The Google satellite maps are worldwide. I've done Tajikistan and that's a lot more obscure than Baja.
Joe Ps. Just do it. Google's a live site you know. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Elster Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:57 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Google points way to Maps' code (fwd) 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > -- > http://artlung.com/ > 805-857-3951 > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
