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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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  • Which phone should you buy: Droid or Eris? Go with the Droid!


    Gadget Reviews — Authority Authority: 144
    We’ve been hearing about the Droid for weeks, getting screen shots and teasers, reviews and comparisons. Finally, it’s come out to play! While many have spent countless hours fantasizing about the joys and uses of such a phone (or maybe that was just me), time for mental window shopping is officially over and now ...
    8 hours ago

  • links for 2009-11-08


    GPS Comarison|GPS Reviews — Authority Authority: 126
    NodeBoxNodeBox is a new software application for creating generative art using procedural graphics.(tags: apps coding data design tool toolkit tools python userexperience visualization userinterfaces)Physical Computing » Urban DefenderUrban Defender is a location-aware game that takes place in cities and towns. The ...
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  • Fun with GIS #30: GIS = Powertool for STEM


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    I spent last week at the annual conference of the State Educational Technology Directors Association. Participants and speakers talked about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to the point that I wished I had a nickel for every time it was mentioned. STEM content is indeed key to the future of ...
    12 hours ago

  • Motorola MILESTONE Android Smartphone


    Computer Electronic Gadget Review — Authority Authority: 136
    Motorola Android Smartphone MILESTONE: The interest in Motorola DROID is quite large,which is a real boost for the beleaguered Motorola, especially given that the brand is struggling to weather the storm.To prevent things transparent,the phone also DROID be released under a different name.For example,Vodafone and O2 ...
    13 hours ago

  • Track Hurricane Ida in Google Earth


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    Hurricane Ida is on a path for the central Gulf Coast, expected to make landfall tonight somewhere between New Orleans and Pensacola. While the storm is expected to weaken before it hits land, it will still arrive as a strong tropical storm and could cause quite a lot of damage. As you know, Google Earth has some ...
    14 hours ago

  • The Value of Location-based Tweets


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    Noam Cohen writes in the New York Times why the upcoming location API for Twitter will make the service so much more useful. Basically, it helps filter the huge number of tweets, so many of which are re-tweets, simply sending on the same information.... Read more ::: via :::
    15 hours ago

  • I’m A Local


    Exclamation — Authority Authority: 99
    I know it’s hard to remember this time before the Internet. Even before chat-rooms – YES, even before “You’ve Got Mail.” Before the socialized Internet, your community was just your physical social environment: Your mailman, your grocer, friends, family, roommates and the physical places where you would see ...
    15 hours ago

  • Google Maps Glitch: Non-existent Rochester Near Henderson, NV


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    - Las Vegas Sun Why are these taking so long to find? ... Read more ::: via :::
    16 hours ago

  • Draw Freely On Google Maps, Export In Multiple Formats


    Free Geography Tools — Authority Authority: 416
    ScribbleMaps is one of the slickest Google Maps apps I’ve ever seen. Draw and/or place any of the following on a Google Map view:Freehand linesStraight linesCirclesRectanglesArbitrary shapesTextImages (needs a web link to the image)Standard Google Map/Earth placemark icons (select from multiple sets):You also have ...
    17 hours ago

  • Update v3.2.1 Google Maps for BlackBerry available


    Phones Review — Authority Authority: 620
    Some news for all you BlackBerry fans out there, Google Maps for BlackBerry has just received an update to version 3.2.1 according to an article over on berryreview . Unfortunately though the Google guys haven’t delivered on a changelog so we aren’t too sure what Google Maps for BlackBerry v3.2.1 includes ...
    19 hours ago

  • Heatmap: The Vote for New York Mayor, Block by Block


    Simple Complexity — Authority Authority: 565
    The New York Times has an extremely detailed, interactive, heatmap showing the block by block election results of Tuesday’s Bloomberg re-election. The image above shows a detailed view of the Lower East Side voting results. The images below show the map at two different zoom levels. Mayor Michael R. ...
    20 hours ago

  • Google Wave Seminar by Ycademy


    Yorgo Nestoridis — Authority Authority: 531
    By Yorgo Nestoridis Contents [ hide ] 1 Google Wave Seminar by Ycademy 1.1 Get your Google Wave Invitation 1.2 How to Participate at the Seminar 2 Some Features of Google Wave 2.1 Vouliagmeni on Google Wave 2.2 Record Audio Messages 2.3 Play Sudoku on Google Wave 2.4 Video Chat on ...
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  • Mexico Day on Google Maps Mania


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    EstoyEnElMapa.com EstoyEnElMapa.com claims to be the largest geo-referenced database in Mexico with a search engine for local businesses. Businesses can be searched by name or by category and the results are shown on a Google Map. It is also free for anybody to search or submit a new business. It is possible to ...
    23 hours ago

  • Google Maps adds New York Subway Layer


    Fone Arena - The Mobile Blog — Authority Authority: 563
    The Google Maps team always does some interesting work. The latest addition to GoogleMaps Mobile is Layer for the NYC Subway . If you are in a city which has a underground or any railway system, you are always forced to carry a map of the trains always so that you never get lost. When in London I was always carrying ...
    1 day ago

  • New York Subway Map Quilt Fabric


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    Our latest example of map miscellany comes in the form of quilting fabrics with a pattern resembling a New York subway map from a quilt shop in New York City . Probably not for use in navigation. Via Very Spatial . New York Subway Map Quilt Fabric first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on ...
    1 day ago

  • A Mapping Site Inspires A Collaboration and Gives Google Maps a run for its Money.


    The Next Web — Authority Authority: 775
    Playstreet is just such a great idea. Basically, it’s a mapping tool that breaks the city of Seoul into 29 hotspots. You can choose the area you want to know more about, click the link and get information about the area. They do this in an unique way. They overlay street view images onto graphical maps. That way ...
    1 day ago

  • Quick Bits: News from GooLand


    GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems — Authority Authority: 493
    In the world of Google Maps, New York City Subway lines are now available as part of the NYC transit routes.  Google set the cloud aflutter when The Telegraph posted an article about the mysterious and mythical town of Argleton.  The fictitious town exists only on Google Maps and marks an empty field.  No one [...]
    1 day ago

  • Google Maps Mobile Placemark Icon


    What is special about Geospatial? — Authority Authority: 99
    It was very hard to find the new stylish placemark icons of Google Maps Mobile 3 (GMM 3) in the web. Therefore I tried to create a icon which look like those optimized for mobile devices. In my opinion they look much more modern like the traditional placemark icons of Google Maps. You can download [...]
    1 day ago

  • The Tragedy of Edmund Fitzgerald – #googlemaps #googlewave


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    Edmund Fitzgerald sank 34 years ago on November 10th, 1975 in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members lost their lives that day. I have created a Google Maps Mashup which shows the exact location of the tragedy in Lake Superior along with hometowns of the mariners on Edmund Fitzgerald who died. I have also created a ...
    1 day ago

  • Bing Maps at TechEd Europe


    geo2web.com — Authority Authority: 447
    Tomorrow the TechEd Europe opens it’s gates in Berlin and Bing Maps will be represented as well. Chris Pendleton will come over from Redmond and join us for the week and I have the privilege of presenting 2 sessions on Bing Maps : WIA02-IS Bing Maps Silverlight Control, Location Intelligence, and Microsoft ...
    1 day ago

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