Articles tagged “Maps”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Map Your Run By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Jan 31 2008 Plan a jogging route around your neighborhood on MapMyRun, or pick out a route someone else already plotted out. You will also find free tools to help you keep track of workouts, exercise routines, and training schedules, as well as weight changes, shoe mileage, and even morale. + READ MORE

Calculate Your Neighborhood's Walk Score By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2007 St. Augustine once adduced "Solvitur Ambulando," meaning "It is solved by walking," which is a familiar theme here at Planet Green. To figure out how your neighborhood ranks, click on over to Walk Score and input your address; the Google Maps mash-up parses your 'hood for grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops,... + READ MORE

Track Polar Bears along Hudson Bay By Lloyd Alter IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 3 2007 The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched a new Web site where you can follow six female polar bears around Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. He travelled to Hudson Bay's Wapusk National Park this past summer to help Canadian Wildlife service researchers outfit two female bears with satellite collars that will... + READ MORE

Use MapQuest Gas Finder to Source Alternative Fuels Near You By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Nov 30 2007 Internet maps, when used for good, have huge potential to help us find greener things while letting our web browsers do the walking-we've mentioned this before with Google Transit's mapping service for public transportation. We're not big advocates for using gas, and that's not the really useful part of this service,... + READ MORE

Finish Errands in a Flash By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Nov 19 2007 The December 2007 issue of O Magazine picks the brains of one of then nation's busiest errand runners to uncover this time- and fuel-saver: Avoid left-hand turns. UPS developed a software program that maps out delivery routes using a majority of right-hand turns, a move that helped save the delivery company about three + READ MORE

Ease Your Public Transit Riding with Google Maps By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Oct 18 2007 Google has upgraded Google Maps, integrating their handy Google Transit search into the more popular Google Maps. Japan (All regional and national rail networks, domestic airlines and ferries) + READ MORE

Find Garage Sales Happening Near You By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Sep 3 2007 Despite the usefullness of resources like FreeCycle for extending the functional lives of our stuff, we think garage sales are still the kings of the hidden bargain, and a great way to find stuff you need but don't have, without buying something brand-new; they also help keep stuff out of the waste stream and are... + READ MORE