Promote your City - Map it

Recently I have been posting locations in Stoke on Google Earth . Now, I have endevoured to make a few posts on Flagr too. The point of this is to use web 2.0 applications to share information cheaply and easily.

Before if anyone wanted to evangelise about their town they had to puchase a domain name, learn about FTP and web design just to get the information out there.

With sites like Flagr etc, we can simply sign up and post whatever information we want to share.

Flagr allows members to place small markers on a map at places of interest. It allows you to add details and even photographs of the place you are flagging.

This is a great way fro small villages to raise their profile.

The Flagr site allows you to see the world in map, satellite or hybrid view, so you can accurately find the places you want to flag. The Satellite view is my favourite. It's easy to find your house.

We can use this to flag useful places that will help other members of the community become aware of places they may have not even known about before. Beyond that, we can help to boost Travel and Tourism for places that operate on a limited budget.

Of course the site relies on the goodwill and common sense of users. Even though the site is moderated, it is hoped that the flags made are relatively serious and useful as opposed to spiteful or trivial posts.

Why not check the site out, and see what you can add to the map of Stoke on Trent? Perhpas we can build up a detailed map of our city and all the acivities and services it has to offer.