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Celebrating NBC’s Tim Russert’s life on a map - Virender Ajmani creates this map-based tribute to the late Tim Russert.

Travel: New mashups for the summer holiday season..

BeerMenus New York City:

…This simple NYC Google Maps mashup plots the loctions of over 292 Beer Menus, 1532 Beers and 34 Events to one map. Click any of the pins to reveal each pub or restaurant’s full, categorized beer menu, sortable by price!

• TravelWisconsin.com uses Google Maps - The directory tab in each of the site’s categories section lets you map all search listings and businesses. A great way to open up a large directory of location-based information!
• A great My Map of Philadelphia things to see and do
• Google Map of US Biodiesel fill-up stations - Helps you find biodiesel fill up points by specific zip code, city or enter two points to find stations along a route! Perfect for the summer roadtrip! Don’t forget the recent “Finding Cheap Gas on Google Maps” post to help you find non-biodiesel cheap gas options!
  
• 2itch - 24 hour locations in: LA, NYC and Seattle! - The user-interface, name and application for this mashup is all pretty simple. Double-click anywhere on the map or enter an address to map 24-hour businesses! Quick to use when you need it the most!
• Gluten-Free Restaurant Map - Fine Gluten-free eating options in NYC and Boston
• Your Virtual Turnpike - A mashup that uses Google Maps Street View to let you explore an area. Quick links to metro areas and airports.
• RoadTripper - This newly formed mashup is intended to let you map your roadtrips for others to discover.

Click the USA label below to read about many more US mashups that can be used to help plan your travels this summer..

Crime Maps update:

SpotCrime.com now includes over 100 US Cities:

This Google Maps crime mashup was previously only available for Baltimore. That has definitely changed! SpotCrime has added over 100 cities and several cities have their own Mapplet that you can add directly to your own Google Maps view. Combine real estate mapplets with the SpotCrime city you’re in to perform power housing maps search. Engadget’s Switched and TechCrunch also recently reviewed SpotCrime.

• Journalistopia’s online crime maps directory - Danny Sanchez of Journalistopia brings us an awesome roundup of (mostly US) news sites that are including crime maps mashups.

New History Maps:

• 1880 Street Railway Map of the City of Washington - Designed to show the historic street railway lines used in Washington, DC. Blog post with full story and details here..
• Historic Map Works uses Google Maps - A large collection of US historic maps, some of which have GIS data, allowing them to be searched by address or lat/long and mapped using the Google Maps API. The old meets the new..
• Mapping the Cholera Epidemic of 1832 - Detailed blog post from NewYorkology.com about the NY Historical Society mapping this epidemic
• US Women Casualties of Iraq War

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US National Tennis Court Mashup:

Want a great way to find a tennis court anywhere in the US? TennisMaps.com comes to life with a mashup that actually took me a bit off guard when I went to review it. I wasn’t expecting the overwhelming coverage of courts per city, the amount of detail for each court or the services you can interact with for each court. You’ve got driving directions, ratings, court details and info about nearby toilets, restaurants and hotels. Quick options to link-to or print are also built in. My only suggestion is to create a way to quickly go back to the US view with all ball markers showing.. Even if you’re not a tennis buff, take a peek at this one, it’s pretty well done.

MyTopo: Browse US/Canada Topo Maps!:

Topographic (topo) maps are maps that show detail about natural and man-made features in an area. A hill or mountain is represented by contour lines drawn out to show terrain. Structures are labeled or their shapes are drawn out. In addition to practical planning uses, topo maps are pretty fun and almost geo-romantic to explore. MyTopo.com lets you browse these topo maps for anywhere in the US and Canada..

• California Green Buildings - created by The State of California Department of General Services. Andrew Turner has also re-mashed this and created a KML file you can grab. Check out more details about his project here.. [Thanks Andres!]
• Mapping the Newsweek Top 1300+ US High Schools for 2008

Street View Mania on Real Estate Mashups!

RealEstate.com, Trulia, PropertyMaps and Fibzber are among the first housing mashups to integrate Google Maps Street View!

4 Cool boundary mapping examples:

• WalkScore polyline mouse-over - Roll your mouse over this heatmap to see polylines instantly outline the boundary!
• Zillow Neighborhood Boundary Shapefiles - Zip files for each state are free for the downloading!
• Estately True Area Search - Enter your zip code then map from 1/2 to 10 miles from that zip code in your search.
• PropertyMaps.com has added parcel boundary mapping

3 New Texas Real Estate Mashups:

• POATRI Property Tract Map system - Covers thousands of acres of survey maps in West Texas. Mashup built using the WexZone Mapper
• InspiredAustin.com & DallasTexasRealEstate.com

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Google Maps mashups have come a long way in 3 years. Collectively, these mashups have been widely recognized as game changing web concepts that have helped to bring geographic relevancy to millions of points of information. Back on March 13th of this year I asked you to drop me a line to tell me about an award or recognition your Google Maps mashup has received. Thanks to everyone that answered my call! Today I’m posting those submissions and others that I have pulled together. Let’s keep this an organic post that can be added on to in the form of comment posts! It will serve as a way for everyone to find those Google Maps mashups from all over the world that stand out from the rest!

