OREILLY -- The Where 2.0 Conference includes announcements of several clever Google map hacks, many already tagged as del.icio.us/tag/maps. Here are a few:
- Weather on a Google map cleverly uses icons to indicate wind speed and direction.
- How to geotag photos.
- How to make KML files for Google Earth, especially Google's KML tutorial and KML reference.
- Map of free Wifi in NYC (also on Google Local) but without a master directory.
- gmapPedometer. Double-click on the map to mark waypoints, and the app tells you the total distance defined by the waypoints. You must click at every intersection, otherwise it assumes you can walk through buildings, because Google hasn't exposed a routing API.
- Google Maps Transparencies lets you view a street map in the context of the satellite photo of the area. It's interesting how the map doesn't line up with the photo. Some parts of Ireland are 10-15 km out of sync with the real grid.
- Yahoo! News over a Yahoo! map are easily confused.
- Google Earth Hacks is a blog devoted to cool stuff done with Google Earth. It showed the London Attacks and Tour de France locations.
- Been Mapped is adding community to the Google satellite imagery sightseeing craze. You can do things like build your own playlist, vote and rank locations.
- Latest 2.5+ earthquakes. Uses mygmaps as the platform.
- Vancouver tourist map. We need one for Dublin.
- Add geocoding to the Google Javascript API. It uses geocoder.us instead of scraping the geocoder built into the Google Maps website.
- Best Google Maps Blog: Google Maps Mania. It covers most of the links cited here.
Nat Torkington -- "Where 2.0: A Collection of Map Hacks"
