The Round World Talk

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I caught the last part of The world is not flat’s Lee and Sachi LeFever’s talk before moosecamp last Thursday on their 1 year trip around the world that they blogged and vlogged about. You can read and watch some of their some amazing photos and videos of their trip highlights and lowpoints or see their google map of their trip

Talked to Vancouver bloggers and internet strategists James Sherrett and Monique Trottier. Every time I seem them they both seem to be very positively focused, and as a probable consequence, seem to usually be fairly happy. A lesson for us all. What you focus on expands.

Monique gave me a few suggestions on online advocating to create a public Adult ADHD clinic in Vancouver so adults can be diagnosed, since Children’s hospital adult ADHD clinic was so popular they shut the doors to new referrals. James was one of the organizers of Northern Voice. James did a marketing post that reminded me of my days selling Apple computers, the frustration of trying to clue in the clueless.

Also got some good internet advocacy tips for The Vancouver Blogger Meetup Group organizer and therapist Isabelle Mori and had a good talk about the problem of stigma relating to mental health conditions.

Also talked to Jan Karlsbjerg about Danish direct dialog, and comparing and contrasting Japanese and western communication styles.

10 Vancouver Related Google Maps Mashups

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Here are some Vancouver related google map mashups, or mashups in which you can scroll to search for Vancouver related items. Thought some visitors to Vancouver for the Northern Voice Blogging conference might stay around for a few days to check out our fair and expensive city.

Most of these come from searching through the excellent Google Maps Mania blog

Here’s the list of Vancouver related Mashups:

Late Night Stores, restaurants, coffee shops beer stores etc.
WalkJogRun Route List scroll to find vancouver

Tourism Vancouver’s new interactive map not a google one but interesting nonetheless. You can search by category, restaurants, entertainment, nightlife, sightseeing, transportation, cultural events etc. Very cool. Their main map’s website includes links to virtual tours ie chinatown, kit’s beach, Queen Elizabeth park etc.

And every featured tourism business can link to their location on the map from their own website by going to TMN’s Map It Link portal

Pixel Developments Seawall and Stanley Park map with photos

BC ski maps

Trails in BC by city, trail name, activity type, difficulty
Vancouver housing/ apartment maps search by type, area and price.

Find a library

Find Starbucks and Tim Hortons in the US and Canada

Wifi Coffee Shops in Vancouver. A wiki based by name, neighbourhood, major street and type of coffee shop ie open mic, organic, patio, 24 hours vegetarian friendly etc. Unfortunately their map section is currently down but you can still use the wiki

And should you want to go to the other end of the country, you can check out 33 Toronto area mashups

If you want to create your own google mashup GIS User has 2 tutorials on how to do it.

If you know any other Vancouver area mashups or ones which have Vancouver related content let me know in the comment section.

Vancouver in the world

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For those of you who don’t know where the 3rd largest city in Canada is, here’s a larger view of where Vancouver is in North America.