“A map on every page” August 15, 2007
Posted by Brian in competition, hyper-local, interactivity, maps, mashups.trackback
Google is coming out with a feature that lets anyone paste some HTML into a page to get a Google Map.
The article at CNET says that “[t]he map will be fully interactive, with the ability for users to drag and click or zoom in on a location. The maps will include satellite and hybrid modes. We’d better keep track of this as well.
This really is nothing extraordinarily special. The “hybrid mode” would be a satellite view with roads superimposed. This is not about displaying data on a map.
I suppose that I was thinking that people would quickly look at the “hybrid mode” of the map — the map/streets overlay — and look at the fact that they had a neat little map in their page, and they would think to themselves, What about hybrid modes _I_ want? What about all the data I want to put up?
If it’s on a popular blog, there could be lots of people commenting on what the blogger does with the map. That could lead to the blogger doing something tres nifty, something that we might want to do. This is why I am looking out for this.
well the fact that you can overlay a mymaps as well is where the problem is. Its becoming ever more possible to do whatever you want with google mymaps.
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/mymaps/add.html
including a geolocal wiki (in competition in wikimapia i suppose), youtube overlay, travel time visualizations, California age demographics, and hey a visual directory of pubs and bars in Toronto (might come in handy). I would link but I’m too lazy and theres no autolink button on this comment thing.
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I think this is cool I think that more of th news in turning into a map interface, I think that this looks close to what we are trying to do. I like it. Rob you always find some cool sites.
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