How to get there when you don't know where to go

Last week we introduced the new Places feature. They help you find your way to a place in Hong Kong.

That's great if you know where you want to get to. But what if you've just got a vague idea? eg 'I expect to be working in Central, which serviced apartments are nearby?'. Or "I'm staying in a hotel on Nathan Road, any friendly pubs nearby?".

Here's the next part of the Places idea to help answer those questions. eg, to answer the second question, here's a map of pubs that Mr Tall and I like. It only took a few minutes to pull together - we added each pub as a new place, and made sure that each place had the word 'pub' as a tag. Then we typed in 'pub' as the tag on the searchable map, clicked submit, and hey presto there's the map of pubs.

A map of pubs isn't a great example though - a Google search shows there are plenty of these maps already, so why reinvent the wheel?

Instead we're hoping to see maps of whatever niche interest you have. Just choose a tag, and away you go. eg I'm not surprised that a Google search for maps of ARP tunnels in Hong Kong didn't find anything. So here's one I put together last night.

Here's another small map put together to answer a question we're often asked - where to buy a digital camera in Hong Kong?

What other ideas are there? A few weeks ago, Gweipo's blog mentioned places to go for a picnic. That would make a good map.

When we were new parents, a map of places that had good changing facilities for baby, and a map of places for breast-feeding would have been useful.

Or when I'm wandering around the streets or trails of Hong Kong I'm always interested to see old marker stones, old (say pre-1940) buildings, and old military constructions (ARP shelters, pillboxes, bunkers, batteries, etc). Maps of those would be useful for me.

We'll be using the maps to illustrate several of the articles on the site (beaches, swimming polls, restaurants, etc, etc), but feel free to add your own. Just choose your tag, add the places, and the map will take care of itself.

Happy mapping!

Regards, MrB