Posts Tagged ‘Maps’

Feb
27

User-Generated Content in Google Maps

I'm about a year off with this one, but no better time than the now. Google is offering user-generated content within ...

Feb
20

Javascript Hackers Invited to Hackathon at Google

Yesterday, Google announced the 2008 Hackathon to be held at their headquarters in Mountain View, CA. As far as I can ...

Dec
17

Guest Posting for Google

This one comes directly from the official Google Maps API blog. Joe Monahan writes a guest post as an Orbitz.com employee. ...

Oct
08

Google Maps: “You can do it, we can help…confuse you.”

Doing some online research around New York today, I landed on a Google Maps page with some results. After ...

Jul
30

Drag and Drop Map Directions

While visiting in Atlanta this weekend, I decided to look up one of my friends from college to see if ...

Jun
02

Google Maps with Streets — Privacy

Google released the new feature of Streets not too long ago. Has Google gone too far? Google has really stepped ...

Jun
02

Google Maps the NYC Subway

Something I've never realized is that Google Maps has all the NYC Metro subways mapped out. As I'm now living in ...

Apr
12

Google Maps in 3D

When zooming in to a small enough area, you can now see some major cities in 3D using Google Maps. ...

Mar
11

Google Maps Feature Request Roundup - March 11th, 2007

Here is a quick roundup for feature requests that people have come up with. Google Maps Access to traffic data Optional font sizes ...

Mar
01

Traffic Mapping Gets in the Way

So what bothers me about the recent feature of Real-time Traffic Reporting? The traffic reports cover up the freeway ...

Feb
28

Google Maps with Live Traffic Reports

Google Maps has launched a brilliantly new feature which I have been waiting for since quite a while ago. ...

Feb
18

My 2007 Google Wishlist

There are a lot of enhancements and feature-requests that I want from Google still, so here's my list. Google Maps (I ...

Feb
12

Google and Vodafone Map it Out

...Vodafone sees Google Maps as a new milestone in the relationship that both companies are developing... This was sure to happen ...

Feb
04

Reviews in Google Maps

This may have been around for a while, but Google Maps is displaying reviews of a business listing inline of ...

Feb
03

Add Somes Notes to Your Map

As I was just printing out directions to a friend's house for the Superbowl on Sunday, I noticed a new ...

Jan
16

Map Your Search

Google Maps has been integrated into Google search without a hitch and now operates just as it should. If ...

Jan
10

Driving Traffic to Your Maps Using a Sitemap

Google is highly recommending that if you want your Maps API pages to be included into the index for search ...

Dec
16

Google Maps Updated

Google Maps made some updates recently. Some new links were added such as "Get reverse directions" and an almost ...

Nov
29

Google Map in the Day Light

Thanks for this one too Philipp. This mashup is simply to let you see where it is currently daylight in the ...

Nov
15

Put your site on the map

The Google AJAX Search API team has pulled together and created a stand-alone application that will let you put a ...

Oct
27

More Info With Google Maps

Among other improvements lately with Google Maps, there is a "more info" link now when browsing Google Maps. This ...

Oct
27

The Power of Google Maps API

www.halloweenmashup.com is offering a mashup of holloween parties near you. It automatically detects where your IP is located and ...

Oct
12

Google Maps for the Palm Treo

Google has released a version of Google Maps Mobile specifically for the Palm Treo now. As a personal user ...

Oct
06

The Chocolate Shop Mashup

Here's a nice map mashup of various chocolate shops. Just yet another great use of the Google Maps API.

Sep
27

Saved Locations Doesn’t Work

I was just browsing through my "saved locations" for Google Maps and they apparently are not working. What I ...

Sep
26

5 New Cities Added to Transit

Google Transit, the Google Maps & Public Transportation Mashup, has expanded outside of Portland, Oregon to 5 new destinations. The new ...

Sep
25

Uh Oh! — IE Vulnerability

We noticed that a recent security vulnerability in Internet Explorer VML has led some users and organizations to disable VML ...

Aug
15

Google Enters The Coupon Biz

Google Inc. is enabling users to find and print coupons from merchants listed in the online search leader's index of ...

Aug
08

Print Your Map Today!

Google Maps is an awesome resource. I can't emphasize enough how much I love Google Maps. There was ...

Aug
05

Google Maps Can Save Now

The Official Google Blog has recently reported that we are now able to set a "Default" location. After setting your default ...

Jul
26

Google Maps: The Idea Box

DISCLAIMER: This article is purely hopes and speculation, none of this has actually happened. Google Maps is a great product. ...

Jul
20

Maps: Zoom Zoom Zoom

Google Maps recently added some new zooming features which will hopefully make it easier to navigate around within the maps. ...

Jul
16

Google Maps Gets in the Tab-loids

The Maps department have been hard at work adding some new tabs to Google Maps. The new tabs that ...