An impressive online magazine for Gloucestershire, SoGlos.com, has launched an interactive map, which it claims to be Britain's first of its kind. The map, using Google Maps technology in a mash-up with SoGlos.com's listings directory, allows people to explore the area in amazing detail.
James Fryer, SoGlos.com's deputy editor, claims that unlike national business directories, every one of its listings has been researched and written by the magazine's locally-based journalists.
Editor Michelle Byrne says: "While local print publications continue to see their reader numbers fall, SoGlos.com has become Gloucestershire's most popular guide to arts and entertainment since launching a year ago."
And the future? Though its founders say they have their feet firmly rooted in Gloucestershire, they also hope that it might not be too long before a host of So-online magazines spring up across the UK.
