Google maps rock times two
This is what you get when you cross Google maps with Craigslist housing ads (via Jay, via Danah). Geez, what a great idea. I swear, I’m just blown away by how cool Google maps are, and then someone goes and bolts on something like this. I love it.
And just in case you’ve missed it, there’s another thing going on with Google maps over at Flickr. People are making memory maps by getting screenshots of the satellite views of their old neighborhoods, then using the annotation tool to add commentary. I’d love to get my parents, aunts and uncles and last living grandparent to do one of these. What a great way to put some flesh on the bones of those old stories.
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9 opinions for Google maps rock times two
Tom
Apr 9, 2005 at 5:04 pm
Bren:
You keep blowing me away. I started a rudementary HR blog at hrleaders.blogspot.com over the weekend for my associates here…your feeds, such as Google Maps and Craigslist, generate more ideas than I can comprehend…thanks a bunch.
ana
Apr 10, 2005 at 10:10 am
You forget the fun Google Sightseeing (http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/).
Pity that Google has only maps for North America, though. No memory maps for us Europeans…
Genuine Curiosity
Apr 10, 2005 at 4:59 pm
Google puts me in orbit
In my continued eerie parallels to Bren’s life, I see a post tonight on Slacker Manager about a cool use …
Genuine Curiosity
Apr 10, 2005 at 5:02 pm
Google puts me in orbit
I see a post tonight on Slacker Manager about a cool use for Google Maps. Well it just so …
reemer.com
Apr 11, 2005 at 9:41 pm
Find Craiglist Housing Using Google Maps
From Slacker Manager comes a link to a mashup of Google Maps and Craigslist that uses a tweaked Google maps interface to display rental and for sale properties listed on Craigslist. It has been fun to play with interesting remixed…
Rick Barnich
Apr 12, 2005 at 5:35 am
The cool technology that makes Google Maps and Flickr work is comperable to AJAX which is getting a lot of play right now. http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000428.html
Ironich thing is, Microsoft threw the technology away!
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Apr 12, 2005 at 7:22 am
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John Richardson
Apr 14, 2005 at 10:53 pm
Bren,
Thanks for listing my new site on your Blog. I discovered Google maps the other day but it wasn’t until I read some of your links that I realized some of the cool uses for it. Wow. I have a new idea… with gas prices at $2.75 here in California, how about Virtual Vacations. Just zoom in all the way and follow your favorite roads. Drag and go. No gas pains, no potty stops, no kids acting up in the back seat yelling “are we there yet?”. Just drag and go…
John
Skip
Apr 15, 2005 at 3:31 pm
Bren,
I just saw your post before I had posted my own take on this solution. Great minds think alike! Can’t wait to see where the technology takes us!