Olympic maps available online

SHANGHAI: Visitors to Olympic venues in Beijing and the six other co-host cities can now locate information desks, entrances and restrooms on a 20-language website before they arrive.

The maps, available at Tomap.cn, provide details of each of the 39 Olympic venues in the seven cities.

In addition to listing the events being held at each venue, the maps show major landmarks, points of public transit, restrooms, first-aid rooms - even water coolers. It can be downloaded free of charge to mobile phones.