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March 2008

Google Chart API now does maps

March 20, 2008

The Google Chart API has just released a new version. Among the new features: No limit on the number of requests. Support for maps! USA state maps, other country maps, world maps, etc. It’s quite slick. Click on the image on the right to see a chart of the states I’ve lived in (the lighter [...]

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MapQuest keeps trying, but still can’t get it quite right

March 19, 2008

I’ve been quick to give MapQuest credit for effort, as they’re really trying to catch up the big boys now that their lead is quickly shrinking. Yesterday they introduced live traffic. It looks very similar to the traffic info on Google Maps, but with more detailed information. The screenshots look pretty nice: Here’s the problem [...]

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Add new locations to Google Maps

March 18, 2008

A while back, Google Maps gave people the ability to edit the locations of businesses. If you know of a local business that has moved or closed, you can edit it on the map. These screens show me removing a local Dairy Queen that recently closed: Now they’ve enhanced the user editing feature of Google [...]

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Read an entire magazine in Google Maps

March 17, 2008

This is a very creative use of Google Maps — all of the pages of a magazine tiled onto the surface of the map, to let you zoom and skim through the entire thing. The site is Zkimmer. It’s certainly a unique concept, though I have to question the usefulness of it. I think there [...]

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MapJack adds new city: Sausalito, CA

March 17, 2008

MapJack, a service that is very similar to Google Maps StreetView, has just added Sausalito, CA to their site. This now brings them up to a total of three cities: Sausalito, San Francisco (CA) and Chiang Mai (Thailand). Certainly an interesting mix. Their site is remarkably similar to StreetView, but it’s nice to see them [...]

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StreetView Easter Egg – Leprechaun

March 16, 2008

Google has put a fun little Easter egg into Google Maps StreetView. The little StreetView man has been replaced by a little green leprechaun, sitting on a clover. When you drag him around, he’s trailed by a rainbow. It’s a few days early, but it’s a fun little change. Thanks to Googling Google for the [...]

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Many layers updated in Google Earth

March 15, 2008

It’s not a much-loved imagery update, but this one is still pretty useful. This update for Google Earth/Maps includes: New road data in 94 countries New business listings in Russia and Brazil Support for Russian Cryllic or latin translated addresses New Zealand tourism layer Updates to the geographic web layer, such as wikipedia and Panoramio. [...]

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Google Launches Sky Online

March 13, 2008

Google has just released a version of Google Sky that can be viewed in your browser, very similar to Google Maps. The interface is very similar to Google Maps, but with some sky-based changes. The main change is that the tools which are normally “Map”, “Satellite” and “Terrain” have now become “Backyard Astronomy”, “Infrared”, “Microwave” [...]

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MapQuest is trying to catch back up

March 10, 2008

It’ll be a hard road (if not impossible) for MapQuest to try to catch up to Google, Yahoo and Microsoft in the maps race, but they’re doing their best. I guess I should say what I mean by “catch up”. In terms of usage, they still have a remarkable lead. In January they still had [...]

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Lots of updates to Yahoo Maps

March 6, 2008

Yahoo has been pretty quiet lately about their Maps, compared to Google and Microsoft. Today they finally have some news. As reported by Search Engine Land and posted on the Yahoo Local & Maps Blog, here is what has been added: New Neighborhood Data at lower zoom levels with: > 300 cities with new neighborhood [...]

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