Map of Confirmed Station Locations for Singapore’s MRT Downtown Line The map of the planned MRT Downtown Line has been updated to reflect the confirmed locations of the stations as described by the LTA. ...... All of Singapore’s HDB Blocks now in Google Maps? Google have continued adding more building footprints to their Singapore maps. As far as I can tell, the footprints are of all the HDB blocks, no other buildings are currently marked. So looking at Marine Parade yields the HDB footprints in the area but Marine Parade Library is missing: View Larger... ...... This one’s just for the geeks and transitlink.com.sg Since my last posting about TransitLink’s integrated Singapore transport planner and it’s inability to perform, I came across this paper from some Microsoft researchers about scaling web-sites to handle traffic surges. This isn’t only a TransitLink problem the SLA Street Maps site... ...... TransitLink Singapore’s Public Transport Journey Planner - don’t bother… As promised in the recent Singapore Land Transport Review TransitLink have announced a multi-modal Public Transport Journey Planner. Unfortunately it doesn’t work, at least for me right now. Maybe Saturday lunch times are an unusually busy period, or the publicity the launch has attracted has... ...... Google Playing the Long Game with Google Maps in Singapore There’s now quite an array of alternatives for on-line Singapore street maps, hopefully we’ll soon start to wonder what was so great about streetdirectory.com. Google Maps for Singapore has been available now for around 18 months, the most popular posting on this blog is this one from... ...... Navigate Singapore on your iPhone with iSinGeo.com I’ve just launched a web based application for the iPhone (and iPod Touch) that lets you find stuff near you in Singapore. The intention is to provide location data and maps for people on the move around Singapore, primarily either using Public Transport or walking. The application allows... ...... New Singapore Bus Map - All singing, all dancing…. The Singapore Bus Stops and Bus Services Map available here, has now been updated, it now includes all the bus services in Singapore from: and a whole lot more bus stops, there are now over 4500 bus stops on the map (the previous version had around 3000). This has necessitated a change in... ...... Singapore’s New Hole in Google Maps The Straits Times reported today that an 8 metre by 7 metre hole has appeared in Cornwall Gardens. The hole has been created by subsidence as a result of boring work being done for the MRT Circle Line. I haven’t yet seen the hole in question, but by looking at the planned route of the Circle... ...... Burma/Myanmar Cyclone Data in Google Earth The UN Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) has data on the path of the recent cyclone Nargis and the resultant flooding. The data has been made available (courtesy of Google) as a Google Earth layer which can be downloaded here. For those that... ...... The Sorry State of On-line Mapping in Singapore - A Review of Yellow Pages Here’s the third in the series of reviews, this time it’s the turn of Yellow Pages. As a reminder, in each site review I try to do the following: find my address, find the Golden Village cinema at Vivo City, calculate a route between them and email appropriate links to a friend.... ...... The Sorry State of On-line Mapping in Singapore - A Review of rednano.sg In the ongoing quest for a useable on-line mapping site for Singapore. Here’s a review of the rednano.sg site. As a reminder, in each site review I try to do the following: find my address, find the Golden Village cinema at Vivo City, calculate a route between them and email appropriate links... ...... The Sorry State of On-line Mapping in Singapore - A Review of SLA StreetMap Streetdirectory.com is back on-line but without its Maps. They have been refused application to appeal against the latest ruling against them. They are planning to take their case to the Court of Appeal and apply for a stay of execution to allow them to re-instate the disputed maps on their... ...... Streetdirectory.com - Where The Streets Have No Name Singapore’s popular on-line mapping site streetdirectory.com is back on-line as they promised. But they seem to have a small problem, they have no maps. Currently a search for a location results in an empty green box where the maps used to appear. I assume this is a temporary technical... ...... The Sorry State of On-line Mapping in Singapore - Part 1 Part 1 - The Demise of Streetdirectory.com Singaporeans have now had ten days to get used to the loss of streetdirectory.com. As of today the site continues to display a letter to “Dear Beloved Users” (presumably these are the ones they didn’t sue…) and no maps. The downfall... ...... Global Warming effects on Singapore in a Google Map Some time ago I wrote an item about how Google Earth could be used to predict the effect of global warming and resultant rising sea levels on Singapore. Now someone has created a Google Map trying to do the