geoTrad - Google My Maps
Well, this is a rather wonderful mashup made with data from thesession.org:
The distribution of Irish traditional tunes which reference place names in Ireland
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Tom’s videos are so good! Did you see his excellent in-depth piece on copyright?
This one is all about APIs and the golden age of Web 2.0 when we were free to create mashups.
It pairs nicely with a piece by another Tom from a couple of years back on the joy of Twitterbots.
Google Maps Hacks, Performance and Installation, 2020 By Simon Weckert
I can’t decide if this is industrial sabotage or political protest. Either way, I like it.
99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic
Google Maps’s Moat
A fascinating bit of cartographic reverse engineering, looking at how Google has an incredible level of satellite-delivered building detail that then goes into solving the design problem of marking “commercial corridors” (or Areas Of Interest) on their maps.
Google Maps in Space
You can use Google Maps to explore the worlds of our solar system …and take a look inside the ISS.
bn14aj - Google Maps
There is an undocumented feature in Google Maps: add "&output=html" to the URL to get the accessible, non-Ajax version.
Google Static Maps API - Google Code
Google Maps now provides static (IMG-based) alternatives to the JavaScript API.
YouTube - Microformats in Google Maps + Operator
Ian Lloyd gets search results for curry houses in Swindon from Google Maps to his phone in less than 60 seconds. All thanks to hCard.
» Google Earth …
Reality imitating Google Maps in Berlin.
Google Maps API Official Blog: Google Maps API Version 2
Version 2 of Google's Maps API is out. Changes, changes, read all about it.
Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites
A wonderful commemeration of the first Apollo landing, courtesy of Google. Be sure to zoom all the way in.
Google Maps UK
Google Maps for the UK. They still need to work on Ireland: my home town is an empty expanse.
Interesting Google Satellite Maps
From Area 51 to the Mall Of America, James Archer documents them all.