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[(untitled) digital creative blog] (untitled) digital creative blog | Google injects useless user-gen ...: It's unclear how Google is choosing which to approve and which not to - if they chose to approve all user-generated markers, then the map would no doubt become a maddening mess. On the upside, last time I was looking for the Early Learning Centre (it's where the cool kids go) with my primitively printed Google Map, I ended up outside some office buildings by Embankment. 

[DSWei] Social Media Websites API List: Google Maps, Mapping services. HopStop, Mass transit and walking directions. iShareMaps On Demand, UK Postcode Geocoder. Map24 AJAX API, Mapping services. Mappr, Photo mapping. MapQuest, Online mapping service ...

[SR.com Blogs | TXT] TXT: Using Plazes puts you on the map: Plazes is working on a new API system for developers. Kellner said, “The idea is to have an API by the end of this year which can access all data in the system.” For those of us who are not developers, this means we may see some new exciting applications using Plazes in new ways in the coming year.

[The lost outpost] Plazes: ecto Applescript, Dashboard widget « The lost outpost: I used the Adium/Plazes script as an example, but the overall simplicity of the call really impressed me. After that, it was a straightforward matter of using an existing script that added text to the current draft to drop the location details into the post, and voila.

[Slashgeo] Slashgeo | MapServer + Tikiwiki and An Update on GeoCMS Softwares: KASSPER then created a network link allowing you to view the locations as placemarks in Google Earth. In the same GEC thread, KASSPER also posted a nifty web page tool for searching the Wikipedia database for locations.

[Bits] Where Are You? Show 'Em With Google Latitude - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com: Privacy is a key concern with any kind of location-based social networking service, and Google says Latitude is completely opt-in: Users choose who gets access and what level of information they can see. For example, users could grant close friends and family access to their exact location, while limiting acquaintances to knowing only the city they’re in.

[blog.forret.com] Web 2.0 mememap overview | blog.forret.com: It also show your Plazes on Google Maps (”VISUALIZE”). Matt Biddulph takes a list of people (”USER DATA”), uses the Yahoo Search API to find their page in Wikipedia (”ANNOTATE” with other “USER DATA” thanks to the Yahoo!

[Understanding Google Maps & Local Search] Google Maps indexing and mapping geoRSS & KML files ...: Another challenge facing Google in building this GeoWeb thingy is that lots of Web2.0 sites, create lots of (potentially unique) geolocated content (wikimapia, tagzania, plazes, the GEC, flickr to name a few) , that could be aggregated, but is all deeply buried and quickly changing. Of course, getting sites to publish their content in KML is a good way - as long as it can be spider-ed efficiently.

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