Sport's Olympics blog.

This Map was created using the Virtual Earth API and Custom Maps added using MapCruncher.
If you are interested in the methodology of how this has been created here is a good starting point.
http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2008/07/16/bbc-sports-olympic-map/
"The inclement weather and a thick cloud layer over Beijing for the last few MONTHS, it has been incredibly difficult to get good satellite imagery. This makes the MapCruncher overlays a huge benefit to the application. The imagery we’re serving up was taken just a few months ago - obviously tons of progress has been made to the get the stadiums ready for August, but what a great addition to compliment the Virtual Earth platform"

View the Map
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7493757.stm

Olympic Torch Relay Map

update 07/04/2008 : A more interactive map (actually a gadget)

It is suppose to reach Paris today, more high security?
source and link to the map
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9912381-2.html

The gadget is available
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/torchrelay/
There is also an update and you can now view in Google Earth.



Olympic Torch Relay Map







Currently its running around London (31 miles) with some fire extinguisher protesters in tow.

http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/journeymap/




Route Map BBC Source



Source:

http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2521