Birthday Presents!
Like lots of things bought on the internet, our birthday present was a little late in arriving… however, 2 weeks after our first anniversary, we are proud to unveil the brand new Google Sightseeing design! So if you’re reading this in your news program, come take a look already, as we have several cool new features too.
Obviously it’s not finished yet (yes, this is a beta) – but have a wander around, kick the tyres, and let us know what you think.
We look forward to another great year!
Well, thats a fast turnaround time. I log on in the morning and the layout issues in firefox are fixed. The design looks very nice. Happy birthdya google sighseeing, and a bix thanks from all your users!
Oh, hey now, hold the phone. Babies on the way, Alex? Am I missing something?
Hey Tim, I didn’t announce it here, but I did on my own site. Baby is due on the 19th July
The new integrated maps look great, and I’m glad they don’t include the annoying overview that Google have recently added to the bottom right-hand corner, which it is impossible have minimised by default.
However, I think some people will miss the scale that is on the standard maps, which is regularly used to determine the size of things (length of trains, size of lettering, etc.)
Jonathan,
There’s no need to miss the scale as now I’ve added it to the embedded map. Thanks for pointing it out.
Guys,
Technical issue here: my guess is that you changed the image links from links referring to google maps, to links referring to your own pages with embedded google map content. For some reason, they don’t render on my system (I’m using a Mac); I get your page, your background, your inside header, your ad bar on the left, and a big empty space in the middle.
I’m not sure what the rendering issue is, but until it can get fixed, could you offer alternate old-style direct-to-google-maps links also?
Happy Birthday!
Cool new layout, but you can’t view the places directly in Google Maps (if needed), can you?
yes you can al cahole. Simply replace the URL googlesightseeing,com/ with maps.google.co.uk/ or .com/
I hate this new design.
I’m sorry you feel that way Gabe. What is it particularly that you hate so much?
Is it just me or is this new design really slow? Especially scrolling around images. Bring back the old design
It’s just you. Please don’t bring back the old design!