Do you know if the google map will go into California, to allow making maps
that include places in San Diego and Northern Baja?
Thanks
Steve
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From: "Joe Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group"
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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [DDN] Google points way to Maps' code (fwd)
On 6/30/05, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also from the Boston Globe; I'd love to hear what list members think
about this impacting community informatics.... -ac
Google points way to Maps' code
Move OK's sites' use of feature to create their own services
When the online information search giant launched a feature in February
letting Web surfers pull up maps and satellite images of virtually any
neighborhood in America, hackers quickly found the Google service made
it possible to present data in cartographic format. Unlike existing
services
from Time Warner Inc.'s MapQuest.com and Yahoo Inc. that are limited to
presenting information authorized by the portal -- like locations of
pizza
shops or bank machines -- Google Maps let people plug in their own data.
And now, Yahoo! does as well. I spent some time working with both,
yesterday and today. Very useful stuff.
I had an existing database of sites with latitude and longitude stored
-- http://sandiegobloggers.com/ -- and now have samples of the data in
yahoo format:
http://sandiegobloggers.com/newmap/yahoo/ (which redirects to being
hosted on yahoo)
And
http://sandiegobloggers.com/newmap/ (which is local to me)
Y! is great because you can send it richer data about sites, in
addition to being able to feed it *either* lat/lon or address data.
Google is great because you have a bit more control over look and
feel, and can host it locally on your own site.
Both have a wee learning curve - but if you can hack xml and
javascript and follow instructions, you're golden.
The first time I ever worked on anything like this it was with an org
in San Diego that maintains a list of CTCs down there. It was
homegrown because of prohibitive licensing costs for commercial
mapping tools.
These tools now are essentially free, and darned useful. Anyone
looking to build a quick list of locations only needs an api key
(free) and a nice xml file of data on the web, and you have an instant
map.
These are powerful tools, and these are interesting times for the web.
Joe Crawford
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