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:
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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