Google Maps is ready to create a mashup
"Google Maps is launching a new feature that enables people to create customized maps with content from multiple mashup Web sites.
Users can browse the 100 or so many maplets for content to add to their maps. There aren't necessarily a lot of maplets available right now, but I'm sure the list will grow. For instance, searching for "bike" there was only bike path maplets for Boulder and New York City. But residents of Tokyo and Santiago will benefit from having access to their subway maps available.
Google has distributed more than 50,000 Google Maps API keys, said Thai Tran, a product manager for Google Maps. Creators of existing Google mashup Web sites can modify their code slightly and add it to the Google maplet gallery so that it can be combined with other mashups on anyone's personal map, he said.
Google is really pushing the mapping envelope. In April, the company introduced a feature that lets people add their own text, photos and video to customized maps, in essence enabling anyone to create a mashup. A few weeks ago, the company unveiled a feature that lets people click and drag to change the Google Maps driving directions."
report Posted by Elinor Mills in cnet
Users can browse the 100 or so many maplets for content to add to their maps. There aren't necessarily a lot of maplets available right now, but I'm sure the list will grow. For instance, searching for "bike" there was only bike path maplets for Boulder and New York City. But residents of Tokyo and Santiago will benefit from having access to their subway maps available.
Google has distributed more than 50,000 Google Maps API keys, said Thai Tran, a product manager for Google Maps. Creators of existing Google mashup Web sites can modify their code slightly and add it to the Google maplet gallery so that it can be combined with other mashups on anyone's personal map, he said.
Google is really pushing the mapping envelope. In April, the company introduced a feature that lets people add their own text, photos and video to customized maps, in essence enabling anyone to create a mashup. A few weeks ago, the company unveiled a feature that lets people click and drag to change the Google Maps driving directions."
report Posted by Elinor Mills in cnet
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