GOOGLE maps

Google Maps is a free web-based mapping service that began in 2005. Over the years, Google has added many features including its extensive use of JavaScript code, satellite imagery, live traffic feeds, terrain features, and other popular destinations and landmarks.

The biggest feature for Google Maps is its easy-to-use API (Application Programming Interface) that allows users to customize their own maps to possibly embed on their own websites.

Another popular application is Google Maps for Mobile, which allows users to run on mobile phones to quickly find directions as well as their location based on either an Internet connection or a built-in GPS receiver.

As of May 13, 2006, Hitwise tracks Google Maps a distant third in Travel Maps market share behind leader MapQuest and runner-up Yahoo! Maps.

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• Waze cited as one of the ‘ones to watch’ in 2010

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  Check out our three seconds of glory! Waze’s mention, 4:33-4:36, as one of the hot companies to watch out for in 2010 done did us proud. Take a look at the other 4:54 minutes of the clip, too – it’s a nice little recap of 2009 in the Tech space… Share ::: via :::
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• Telefónica ‘Ruta Movistar’ App now available on the App Store

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 156
  Telefónica has announced availability of its ‘Ruta Movistar’ App on the App Store. Ruta Movistar offers iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users a navigation system which helps them to easily reach their destination by car or on foot. The app also locates points of interest such as restaurants, hotels, petrol stations, ...
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• Quote of the Week

  
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  “What “cloud computing” was for 2009, “location based” will be for 2010.” – Justin Williams in his year end wrap up of “nerd tech” in the Evansville Currier and Press… Read more ::: via :::
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• Rutgers Cartographer Passes on Human Component of Mapmaking

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  Rutgers University staff cartographer Michael Siegel started teaching twenty years ago when drafting tables dominated the classroom. Now filled with computers, Siegel is trying to provide students with a better appreciation of maps and to explore the... Read more ::: via :::
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• Monday Morning News Kick Off: The Fall Out After Failed Christmas Terrorist Attack and More

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. While many folks are taking time off between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, it is still Monday and the news cycle keeps cranking on. The big news is the failed terrorist attack that occurred on Christmas day when a 23-year-old Nigerian man to blow up a Detroit-bound ...
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• Barranco 3D Project

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  Barranco, a town located south of Lima and accessed by train or tram, is full of old houses, restaurants, pubs and art galleries. GEB reader Auquicu took more than 800 photos and spent five months modeling this town , in an effort to call attention to institutions and authorities to preserve the monumental ...
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• Paper View Monday: The Record of Stockton, California

  
  William M. Hartnett — Authority: 116
  This week’s newspaper building as seen in  Bing Maps is The Record of Stockton, California . Mash your mouse on the picture below to map-fiddle. And in Google Maps Street View: View Larger Map
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• Tracking Key Pro giveaway

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  As promised we’re giving away a Tracking Key Pro GPS tracking device. We reviewed Tracking Key Pro couple of weeks ago and liked it very much and it is going to be difficult for us to part with it. If you haven’t heard about Tracking Key Pro yet – here’s a brief intro: This is a GPS data logger/ tracking ...
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• Solar Powered Bluetooth GPS receiver

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  We’ve seen our share of solar powered GPS devices here on Navigadget – so why stop. We present you Solar powered bluetooth GPS receiver from fTech . You might wonder what if I want to know where I am in the middle of the night? Well do not worry because just like most other GPS devices out there this one also ...
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• Top Five Apps For All Personal Use On Your BlackBerry

  
  BlackBerry Sync - BlackBerry News You Can Sync With... — Authority: 436
  When we brought you the Holiday Guide, I promised a top five of all work and all play. This is the All Play suggestions. I’m going to give you my fave five of free and paid apps that serve as my entertainment or personal creative use. All work and no play makes us boring, or so says the saying. So for that ...
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• Create Your own Twitter Map

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  How to Play with Google Maps and Twitter APIs If you are interested in creating your own Twitter Map then this article on the woorkup website should prove very useful. The article explains how to use the Twitter and Google Maps APIs to create a map showing Tweets within a defined distance of a location. The ...
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• Magellan iPhone App gets update

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  The Magellan Roadmate iPhone App just got an update last week – which is currently going for a promotional price of $60. Maybe with the money you save you can now afford the Magellan Car Kit we’ve been talking about which brings its own GPS receiver into the mix. But anyhow back to the upgraded iPhone App from ...
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• 3DWH: RT @gearthblog – Top 10 Google Earth Blog stories in 2009 http://bit.ly/7RQKse

  
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  3DWH: RT @gearthblog - Top 10 Google Earth Blog stories in 2009 http://bit.ly/7RQKse ::: via :::
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• Prehistoric Sites

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  The Megalithic Portal website has created a collection showing the locations of over 15,000 prehistoric and other ancient sites in Google Earth. The collection is organized by categories, such as ancient caves, temples, burial chambers, etc. More information about these locations can be found a their website. ...
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• Public DNS Stopped Working for Google Sites

  
  WORDPRESS-TEMPLATES-PLUGINS-RSS — Authority: 152
  Public DNS Stopped Working for Google Sites I had 8.8.4.4 listed as primary with 8.8.8.8 as secondary. Since about 12/24, I’ve been having tons of trouble accessing mostly Google sites (Google maps, Gmail, google.com itself, even voice search on my Google Android handset over wifi). Most sites loaded fine, but ...
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• hack OnStar GPS

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  You’ve got OnStar enabled GM vehicle and don’t use it? How about we told you that you could hack into to GM’s controller area network – which they call GMLAN – and make use of the GPS data? Yeah we know – a simple USB GPS receiver is cheap and is easy to use; but who wants to do that when you can pull ...
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• Technology in MFL: Google Maps in the classroom

  
  Box of Tricks Technology and Education — Authority: 112
  In the third guest post in the Technology in Modern Foreign Languages series, Simon Howells, a teacher from Cheshire, recounts his experiences as he explores the use of web applications and technology to inspire a lower ability French teaching set, with a focus on Google Maps . If this term has proved ...
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• Rosetta Project

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  The goal of the Rosetta Project is to document current and historic languages throughout the world. They have created a set of files for Google Earth that showcase some of their efforts. This file contains the following information. Endangered Languages – Shows the locations of numerous endangered languages is ...
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• Baby It’s Cold Outside

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 151
  It’s been awfully cold in Europe this month, and this map shows just how much colder than normal it’s been , based on measurements taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite between December 11 and 18. The colours show how much colder or warmer the land surface ...
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• How To Play with Google Maps and Twitter API

  
  Woork Up — Authority: 123
  Nowadays Twitter is changing how the web is used. In fact under the pressure of the twitter’s FireHose even Google Search is starting to show transient informations, i.e. the tweets (cfr. Google Tweets and updates and search ). As everybody knows a tweet is a short text message (less than 140 characters) and it is ...
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