With the recent addition of Google Maps high-resolution satellite imagery in the Middle East region the tiny Arab country of Qatar is now officially on the map! In-country website QatarLiving.com is making use of this new imagery by establishing the Interactive Doha Map that allows users to plot "places" on the map with a description and image. The new mapping service allows users to plot where they are from in order to show the diversity of people living in Qatar since some 80% of the approximately 800,000 residents are expats. The satellite imagery for the city of Doha and the entire country makes for interesting sightseeing as well. Lots of construction, lavish hotel properties and some pretty impressive residential homes can all be seen by panning and zooming around Qatar from this mashup. The Interactive Doha Map will help bring these visible locations to life! :)Related: Flickr: Qatar
Do you know of any other Google Maps mashups in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain or Oman? If so, please drop me a line or post a comment!
7 comments:
What a great idea! I think all major cities that are tourist attractions or even just for locals, can make use of Google Maps to share information.
Thanks Grace!
What's cool is that all the places on the map are user-generated so you find out places that you had no idea existed in your city!
A great Google Maps mashup in Qatar is www.dohamap.info
I love the navigation and search is similar to Google Suggest.
Lots of AJAX, great site!
Erm...I'm just wondering how the updated site could have launched first last August if they only registered the domain July 2006.
Whois Record
The post update was made in September, hence 'last August' probably implies the previous month; I guess.
Good idea to use google maps to share information and the good things that the user can add their favore place
Thanks
Nasser
there is another brilliant site called www.qatcom.com
it says it is Qatars biggest Yellow Pages business search directory.
all companies in qatar can link to thier location on google maps
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