2008:

• Webby Awards 2008: Winners that use Google Maps - Chow, Yelp, Kayak & Trulia
• NYC Museum of Modern Art recognizes 14 Mashups in special exhibition
• AtlasPost.com - Demo 08 Winner (5 min. demo + acceptance talk + press)
• 2008 SEOmoz.org Web 2.0 Award Winners: Mapping Applications (All are Google Maps API sites) and Mapping (Google Maps #1)
• 14 Google Maps Mashups from Mashable.com
  
• Bikemap.net voted one of the most interesting Google Maps mashups by BILD-Zeitung (one of Germany’s largest newspapers)
• SadakMap.com was one of 16 finalists for India Innovations 2008 - Times of India press coverage of SadakMap is here..
• YourMapper voted into top 20 of Cisco’s Netsquared Featured Projects
• Google Japan 2008 My Maps Expo Winners (Japanese language)

2007:

• Platial 2007 Map Award Winners (26 winners in 16 categories)
• 2007 SEOmoz.org Web 2.0 Award Winners: Mapping (Includes Google Maps and 2 API sites)
• Mashable’s 13 Must-See Google Maps Mashups
• Danish Mashup Boliga.dk wins New Media of the Year Award 2007
• Dormir en Buenos Aires named one of the best sites in Argentina by Matear 2007
• Gruvr.com honored by MashupAwards.com on Sep.11/07 - See other Google Maps mashup winners here and here..
• ProgrammableWeb.com’s Mashup of the Day - Includes all Google Maps mashups that have been honored by site owner John Musser. For note, Baby Name Map was named mashup of the day on Oct.21/07!

2006:

• Webby Awards 2006 Best Practices & Services - Google Maps
• Webby Awards 2006 Personal Website (People’s Voice) - DaveLovesElizabeth.com
• Spain Google Maps Mashup Competition (+ Video) - Winner: Wikiloc
• Platial.com 2006 Map Awards
• 2007 SEOmoz.org Web 2.0 Award Winners: Mapping (All 3 are Google Maps API sites)

2005:

• IdealGovernment.com (UK) Maps Mashup Contest Winners

Have I missed a mashup that has been given an award or special recognition? Please feel free to post a comment to tell the world about it!

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I am currently sitting in the Plaine de Plainpalais in Geneva, Switzerland. Huge television screens and a large number of beer tents have been erected in the square for the start of the 2008 European Football Championship.

The tournament, which is being hosted by Austria and Switzerland kicks-off this Saturday but there is already a huge amount of excitement and anticipation about the competition. On Sunday, as I drove around Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), all the bridges were covered with flag-waving Portuguese fans who had heard that the team would be driving past from the airport.

Google have of course produced a Google Map for the occasion. The Google Fan Map shows all the stadiums being used in the competition, the tournament schedule and details about each of the teams.

It is also possible to turn on a Panoramio layer to view photos, and a Bars / Clubs layer which tags thousands of bars throughout Europe. The side-panel of the map includes a news section which I presume is presenting an RSS feed of the tournament from Google News.

The map is available in all of these countries, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden.

As well as the Fan Map Google is celebrating Euro ‘08 with dedicated YouTube channels where you can upload and share videos.

Via: Google LatLong: European Football Championship 2008 - Google Fan Map!

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The prolific Virender Ajmani from the Mibazaar blog has produced two Google Maps showing the life journeys of Barack Obama and John McCain from birth to … well probably the White House for one of them.

• Barack Obama’s Journey to the White House
• John McCain’s Journey to the White House

Both maps can be set to autoplay or manual. When set on autoplay the map automatically animates from one stage of a candidate’s biography on the map to the next. Both Obama and McCain are better travelled than many past presidential candidates so this geographical biography of the candidates works very well.

Both life journeys are also available as Google Gadgets. Download the gadgets to your iGoogle page here:

• Barack Obama’s Journey to the White House
• John McCain’s Journey to the White House

Related:

• Barack Obama’s Life Journey on Google Maps
• MapTheCandidates.com: ‘08 U.S. presidential election mashup
• Google Map of 2008 Presidential Contributions
• Wikipedia: Iowa Caucus

For more Google Maps elections mashups, click the label below..

