Reading Time: < 1 minThe 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
Reading Time: 2 minI’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 […]
Add new locations to Google Maps
Reading Time: 2 minA 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 […]
Read an entire magazine in Google Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minThis 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 […]
StreetView Easter Egg – Leprechaun
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle 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 The little StreetView man has been replaced by a little green leprechaun, sitting on a clover.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 […]
Google Launches Sky Online
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle 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” […]
Yahoo Go 3.0 released, with a nice version of Yahoo Maps
Reading Time: < 1 minAs reported by Mobileography, Yahoo has just released Yahoo! Go 3.0. Among the many features in this new mobile suite is a pretty good version of Yahoo Maps. In my brief testing, it seems very similar to Google Maps Mobile, though I give a slight edge to Google. Their app seems to load tiles a […]
Golf Nation adds Virtual Earth support to 8,000 course listings
Reading Time: < 1 minGolf Nation, one of the largest golf course directories around, has added Virtual Earth maps to supplement their already existing Google Maps. On any of their course pages (here is an example), you can choose between viewing each course in Google maps or in Virtual Earth (look immediately below the small Google Map on that […]
Don’t forget about Google Maps Mobile for traffic info
Reading Time: < 1 minWith so many people traveling over the next 10 days, I thought it would be worth reminding you about the excellent Google Maps Mobile. The searching and directions are neat, but the live traffic is the real killer feature in this product. It saved us a good deal of time yesterday (don’t go down 75 […]
Location information in Google Maps for mobile — without GPS
Reading Time: < 1 minGoogle has just released a new version of Google Maps for mobile today. This version includes a new feature called “My Location”. By using cell tower triangulation, it can pinpoint your location to within a few hundred meters. It’s not as accurate as GPS, but it’s pretty darn good. In addition, it can assist with […]