Google Maps Mania: Google Maps Creation Tools and Resources - Part 5

location based services

Google Maps Creation Tools:

Strike up your Google Maps - Creation Tool (with GeoRSS support)
Google Maps Maker - "Make Google maps the easy way"
Flickr Geocoder - More on how this works here.
Google Maps API:

Google Maps API - PDF Book
How to develop a Google Maps mashup
Introduction to Developing with Google Maps
Google Maps API, DB2/Informix, and PHP on Linux
Revision 2.45 of API v2 (Google Maps API Blog Post - Apr.7/06) -- Don't forget to follow the release of the Google Maps API Version 2 on the Google Maps API Blog and the Google Maps API Group
Viewing and Website Tools:

RouteBuilder - Make your own directions

Tormap - visual "real-time" representation of the Tor network
AJAX Powered IP Location Lookup
Mapulator traceroute tool [via]
Goldmine CRM: One Click Directions
FlexMaps: Google Maps Videochat & Sharing
Google Maps Hit Logger - See it in action here.
Previous Creation Tools posts: [Part 4], [Part 3], [Part 2], [Part 1]
Lists of Links: Viewing Tools and Creation Tools