Hopefully you have been enjoying the photos of the neighborhood’s homes, businesses, historic maps and more on Flickr.
Some of my photos were selected by a Schmap for inclusion in their Omaha travel guide. Schmap produces travel guides for the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia & New Zealand.
Three years ago…
“Wouldn’t it be great if travel guides had searchable, customizable, updatable content? What if we could bookmark and custom print only those places of interest to us? What if a guide had maps that could interact dynamically with reviews and pictures for sites and attractions, hotels, restaurants, bars, parks, theatres, galleries, museums… and came with links to even more content and travel resources on the Internet? How about adding virtual tours for a city or even an island destination - tours that could be played, paused and fast-forwarded, just as easily as using a media player? You’re a software engineer – you could make something like that…”
I downloaded & installed the Omaha Schmap guide. The interface is easy to use and the maps are excellent.
The entry for Central Omaha mentions the Dundee Dell, Trovato’s and Bomba Dia. Some of the sources of data are a few years out of date! The entry also lists the historic district neighborhoods, but omits Dundee. I’ll have to contact them to update the data.
Five of my included photos are of Joslyn Art Museum. The other photo is of Lady Caroline’s Tea Shop and the former Dundee Dinner Theater. I haven’t located that image in the guide yet.
Get a fee, downloadable Schmap for yourself for your next trip.