same thing. You can access the map below and read more about it at their site [...] ...... Is this The End for Streetdirectory.com? The streetdirectory.com web-site that so many Singaporeans rely on has been down since April 1st. There’s no message on the site giving any reason. It could be a technical glitch (they are in the process of migrating from open-source to Microsoft according to this Tuesday’s Digital... ...... Singapore Government set to ban Google Earth There’s a rumour flying around the Singapore blogosphere that the Government is about to ban the download and use of Google Earth, following a dispute between the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Google over copyright issues. The dispute centres over SLA’s allegation that the... ...... New Singapore Dengue Map I think I’ve found a way to automate a Google Map of the Singapore Dengue Hotspots. This should mean that the Singapore Dengue Map is now kept up to date. Can’t help thinking why the NEA don’t use Google Maps to show the hot-spots on their web-site, it’s free and would... ...... Updated Singapore Bus Stops Map I’ve made some changes to the Singapore Bus Stop Map to make it more useable. The bus stop markers now load depending on the zoom level of the map. If you’re zoomed out you’ll only see a selection of the bus stops, as you zoom in they all become available. This should make the the... ...... Singapore Bicycle Shops Map I’ve been meaning to do this for ages. Here’s a map of Singapore’s bike shops, or at least all those I can find, let me know if you know of others. Now I just need to get this working effectively on the iPod Touch with location search and I’ll never again have to repair my... ...... Singapore’s Pulau Ubin (Ketam) Mountain Bike Trail in Google Earth and Google Maps There’s been a new addition to Singapore’s Mountain Bike trails. The trail is called “Ketam Mountain Bike Park @ Pulau Ubin”. I’ve added it to the Off Road Bike Trails Map (best viewed as a satellite image, as there are no roads marked on Pulau Ubin). Also you can... ...... A Google Map of Singapore’s new ERP Gantries I’ve mentioned Daniel Chin’s excellent blog on Singapore’s Land Transport before, here’s another plug for it. Daniel has used Google’s MyMaps to produce a great map of the recently announced ERP gantries. You can access the map via Daniel’s blog posting by... ...... UPDATED - Singapore’s new Thomson MRT Line in Google Maps Reader Chau Meng Seng has come up with some great suggestions of where the MRT stations may be on the Thomson line. Here are his suggestions based on available land and major roads. Sin Ming Station - at the previous Lakeview HDB location Venus Drive Kebu Bahru station at the juntion of Ang Mo Kio... ...... Singapore’s new Thomson MRT Line in Google Maps The newly announced Thomson Line will be 27km long and links Marina Bay to Woodlands. It will have 18 stations including Ang Mo Kio, Kebun Baru, Sin Ming, Thomson and Kim Seng. Here’s my attempt to map it in Google maps. The station locations aren’t available yet and I haven’t... ...... Singapore’s new Eastern Region MRT Line in Google Maps Transport Minister Raymond Lim announced plans today to double Singapore’s MRT network by 2020. As part of this expansion two new MRT lines will be built. The Thomson Line is 27km long and links Marina Bay to Woodlands. It will have 18 stations including Ang Mo Kio, Kebun Baru, Sin Ming,... ...... Is Google Transit Coming to Singapore? Singapore’s recently released Land Transport Review specifies as one of it’s Key Performance Indicators: “Develop an Integrated Multi-Modal Travel Information System for door-to-door travel planning”. In his excellent blog on Singapore’s Land Transit Daniel Chin... ...... 42km of Off-Road Cycling in Singapore The Singapore National Parks Board have recently completed the Eastern Coastal Parks Connectors Network, making possible a continuous traffic free cycle of 42km. The cycling is fairly easy-going and, apart from a couple of obstacles in the form of a subway and a footbridge, offers a lengthy... ...... Mapping Singapore on the iPod Touch and iPhone Although the iPhone is not (officially) available in Singapore the iPod Touch is, and I’m a lucky owner. Apple have tried to lock-down the Touch to differentiate it from the iPhone and this means no Google Maps client on the iPod Touch, but where there’s a will there’s a way.... ...... New on Google Maps - Malaysian Street Maps! Logged in to Google Maps this morning and what do I find? They’ve added Street Maps for Malaysia. The maps look to be in good detail and support routing, so you can use the “Get Directions” features (though these don’t work from a Singapore to a Malaysian location). Try... ...... Finding Pedra Branca in Google Earth (or not…) With all the news about the territorial dispute over Pedra Branca, I’m sure a lot of people are trying to find it in Google Earth. Well unfortunately it’s not all that easy. If your geography’s not too good, you could try typing “Pedra Branca” in the search box in... ......