Friday 31 July 2009

The "Find Freddie" Competition

The People's Map has launched a competition today , called "Can You Find Freddie", where a total of £500 worth of high street gift vouchers can be won.

Freddie is an Australian tourist on holiday in London doing what tourists like to do best; visit the sights, check out bars and link up with friends who are over here to. There are many great sights to visit in London and in Freddie’s excitement to get out and see them all; he forgot to take a map with him. During his first day of sight seeing, he managed to get himself lost at one of London’s many tourist attractions and he now does not know where to go next. He needs your help!


In order for him to find his way and get his trip back on track, he needs you to help him create a tourist map of London by capturing as many genuine London points of interest as possible on the People’s Map.

The first person to add the point of interest where Freddie is lost will win £250 worth of High Street shopping vouchers! You add the points of interest via the editing suite in the People's Map. We have the location of Freddie written down in a secured golden envelope.

That’s not all. The person who adds the most genuine points of interest of London, to the People’s Map will also win a further £250 of High Street shopping vouchers!

The competition will run from the 1st of August 2009 to the 30th of September 2009, which therefore gives you two full months to “Find Freddie” and help him create a tourist map of London.

For more information, please visit the competition page: http://peoplesmap.com/Competitions.aspx



We look forward to announcing the winners in three months time!

Good luck and please let us know how you are getting on via the blog or forum.

Friday 3 July 2009

Transport Planning for Major Sporting Events

The People's Map and Getmapping exhibited at the "Transport Planning for Major Sporting Events" yesterday. The conference was held in Barbican, London where various industries specializing in the transportation and major events organisations were present.

Our stand, advertising our raster, vector and bespoke products, as well as Getmapping's vertical and oblique imagery solutions, drew many visitors from a variety of industries. Some of these industries were Planners, Event Security, Local Authorities, Transportation Information Solutions and Transport Map Makers.

In this day and age, maps and spatial products can be utilised in some or other way in almost every industry you can think off.