Wikimapia = Wiki + Google maps

WikiMapia is a project to help describe the whole planet Earth

http://www.wikimapia.org/

That's oh so very cool.

great, but could have had a better name...

Originally Posted by northpark great, but could have had a better name...

Agreed... I think something along the lines of Mapapedia or Mapipedia. LoL

It's a wiki and it's a big map. I think wikimapia is very suiting.

thats awesome, good name too.

Whats the advantage of using that over the Google Earth Map site which is faster and zooms in more?

Wrong on both counts. It works exactly at the same speed, and zooms in as much as Google Maps. It's using the Google Maps API which means it is simply Google Maps with extra functionality built on top. In this case, that extra functionality is that that the community can add places to the map - businesses etc. Heck, I'm so bored I just spend the last hour adding all the businesses I could think of in my area to it.

Who needs Google Earth now

Slightly off-topic: has anyone managed to install it on Linux using WINE? I've heard it can be done.

http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=51400214...6&z=19&l=0&m=a
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