links for 2009-05-19

EarthSwoop lets you view and share sights quickly and easily. The swooping experience is powered in part by the new Google Earth Plugin which puts the Google Earth 3D experience into your browser.

Free maps for the web.

Cascading Style Sheets for MapNik

"Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications. Above all Mapnik is about making beautiful maps. It is easily extensible and suitable for both desktop and web development."

"Maps are only one way to look at large amounts of data, and not always the best. Stamen actively pursues strategies to display, understand and navigate through rich and varied flows of information."

3D model of Berlin on Google Earth exported from Autodesk LandXplorer