Representing a lot of points in Google Maps is always a complex task but now with Mapeed it’s easy as pie!
We’ve made a cluster map of all the places who have been visited by our users in Wolpy (only available for 15 days). Click on the image below to see the interactive version in Mapeed.
First and second most visited cities of a country are usually well known. But do you know which is the third most visited city in Spain? and in USA? in China?
We’ve made some queries to see which are the third most visited cities of a few countries, according to our users’ data. We still don’t have enough users to make relevant stats but even so the results are very interesting :)
One of the more unexpected third position is Sintra, a small town near Lisbon. It’s in fact a very touristic place, but it’s incredible that it’s the third most visited place of Portugal!
Here there’s the list of third most visited places of some countries:
Argentina: Córdoba (41) - after Buenos Aires (150) and San Carlos de Bariloche (46)
Australia: Brisbane (30) - after Sydney (81) and Melbourne (39)
China: Hangzhou (75) - after Beijing (163) and Shanghai (131)
Germany: Frankfurt (152) - after Berlin (317) and Munich (226)
Italy: Florence (357) - after Rome (533) and Venice (415)
Japan: Osaka (42) - after Tokyo (97) and Kyoto (56)
Mexico: Playa del Carmen (42) - after Mexico City (115) and Cancún (106)
Portugal: Sintra (84) - after Lisbon (395) and Porto (155)
Spain: Seville (401) - after Madrid (719) and Barcelona (707)
Sweden: Gothenburg (36) - after Stockholm (163) and Malmö (59)
Switzerland: Berne (76) - after Geneve (145) and Zurich (136)
United Kingdom: Oxford (95) - after London (691) and Edinburgh (167)
US: Los Angeles (195) - after New York (420) and San Francisco (209)
This provocative quote is from Harry Shearer, the actor who is behind the voices of a lot of The Simpsons characters (Ned Flanders, Seymour Skinner, Mr. Burns…). In fact it is a compliment to his favourite city, New Orleans.
The saving grace of New Orleans is its poverty. There’s never been enough money in New Orleans to destroy either the architecture or the music scene. People don’t play music in New Orleans for the reasons they do in Nashville or LA - to become stars or to get rich - they play because they’ve got to.
It certainly sound like a great place to visit and listen to some good jazz!
Harry has said that in an interview for one of my favourite series of the Guardian’s Travel section: Me and my travels, where famous people are asked interesting questions about their travels, favourite cities and memorable trip stories.
In fact, I like so much these interviews, that I was thinking on adding similar personal questions about general travel experiences in Wolpy profiles. It would be like having your own interview in your profile.
I was even thinking on adopting the “I only can see the amount of information that I’m willing to share” game that our friends of Tagueame added to their application (you only can read others people’s answers if you also answer some of the questions). It can be fun and can motivate people to share their experiences :)
BussinessWeek Magazine released some months ago the 2008 list of the best places to live in the World. Once again, Zurich comes out on top! Here it is the full list:
Have you been in any of these wonderful cities? Add them to your map in Wolpy!