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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Map
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on Thursday August 30, @02:09PM
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from the Where's-Tien'anmen-Square? dept.
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On China's official Beijing 2008 Olympics page you can find E-Map, which I guess makes it the official web map of the 2008 Olympics. While functional, it's maybe not as flashy and user-friendly as other maps that will try to attract the international attention of Olympic fans. Will it get the traffic other web maps will get?
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