Experimental Google Maps

[Lemming]

Unfortunately there isn't enough room to get all of the shops on the main map.
In the centre they're crowded together.
They are all on this map though: https://www.coffeeshopdirect.com/MapCentrum.html

The Google maps above are also complete.
They were up-to-date as of a couple months ago and the locations on them are more accurate than those shown by Google themselves.

[Not_the_monk]

Unfortunately there are now a number of new closures to reflect on the maps.

Of those on the main ACD map,

- Ben, Betty Boop, Grasshopper, Homegrown Fantasy & Magic went to the schools thing.
- Double Reggae, Route 99, Route 66, Hill Street Blues & Sheeba all closed / are no longer coffeeshops. Think there's a couple of others too.
- Stix on Utrechtsestraat is now a Boerejongens
- Tops needs to be renamed SuperSkunk

I don't know what anyone else thinks, but with so many going and more to follow, unless its hard to change the main map would it make more sense to remove closed shops rather than continue greying them out? Sad I know but especially as there's not enough room in areas for all that are open...?

Personally I'd get rid of the few non-coffeeshops too for similar reasons.

There's a number of others shown on the fabulous google maps which are now closed too. Speaking of which...

Google Maps limits the number of locations on a single map so I can't do the whole of Amsterdam in one. Instead I've used the old zones that I created back in the 1990s.

What does it limit to? I think there are less than 200 actual shops left, pretty sure they could all be got on one map if only they were included. Which would be rather good really, just one accurate map of every open shop in the city

[Dave J]

Perhaps its time for a coffeeshop map and a seperate smoker friendly bar map?. As it seems to me whilst coffeeshops seem to be closing that the number of smoker friendly bars are growing unless im getting the wrong impression?. Hill Street Blues on Warmostraat is now a smomer friendly bar selling beer. And did I correctly read somewhere the original Old Church is a smoker friendly (juice) bar?.

There could be a serious growing market for smoker friendly bars and such maps for to help as a kind of workaround for all the closing coffeeshops?.

[jonnerriah]

these maps are great Ive been taking lots of notes..Im only really comententing to view in active topics for other people that havent seen it

[Lemming]

I'm suddenly becoming more enamoured with the latest Google Maps.
I've now managed to export all of the shops and import them into a single map.

Actual locations. This is the best data. Mostly in Amsterdam, these spots should be very accurate.

= Coffeeshops
= Smartshops, Growshops, Headshops and Smoker-friendly Bars
= Closed shops

Street View camera locations. These are the positions that the Street View photos on the shop pages were taken from. Not exactly where the shops are but very close.

= Coffeeshops
= Smartshops, Growshops, Headshops and Smoker-friendly Bars
= Closed shops

New Map

[codejd]

Nice, thanks!

[Papi]

Nice one Lemming! Kudos for that

[CloudMaster]

I'm suddenly becoming more enamoured with the latest Google Maps.
I've now managed to export all of the shops and import them into a single map.

Actual locations. This is the best data. Mostly in Amsterdam, these spots should be very accurate.

= Coffeeshops
= Smartshops, Growshops, Headshops and Smoker-friendly Bars
= Closed shops

Street View camera locations. These are the positions that the Street View photos on the shop pages were taken from. Not exactly where the shops are but very close.

= Coffeeshops
= Smartshops, Growshops, Headshops and Smoker-friendly Bars
= Closed shops

New Map

This is a very useful map!

Thank you to Lemming for putting this together, having the SV option makes this fantastic.

[jonnerriah]

Great work , thanks for investing your time and effort into this !!

[Lemming]

Just created a simpler version. This one is just Amsterdam, just coffeeshops and only those that are still open.

Amsterdam Map

There's one shop missing, Future in Osdorp, because I can't find it. There are probably a few closed shops marked too. Please let me know if you notice any corrections I should make.

[OneHighMofo]

Oh yes - this rocks
Thank you Lemming!

[Fat_old_dwarf]

Indeed it does.

Btw, de Tijd has undergone another name change, to Vondel.

[Not_the_monk]

Checked this afternoon, No 1 Orfe doesn't seem to be there (nor has been for a while).

Biba had an open sign in the window but was clearly closed, could have been a 6pm thing so will check tomorrow but it definitely was on the schools phase 2 list so should have closed.

Hugo De Groot seems to just be calling itself Coffeeshop Hugo, not sure if that's new.

[Not_the_monk]

Confirmed today...

De Appel is long gone
Roxy is boarded up with "RIP" and "Free Roxy" grafitti on it
Atlantis is now Superskunk
The old Superskunk seems to have reverted to being called Tops again

Biba is still open.

[Not_the_monk]

Last one (unless I remember more), Doors is now called The Store.