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Category: Google Maps | May 10, 2013
First there was the SF Live Bus map, then came the PDX Live Map (for Portland), now Seattle has its own animated live real-time map of its Metro Transit network.
Busdrone uses Google Maps to show the real-time location of Seattle’s buses. Load up the map, sit back and watch as little blue markers navigate Seattle’s streets. Hypnotic!
If you want to create one of these maps for your own city’s bus network all you need is a timetable and a little peak at the code on GitHub.
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/j-oYX3cIOtQ/seatlles-buses-live-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | May 10, 2013
First there was the SF Live Bus map, then came the PDX Live Map (for Portland), now Seattle has its own animated live real-time map of its Metro Transit network.
Busdrone uses Google Maps to show the real-time location of Seattle’s buses. Load up the map, sit back and watch as little blue markers navigate Seattle’s streets. Hypnotic!
If you want to create one of these maps for your own city’s bus network all you need is a timetable and a little peak at the code on GitHub.
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/k2ZTx53ta7I/seatlles-buses-live-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | May 10, 2013
Popturf is a Google Map of important locations in popular culture. It can help you find out where your favorite movies or television shows were shot, where music history was made and even where your favorite books were set.
You can view all the Popturf locations on one Google Map or view individual maps showing you locations in Movies, Music, Television, Literature, Comic Books, Video Games, Technology, Art & Design and History.
Registered users can contribute to the Popturf map by adding new locations.
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/YUClAlONR2w/pop-culture-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | May 10, 2013
Popturf is a Google Map of important locations in popular culture. It can help you find out where your favorite movies or television shows were shot, where music history was made and even where your favorite books were set.
You can view all the Popturf locations on one Google Map or view individual maps showing you locations in Movies, Music, Television, Literature, Comic Books, Video Games, Technology, Art & Design and History.
Registered users can contribute to the Popturf map by adding new locations.
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/1zqQ_IWIAGs/pop-culture-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | May 10, 2013
Planocio Eventos is a really well designed Spanish events map. My Spanish is terrible, so it is a testament to how well designed Planocio is that I had no trouble finding the categories of events and specific dates that I was interested in using the map’s intuitive interface.
Users of the map can quickly find out what events are happening on a particular day by selecting a date from the left hand panel. All the events occurring on that date are then displayed on a Google Map and appear in the event listings panel.
Users can filter the events by category by selecting from the blue map marker menu that is placed to the left of the map. The user can change what week’s events are displayed by clicking on the up and down arrows in the date side panel. The breadcrumb links above the map allow the user to find events by month and even by season. It really is a well thought out map. 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/TIOqNyRlCow/spanish-events-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | May 10, 2013
Planocio Eventos is a really well designed Spanish events map. My Spanish is terrible, so it is a testament to how well designed Planocio is that I had no trouble finding the categories of events and specific dates that I was interested in using the map’s intuitive interface.
Users of the map can quickly find out what events are happening on a particular day by selecting a date from the left hand panel. All the events occurring on that date are then displayed on a Google Map and appear in the event listings panel.
Users can filter the events by category by selecting from the blue map marker menu that is placed to the left of the map. The user can change what week’s events are displayed by clicking on the up and down arrows in the date side panel. The breadcrumb links above the map allow the user to find events by month and even by season. It really is a well thought out map. 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/OKamzcz9qtA/spanish-events-on-google-maps.html
Category: Google Maps | May 9, 2013
The New York Times has published an interesting Medicare Map that shows how much different hospitals charge Medicare throughout the country for the same treatment.
The map compares the charges made at 3,300 hospitals nationwide for the 100 most commonly performed treatments and procedures. The colored markers on the map show whether individual hospitals charged less than the average (blue markers), 1 to 2 times the average (yellow) or twice the national average (red).
Users can click on individual hospitals to view how much they charged Medicare in five common types of case and across a range of other types of medical case. 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/LcpDd4H4qnY/the-national-medicare-map.html
Category: Google Maps | May 9, 2013
The New York Times has published an interesting Medicare Map that shows how much different hospitals charge Medicare throughout the country for the same treatment.
The map compares the charges made at 3,300 hospitals nationwide for the 100 most commonly performed treatments and procedures. The colored markers on the map show whether individual hospitals charged less than the average (blue markers), 1 to 2 times the average (yellow) or twice the national average (red).
Users can click on individual hospitals to view how much they charged Medicare in five common types of case and across a range of other types of medical case. 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/Gru_J-FKG08/the-national-medicare-map.html
Category: Google Maps | May 9, 2013
Google Maps, the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA and TIME have come together to release an awesome new interactive timelapse application for viewing satellite images of the Earth.
Timelapse allows you to create a timelapse sequence from satellite images (from 1984 to 2012) for anywhere on Earth.The application comes with a number of default views that allow you to view timelapse animations of satellite images showing the sprawling growth of Las Vegas, the building of Dubai, the shrinking of the Mendenhall Glacier and the drying-up of Lake Urmia.
The first thing you will probably want to do (after watching some of the default animations) is to view a timelapse from satellite images of your own town. When you’ve done that you might want to use the Google Map to centre on and view timelapse animations of Puning, China the World’s fastest growing town) and Hong Kong (to view the reclamation of land from the sea).
A little user tip The timelapse animations look much better when played back at a slower speed. So mouse-over the date (bottom-left of the app) and change the playback speed from ‘fast’ to ‘slow’. 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/FRJDDZ5gBjc/the-changing-picture-of-earth.html
Category: Google Maps | May 9, 2013
Google Maps, the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA and TIME have come together to release an awesome new interactive timelapse application for viewing satellite images of the Earth.
TIME Timelapse allows you to create a timelapse sequence from satellite images (from 1984 to 2012) for anywhere on Earth.The application comes with a number of default views that allow you to view timelapse animations of satellite images showing the sprawling growth of Las Vegas, the building of Dubai, the shrinking of the Mendenhall Glacier and the drying-up of Lake Urmia.
The first thing you will probably want to do (after watching some of the default animations) is to view a timelapse from satellite images of your own town. When you’ve done that you might want to use the Google Map to centre on and view timelapse animations of Puning, China the World’s fastest growing town) and Hong Kong (to view the reclamation of land from the sea).
A little user tip The timelapse animations look much better when played back at a slower speed. So mouse-over the date (bottom-left of the app) and change the playback speed from ‘fast’ to ‘slow’. 
From: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleMapsMania/~3/3yXHj7YH6nk/the-changing-picture-of-earth.html
