Author Archives: Anthony Papaleontiou

I had some time to replace the embedded Street Views with static Street Views for episodes 2 and 3 today. I’ve also removed some superfluous text and Street Views as I feel they weren’t that important to the description of the location in question. I think it makes that part of the episode more understandableContinue reading “Episodes 2 and 3 Street Views added”

After the post where I performed testing of static Street View images, I set about replacing the occasionally non-functioning embedded Street Views with static Street View images. I’m happy to report that they all load fine and very quickly. The whole of Episode 1 has been done and loading time has indeed been vastly improved.Continue reading “Episode 1 static Street Views added”

I’ve spent some time today on updating the map so that nearly all known locations have been marked in one central place. It now looks like this: Visit the Map page for an interactive version of this map. Click on the blue pins to show a popup with a small description of that location.

I have now uploaded many of the photos and videos I took whilst on holiday earlier this year. There are quite a few photos I haven’t posted on the Facebook page, so be sure to check out the episode pages again. The videos are the same ones I posted on the YouTube channel – IContinue reading “Photos and Videos added”

We’ve just returned from holiday in Elounda for the last two weeks. I took the opportunity to hire a car and visit many of the locations I have noted down in the website. Whilst doing so, I took quite a few videos, and in order to embed them into the site I’ve found it easierContinue reading “New YouTube channel”

What’s been concerning me for a long while now is the increasing amount of Street Views not loading throughout the site, which obviously denies readers the chance to see the location in question and makes various parts of the site look broken. I can only put this down to an increase in Street Views withinContinue reading “Street View and Maps static images”

Recently, I’ve been on a search to find an ancient Greek-style typeface similar to the one used for the album cover. I’m pleased to say I’ve found a very good match. The font is called “Pirho Herakles” and can be downloaded from here for free. Here’s some sample text: I think you’ll agree it’s anContinue reading “Looking for the WPTF typeface?”

A short while after the problems with embedded Street Views, the problem was reported to Google engineering. They reverted whatever change they’d made and now Street Views should be working again. As an aside, I’ve been working on two other locations websites similar to this one. I made good progress on The Lotus Eaters LocationsContinue reading “Google Street View fixed & other news”

Hi all. Just a short note to say that Google are having a global problem with Google Street View at the moment. For the time being, you will see a map of Earth. Once this is fixed, the Street View should re-appear. Apologies for the inconvenience – hopefully Google will fix this problem soon.

In Episode 4, Annika takes Haldane to Dafnai to show him where she grew up. Last stop on their walk through the village before lunch is the house where Annika was born. They stand in the alleyway beside the house and in the screenshot below you can see Agia Triada in the background. From lookingContinue reading “Annika’s house found?”