New Map Helps You Get Around Buenos Aires
Have you ever been disappointed by how hard it can be to get detailed, user-friendly mapping information about Buenos Aires? Well, fret no more. Ahmed Farooq, a Canadian who came to visit the city with his wife, has developed a fantastic map that can help you navigate your way around the city. Ahmed’s new map, which can be found here, includes restaurant information from Guia Oleo and BuenosAires.com.
The site also has a helpful tool for bloggers. As Ahmed explained it to me, the map also “lets you embed any single address on your website. Just search for an address, click on (‘Put on your website’) and follow the easy steps. In less than 30 seconds you can have a mapped point on your blog for any place you mention.” Ahmed says the site was meant as a “personal project” and was not created as a “commercial venture.”
“The site is not perfect,” he says, “and so sometimes the data will be wrong.” It may not be perfect, but it’s sure a good start and it should be helpful to many people.
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Hi Taos,
This map looks so promising. Right now I could not find the first two addresses that I tried and it behaves kind of like if it where a beta version.
It is close, but not there yet. Also, I have seen more updated satellite pictures of the city. This one seems very old, like over 5 or 6 years old at the least.
I do hope he keeps working on it and maybe he should try to find a way around it making him some money.
Regards,
Frank
Hi Taos,
This map looks so promising. Right now I could not find the first two addresses that I tried and it behaves kind of like if it where a beta version.
It is close, but not there yet. Also, I have seen more updated satellite pictures of the city. This one seems very old, like over 5 or 6 years old at the least.
I do hope he keeps working on it and maybe he should try to find a way around it making him some money.
Regards,
Frank
Very surprising that nothing like it exists already! Hopefully they’ll be able to fix any bugs…
Does anyone know why Google Maps has Argentina completely empty? I mean, in other South American countries it still shows major cities and highways… but in Argentina it shows absolutely nothing! Any idea why? Thanks for the posts!
You can use OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.6&lon=-58.45&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF). It’s very complete.