A pitch to Google
Posted June 11, 2010 at 11:59 pm in General | No CommentsThis post is a bit off-topic from the rest of the blog but I pitched an idea to Google that I thought would be an interesting project. I’m not certain that something like this doesn’t already exist or that maybe the idea had already been thought of but pushed aside for one reason or another but my idea goes a little something like this…
Google Maps provides a vast amount of information regarding the current state of the world. For instance, I can browse to my hometown of Milwaukee and find the names of roads, freeways, places of interest, lakes, rivers, harbors, parks, national forests, neighborhoods, universities, public and federal buildings, and so much more. I haven’t even bothered with the fact that I can include options such as photos, videos, web cams, traffic, Wikipedia links, and others. Continue reading..
