Yandex Maps Multimedia launches
Yandex (Russian: Я́ндекс) is a Russian search engine, the world’s second largest non-English-language web portal, and the largest Russian-language web portal. And it’s impressive. Yandex has some interesting stuff going on.
November 9, 2009, Yandex have released more detail on it’s maps.
Multimedia Information on Yandex.Maps
Yandex users can view localised sculptures, birds and animals, along with the possibility to watch videos from all over the world and more. Now, Yandex Maps can show not only say, the Taganskaya street in Moscow, but also a monument such as a stool right next to building 13 on this street.
The new map layers were built based on API Yandex.Maps using the information obtained from the project partners. For example, these include color photographs from the 20th century by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. While photographs of other monuments were provided by the users of Yandex.Fotki, the company’s free photo hosting service.
In addition, for many cities in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Yandex.Maps displays information from regional websites – so, web users in Novosibirsk can see Wi-Fi hotspots, gas and service stations in this city, and people in Vladimir can see local hotels, restaurants and cafes on Yandex.Maps. Besides finding a location of a certain facility, web users can also have access to other information, like telephone numbers or working hours.
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