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Category: Google Maps | Feb 17, 2010
Mailbox MapMailbox Map is a Google Maps mashup showing the locations of mailboxes in the USA.Search for an address or zip code and Mailbox Map will display the locations of mailboxes in that area. If you click on a mailbox map marker the map will display the box’s collection times.The site also has a mobile phone version of the map that displays USPS mailboxes, US post offices
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/Zwu27gj4v4E/find-mailbox-with-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 16, 2010
Laptopfriendlycafes.comLaptopfriendlycafes.com is a website dedicated to finding and listing free wifi locations that are also laptop user friendly.Each individual cafe listing on the site comes with a ‘Directions’ link that leads to the cafe’s location on Google Maps. The site also has a very handy iPhone app.The iPhone app contains the listings for New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney. The 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/2bu7kmeMW2g/wi-fi-locator-app-for-iphone.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 16, 2010
Google Buzz MapA lot of you have probably been enjoying the Buzz layer in Google Maps for Mobile. It is also possible to view the Buzz layer for Google Maps on your home computer.Click here to load the Google Maps for Mobile map in your browser. Then choose ‘Buzz’ from the ‘Layers’ menu (bottom left corner). The map will then display the buzzes around your current location.If you want to check 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/RhL4JDkhsu4/google-buzz-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 16, 2010
Alameda Point Plane CrashThe new Aerial imagery available from the Google Labs experiments in Google Maps shows what looks like a plane crash at Alameda Point in California.However worry not. The plane crash is actually a mock up created for an episode of the paramedic series Trauma.The episode featured a mock plane crash for which pieces of a Boeing airliner were used to simulate a crashed plane
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/ncfUTEc6tCE/plane-crash-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 16, 2010
Visual Trace Route ToolYou Get Signal are using the Google Maps API to visualise the path Internet packets take to reach a specified destination. The tool works by identifying the IP addresses of each stage taken on the way to the destination network address.When all of the locations on the route are identified, the path to the destination is animated on Google Maps. All the hops taken by the 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/KYe1fLRDBYE/view-packet-routes-with-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 16, 2010
PersiMoon Urban AtlasI think this is the first Iranian Google Maps mashup that has actually been created in Iran to feature on Google Maps Mania. This nicely designed map of Mashhad, Iran shows the locations of doctors in Masshad. The map also features a number of geotagged photographs of the city.In the map side panel there are a number of other options to view cafes, hotels, cinemas and other 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/iUPUjA7lrFo/iranian-google-maps-mashup.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 15, 2010
Winter Olympics Video MapMibazaar has put together this Google Maps mashup showing geo-tagged YouTube videos of the 2010 Winter Olympics.The videos are embedded directly within the information windows on the map. Each information window also includes forward and back buttons so that you can navigate to the other videos on the map.JotPixJotPix is a YouTube and photographs Google Maps mashup. The 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/97ZgAwmuiTk/winter-olympics-videos-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 15, 2010
Map of Author’s BirthplacesSoren, of Microformats.dk, has produced a Google Maps mashup to show the birthplaces of the authors whose books are on the list of the top 250 books borrowed from UK libraries. The data for the map comes from The Guardian’s Data Store.If you click on a map marker you will find out the birthplace of the author and their number on the list. Of course some authors, for 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/PWbAOmcQ3Eg/authors-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 15, 2010
Brighton Pavilion Canvassing MapSadly the compulsory electronic tagging of politicians has not yet been introduced. However The Argus newspaper has effectively solved this problem by crowd sourcing the whereabouts of electoral candidates in Brighton Pavilion.In the UK a national election is fast approaching. The local newspaper for Brighton has decided to use Google Maps to track the movements of
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/v3ChuGEjKI0/tracking-politicians-with-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | Feb 14, 2010
Bird’s Eye ViewThis map places Bing Maps’ Bird’s Eye View side by side with Google Maps’ new Aerial View. It took me a few hours to put this together last night and provides a good comparison of the imagery available in each map.I’ve selected a number of views to choose from. To view a location just click on one of the buttons under the map.The map does have a few bugs. For some reason the map 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/M8qb5KEzZJQ/google-and-bing-maps-birds-eye-view.html
