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Do you have difficulty interpreting a landscape from the contour lines on a map?  Well, it’s been made so much easier with this 3D Topographic Map Simulation from ForgeFX. This site has a number of simulation learning objects that “allow students to become immersed in learning. Transforming them from passive observes to active participants.”  They include a [...]

View sample mashup After putting it off for some weeks, tonight I finally got around to having a go at a Google Maps mashup.  The final product is our upcoming trip to China.  It’s a dead simple process as explained by this video from CNet.com (allow about 15 seconds of advertising at the start of the video). An article [...]

In checking out Google Earth recently which is always a pleasant way to spend a few minutes ie. having a muse over a vitual scene when you can’t be there physically, the journey led on. Frappr came to my attention. This is another online community site that let’s you find out where people live providing [...]