Quikmaps.com :: maps for the masses. Google Launches Maps Data API - O'Reilly Radar. The crowd at Where 2.0 was expecting an API announcement and Google delivered one. Lior Ron and Steve Lee announced their Maps Data API, a service for hosting geodata. As they describe it on the site: What is it? The Google Maps Data API allows client applications to view, store and update map data in the form of Google Data API feeds using a data model of features (placemarks, lines and shapes) and maps (collections of features). Why Use the Google Maps Data API? Storage scales simply with usage. Google is launching with some sample apps: My Maps Editor for Android allows users to create and edit personalized maps from an Android mobile phone. Geo data can get very large very quickly.
The crowd was hoping for a formal Latitude API to be announced (knowing that they launched the hint of one at the beginning of May). Create Embeddale Flash Google Maps. UMapper With Umapper it is possible to create interactive Flash Google Maps, display those maps on your website or social network, export the map created to Flash ActionScript 3.0 or KML. It is one of the better map creation tools that I have seen. It excels in the amount of options it gives the user and has a very impressive feature to automatically add Wikipedia articles to a Google Map.
It is very easy to create a map with Umapper. Markers can be placed on the map manually or you can use a search box to let Umapper find the location for you. I created the example map above in a matter of minutes using the Wikipedia search option. When placing markers there are several options. When adding content for the information window you are able to define the font type, size and colour. Comment & analysis / Analysis - Way to go? Mapping looks to be the web’s next big thing. Google Maps Mania. Google Maps adds user-created photos, videos, maps | Tech news blog - CNET News.com. Google Maps launched a new feature on Wednesday that shows you photos, videos, and maps that people have created about different locations around the world. After typing in a city or address there is a new "Explore this area" link near the top left. Clicking on that brings up thumbnails of photos and videos with links to more of each, as well as custom maps for that location.
For instance, a search on San Francisco brings up photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, the city enveloped in fog (a not uncommon sight), and sunsets. There are videos of penguin chicks at the San Francisco Zoo and video from a YouTube user event. Underneath that is a list of popular searches (such as parking garage, De Young Museum) for the location and then user-created interactive maps, including one showing the scenic 49-mile drive and car chases from the movie "Bullitt. "