outside.in is a location-based geographic web for neighbourhoods. It enables people to use their computer to view a digital map that has real world activities on it such as a local fair, a restaurant opening, or celebrity sighting. It is a mixed space (digital map displaying real-world physical events that are local to a neighbourhood).  They are not yet in Canada though.
As Steven Johnson, who launched it today explains:

For the handful of us who have been building outside.in over the past six months, the site is ultimately about a new kind of experience. You sit at a computer and type in a street address, or a neighborhood name, or a zip code — perhaps for your own home area, perhaps for a place you’re visiting or interested in — and within seconds the screen gives you a glimpse of all the textured, real-world issues and conversations and news unfolding in the location you’ve entered. Not just restaurant reviews or upcoming concerts, but the broad, bustling range of information flowing through a lively neighborhood: complaints about the local school; rumors of a new bar opening up next week; a crime report for a mugging the night before; a promising open house this weekend. Up to now, only the most connected local experts in any neighborhood could keep up with all these evolving conversations. outside.in is designed to let you see it all in seconds.

Relevance: I continue to be amazed at the different games and applications that have been developed with google maps. For our own _The Fugitive game_, it was very beneficial in providing a clear campus map to use for the game.

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