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城市吧 CityBar looks like a cool Web2.0 map hack that uses photographs to show what the street would look like if you stood there, facing that direction. Unfortunately, I haven’t got the site to load properly and so I couldn’t test it out myself.
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In earlier posts I mentioned the wonderful customizable maps of “My E-City”, (我的E都市). It looks like the same graphic interface has been launched in real world places throughout the city of Hangzhou as well. My E-City has maps for Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Xi’an among others; don’t know if they’re visible on those city streets too.…
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Chinastic reports on an emerging map of places where pickpockets hang out in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou. It was originally posted on a site called “My E-City”, (我的E都市) which claims to be the world’s first “online 3D urban simulation.” The site allows users to view, navigate, and add information to online maps of several Chinese cities.…
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