Monday, January 02, 2006

Google Maps Mania: Sunday Google Maps Mashup Assortment (10)

Some fun and interesting mashups:Travel Blogmap - Blogger user Hammock has integrated Google Maps into his travel blog. Check out this link and watch his travels get plotted to a Google Map.Sail Track - Cody has showed you the route of Spirit 28 in her recent journey from Scappoose, Oregon to Barkley Sound, BC in September, 2005.(Thanks for the linkback Cody!)March of the Penguins - Check out this Google Map that shows the travels of many stuffed penguins in various world locations! Good fun!Cool centering/zooming functionality - I'm reposting this French Google Map of mountain biking tracks. Select a route from "Circuits GPS ->" then choose a zoom level from "Selection vitesse trace:" and select a route from below.3D Tilted Japan Google Map - This is another repost of a Japan map that I mentioned. Blogger user Nipponcan has pointed us to the actual tilted map app that I only before had a screenshot for. Give this one a try - VERY cool.Some new mashups discovered by ProgrammableWeb.com:Blosh.net - Blosh finds blogs mentioning locations and displays them on a map [info]Judy's Book Maps - View reviews of U.S. stores, restaurants, bars and venues [info]Geek Shout Map - Find the Geek and shout any message you want on any location on the map. [info]Popular Mashups continue to update themselves:Frappr.com has introduced People Frappr and MyFrappr (check out an example here). Tagzania.com has put more information around a single location. Check out Paris as an example. Tagzania maps can also be incorporated directly into your Blogger posts as well - check out this Blogger user that has incorporated a Tagzania map into his post about wifi sites in Cleveland, Ohio...Still bored? Play some of these Google Maps powered web-games!Technorati Tags: , , ,

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