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Clickz reports on this, the paper’s 25th widget called Washington Area Apartment Finder:
Apartment hunters in the Washington Metro area can use the widget, which is being sponsored exclusively by residential real estate company The Bozzuto Group, to fi…

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Northern Ireland Food Review

The Northern Ireland Food Review is a useful tool for finding restaurants in Northern Ireland. To start a search you simply enter your postcode, how far you wish to travel and what type of food you are looking for and all the nearby food outlets are tagged on a Google Map.

A shaded circle is also shown on the map indicating the distance you are prepared to travel. Clicking on a tagged restaurant opens an information window with a photograph and the address of the restaurant. There is also a link to a review of the restaurant.

Ireland Reserve Defence Forces
Ireland Reserve Defence Forces is a map of army and navy reserve units. The map shows all three territorial brigade areas in Ireland, with the ability to zoom in and get contact information and directions to each individual unit. The units themselves are indicated on the map by the unit’s shield.

Via: Silicon Republic

Town and Country

The Town and Country website has produced a nice Google Map showing all the bed & breakfasts in Ireland.

Clicking on a tagged B&B will take you to a review of that establishment. Each individual review also includes a small Google Map showing the exact location of the bed and breakfast.

Casualty Figures
Casualty Figures is a map showing the number of patients awaiting hospital admission in Irish hospitals. 35 hospital locations in Ireland are shown on the map. The figures are for 2005-2006 so the map won’t help you to discover the present number of patients awaiting hospital admission but can help you find a hospital in Ireland.

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Google Maps API for Flash New!

“This API lets Flex developers embed Google Maps in Flash applications. Similar to the JavaScript version, this ActionScript API provides a number of utilities for manipulating and adding content to maps through a variety of services, enabling you to embed robust, interactive maps applications on your website.”

The demo gallery has several examples and what can be achieved by using the New Flash Version of Google Maps API for Flash.
The Spinning Map looks like a good potential starting point (was this inspired by Flash Earth?)

For Map Savvy Developers out there will already now that Yahoo has had a Flash based API for almost over two years now is on Version 3.5.2 beta. http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/flash/asGettingStarted.html

So the question is why now?
The Javascript version is still useful on its own and is constantly being updated and supported, but the Flash version can expand on what Google Maps has now and can extend the functionality
“Smoothness and speed are a big part of it. We’ve [Google] designed it so that Flash graphics can be used for each tile layer, marker and info window - opening up possibilities like dynamic shading, shadowing, animation, and video. When the user zooms the map, magnification changes happen smoothly and place names fade in.”

Note some developers do not like flash and will avoid it if they can, but flash today has evolved to become a very useful tool to visualize information, displaying this data on maps can greatly enhance and explain complex situations.

More information and Official Source:
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/05/introducing-google-maps
-api-for-flash.html
(contains flash map/video and funky jazz sounds)
Thanks to Rob at Map Channels for pointing the new API out.

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Recent My Maps Viewer

Twittervision and Flickrvision have taken the Google Maps mashup world by storm. The new My Maps Viewer works the same way by showing you very recent My Maps that Google users have created. Sit back and watch the cool maps go by! Google’s Jess Lee tells you more about the [...]

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Following last week??™s post on Google Maps Saving the Planet an organisation called Google Maps Bike There contacted us about their campaign to get bike routes added to Google
Maps.
Here is how they describe themselves on their website,
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Yesterday, several of us presented at the California Council of Land Trust conference in Sacramento. Member groups of this organization work on land conservation issues, which is a cause near and dear to my heart.
Land trust organizations often use GIS to plan projects and educate donors and the public about their work. Non [...]

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Priceline, the veteran web1.0 travel site, has upgraded their application to take advantage of the Virtual Earth location platform. The most notable feature is the use of neighborhood polygons to help narrow your selection. Often when you’re planning a trip you know the part of town you want to stay in (midtown, [...]

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I’m still celebrating the Giants big upset in the Superbowl Sunday, so I’ll be brief in this post. Two leading brands in their respective industries of real estate and yellow page directory search have just completed migrating the mapping and local search portions of their websites to the Virtual Earth platform!
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Ok, I’ll admit up front that I’m every bit as biased as Carl but that won’t change the outcome this week in Glendale. Eli Sunday will continue his solid play that lead the gmen through the playoffs while Plax has another big game. Keys to victory will be Branshaw combining for a buck [...]

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Last year Microsoft and InfoNow announced a partnership where InfoNow would begin using the Virtual Earth platform to supply mapping and other location services to their customers. InfoNow provides Channel Management solutions to some of the worlds top brands like Maytag, American Express, and HP. You can learn more about InfoNow’s products in [...]

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