Not on the video but we did make it to the page!

Okay you won't see Team Mappster waxing lyrical on the podium  in the official App My State Awards vid but if you look at the fine print on the winners list there we are...

Other Prizes
1st app: i@ccess
50th Idea: Public bathroom finder
World Water Day: 'Vic Water' water saving tool
World Health Day: Fruit and vegetable calorie counter
Hack Day 1st App Prize: Journeys
Hack Day Popular Choice: Remind AnyWay (RAW)

Poetic licence with the layout? You betcha! We are mappster hear us ROAR!

App My State Awards Ceremony

Come along and find out who won Australia's biggest government apps competition.

Refreshments will be served upon arrival at 1:30pm.

Team mappster will be picking up a gong for winning the App My State Hack Day.

Hope to see you there!

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Just added a fantastic map from 1844 of South East Australia from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. The map is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

If you haven't heard of David Rumsey before you have a real treat waiting for you. He has been at the cutting edge of mapping technology for many years, has won international awards, and gave a ground breaking presentation way back in 2005.

Journeys Goes Live!

It's official, as of this morning with only minutes to spare before the App My State deadline closed, Journeys took its first steps into the www. It's early days but we are already getting very excited about the potential this site has for encouraging the exploration of cultural heritage using Google Earth as a platform.

If you are using kmz/kml files for research, education and/or recreation please let us know...and if you have the appropriate copyright clearance (e.g. Creative Commons) maybe consider adding them to the Journeys library for all to see!

About Us

Mappster is a team of mostly strangers, now friends, who busted a mighty move at the App My State Hack Day 8 May 2010, building Journeys in less than 24 hours. Emboldened by Journeys’ win on the day, Mappster resolved to grow the app, and enter it in the App My State competition 12 days later!

Who is Mappster?
Asa Letourneau, content & design. web2.0 junkie
Nguyen Ly, programmer
Gregor McNish, programmer
Abigail Belfrage, content & design. History and archives nerd, budding geek. Dreams about maps and mapping in her spare time.