Track The Olympic Torch via Google Maps

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Track The Olympic Torch via Google Maps

Posted on 06 April 2008 by Wayne Schulz

As is tradition, the Olympic torch started its journey to the host city (Bejing, China) in Olympia Greece. The journey began on March 24, 2008 and is scheduled to end in Bejing on August 6, 2008. Presently it is in England (making news) where it will continue traveling around the world. The torch’s tour lasts 130 days and 85,100 miles – making it the longest in history. This year there will even be an attempt to carry the torch to the top of Mt. Everest! The Google Maps team have set up a site allowing you to track the torch by plotting it’s path on a Google Map. They’ve also included special code so you can embed the map in your own web site, or you can track the torch in Google Earth. Link: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/torchrelay/

More Info: Google Lat Long Blog

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Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.

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http://www.justanothermobilemonday.com Doug Goldring
Wayne, Do you know if this will work on the mobile version of Google maps?
Doug
Wayne Schulz
Not sure – I just stumbled on it last night. I was able to get into the site on my iPhone but I’m not a Google Earth user so I didn’t test that either.
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/ Mike Cane
Blame Judie. She asked me to try to post a Comment. This is the only post I wanted to comment about.
Boycott the China Olympics!
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/boycott-the-2008-olympics-in-beijing/