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Heads up for all you Shanghai folks: A coworker today passed onpossibly the best and most useful Shanghai-related website I've seenyet:

http://sh.edushi.com/?178229

Basically, this site contains everything I wish I had at my disposalwhen I first was settling in.  Behold: an isometricAjax-based Shanghai map with roads and individual buildings allmeticulously modeled, pannable and zoomable, and fully searchable aswell.

You can browser to your heart's content, and search for locations(stores, restaurants, apartment complexes -- all with photos), busroutes (!), activity places... (my favorite store in Shanghai as an example below... ;) )

and even search for apartments/office buildings based on criteria youenter, which will bring you to a photo and an agency's listing page --a good thing since I'll probably be on the market again soon.  Thelistings seem a bit sparse at the moment, but hopefully if this takesoff, things might be better.

Right now, it's pretty much Puxi-only within the ring road (plusLujiazui) in terms of coverage, but it'samazingly detailed in the area that it does encompass.  However, withnew buildings going up and old places coming down in this city on analmost daily basis, part of me wonders how often this will beupdated.

Furthermore, thesite itself seems to be IE only, or at least it doesn't work inFirefox... boo! =(  But this is cool enough that I'll forgive thistransgression on the part of the developers for now...

Definitely a site I'll be visiting a lot now on... always refreshing to see a new site added to my daily fixes. =)