“Where” is probably the most asked question for a tourist. Where to go? Where to eat? Where to stay? Where to have fun? Where’s the hospital? Where can I get WIFI? Yet, we often do not provide adequate answers for “where”. The Web 2.0 era have provide some tremendous technologies to help us deal with “where”. In this talk, we will be looking specifically at online maps … why we should us them, how are people using them, and what technologies are available to us.

1. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/
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Where is the
two-sister fried koay teow ?

2. PART 1
The importance of “where”

3. a story

4. 11 Nov 2007

5. Penang

6. Jalan Macalister

7. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Centre

9. two ladies in a car

10. asking for direction

11. Where is the
two-sister fried kuay teow ?

12. what ?

13. http://www.eurasian-sensation.blogspot.com/2009/07/sisters-char-kway-teow-penang.html

14. more than 50 years

15. http://www.eurasian-sensation.blogspot.com/2009/07/sisters-char-kway-teow-penang.html

16. http://www.eurasian-sensation.blogspot.com/2009/07/sisters-char-kway-teow-penang.html

17. http://chezannies.blogspot.com/2008/07/7-tips-for-making-mouth-watering-char.html

18. http://www.jayjun.com/2007/10/24/tastebuds-in-penang-char-kway-teow/

19. http://juliansi.blogspot.com/2008/09/sisters-char-kuay-teow-and-mee-jawa-lam.html

20. http://juliansi.blogspot.com/2008/09/sisters-char-kuay-teow-and-mee-jawa-lam.html

21. http://juliansi.blogspot.com/2008/09/sisters-char-kuay-teow-and-mee-jawa-lam.html

22. end of story

23. two ladies in a car
where
the two-sister fried
koay teow

24. two ladies in a car tourist
where location
the two-sister fried attraction
koay teow

25. two ladies in a car tourist
where location
the two-sister fried attraction
koay teow

26. two ladies in a car tourist
where location
the two-sister fried attraction
koay teow

27. two ladies in a car tourist
where location
the two-sister fried attraction
koay teow

28. “where”

29. most asked question for tourists

30. Where to go?
Where to eat?
Where to stay?
Where to have fun?
Where's the hospital?
Where can I get WIFI?

31. “where”

32. tourists
“where”
attractions

33. “where”

34. richer experience

35. an experiment

36. picture the story

42. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rescuedog/581417173/

44. http://www.malaysianislandreview.com/uploads/penangbridge.jpg

48. The importance of “where” ?

49. are we doing enough for “where” ?

50. how do we tell about “where” ?

51. al ize “where” ?
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52. answer

53. map

54. PART 2
How to make “where” work for you

55. Web 2.0

56. online map

57. (1)
What are people
doing with “where” ?

69. (2)
What technologies
are available to you ?

70. Google Map API
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
Yahoo! Maps Web Services
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/
Microsoft Virtual Earth
http://www.microsoft.com/maps/developers/
Open Layers
http://openlayers.org/

71. features in general

72. (i)
JavaScript, Flash, Silverlight

73. (ii)
Map, Satellite, Hybrid

74. (iii)
Reverse Geocoding

75. (iv)
Custom Marker

76. (v)
Custom Tiles

77. (vi)
Polygon & Polyline

81. Thank You
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