General &Internet &Technology SpinMeister on 03 Feb 2006 10:41 am
Bloggers Use Google and Yahoo Mapping Tools
Google Maps Mania, an unofficial Google Maps blog, was recently covered in an NPR news story. The site has many cool links to individual interests based on locations.
A related site, Google Sightseeing, is themed around collecting eye catching satellite photographs.
Yahoo’s new Flash-based maps also have an API that can be accessed and customized, as seen at the Programmable Web blog. Yahoo is also developing a Local Events browser based on their maps, as described by a Yahoo! developer’s blog. Other Yahoo map users linked their videos to locations.