Take that name and MAP it....
Courtesy of Clicked, I found this great new mash-up called Wikimapia using Google Earth where you can identify buildings, parks, monuments, etc. and YOU get to name them (if somebody hasn't already early-birded their way to that spot).
The major rule is to name something that would be of interest to others. Naming your house (which like a major dork I was about to do), is specifically verboten (they have spelled out the verboten in the pop-up box where you get to name and describe your map-point). You also have a chance to write a short description of the item you are naming.
I managed to give Morgan Park, Werthan Bag and Cordell Hull Building (where I work, but it really is interesting for reasons other than THAT!) 'their names', along with adding one of my favorite chestnuts in the description of Cordell Hull Building: 'How many people work in this building? About half'.
One downside of letting the hoi polloi do their own a la cartology is that people can get things wrong. Unless I am really skewed, St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown Nashville isn't on Church Street. Somebody really needs to repent for that one...
The major rule is to name something that would be of interest to others. Naming your house (which like a major dork I was about to do), is specifically verboten (they have spelled out the verboten in the pop-up box where you get to name and describe your map-point). You also have a chance to write a short description of the item you are naming.
I managed to give Morgan Park, Werthan Bag and Cordell Hull Building (where I work, but it really is interesting for reasons other than THAT!) 'their names', along with adding one of my favorite chestnuts in the description of Cordell Hull Building: 'How many people work in this building? About half'.
One downside of letting the hoi polloi do their own a la cartology is that people can get things wrong. Unless I am really skewed, St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown Nashville isn't on Church Street. Somebody really needs to repent for that one...
