Any online interactive maps for the London Olympics?

itube

I want to know if there are actually any interactive maps online or for your mobile that are built specifically for the London 2012 olympics?

I would have thought there would be a mountain of information out there, especially for the 800,000 tourists arriving in London in 2012.

A site i do recommend is;

itube2012.co.uk

the first real interactive tube map built for the olympics, available in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French.

Any other recommendations out there????

richard

Thomas, you wouldn't happen to own this site that you are recommending

Users aren't daft to spam posts and neither am I

If you wish to promote your site on our UNOFFICIAL London 2012 Olympics forum then please feel free to do - so just so long as it is to do with the London 2012 Olympics and not just another spam poster looking to sell fake watches, cheap finance deals, or viagra, etc. I really don't mind. Believe it or not we are being inundated on a daily basis with spam posts for said products!

Would appreciate it if you would post a little more information about your site and its purpose - why should users visit your site instead of the official London 2012 website or the Telegraph, Guardian or BBC websites for the information?

itube

Hey, Richard

Yes apologies it is my site, and no its not a spam site trying to sell Viagra

My site is a genuine site that was built as part of my major at university. I built the site because i believe that there is not enough information out there about the up and coming Olympics in London. TFL have spent millions on expanding carriages etc however nothing i can see has been put forward to help the 800,000 tourists arriving in London in 2012. if more people knew exactly where they were heading and could have this information at hand before they travel and during, I believe the process of traveling to Olympics would be greatly improved.

I believe my site is better in some ways, like for example on the TFL site if the user speak another language, he/she has to download a pdf explaining the map and information in their language. On ITUBE there are 5 languages available at a click of a button and the sure is not taken to a separate page. the map is truly interactive.

...anyway yes ITUBE is an interactive London underground tube map which is very versatile in functionality. The user can choose what information can be viewed on the map at a click of a button, such as zones, toilets and other facilities. This was to solve the "cluttered" map issue that TFL have struggled with in the recent years.

Apart from other cool functionality such as journey planner, zoom, live search and being able to save a picture to the users computer of the map at any state on the screen. The main purpose is to show where each Olympic venue is according to the tube map and nearby stations and there is also an option to see these venues geographically using Google maps.

You can also view top tourists destinations and see where each Olympic event will be held, visually representing the location on the tube map.

Long winded I know and apologies for going about it the wrong way, just most other forums don't allow it. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you more about Itube.

So here's the link and check it out for yourself;

http://www.itube2012.co.uk/

ps. did i mention its free and free to download for mobile and desktop.

richard

Thanks for taking the time to write back - the reason that most forum owners take a dim view of new users posting links is because the majority of new user posts are unfortunately spam. People receive enough junk emails in the inbox without having to trawl through them on the many forums. It is a constant battle

Good luck with your site ahead of London 2012, am sure many users will appreciate it though I would think that a London 2012 iphone app for would be of great benefit to many visitors wandering around London looking for the 2012 venues