Google Maps is Cooler than Google.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne....ap/index.html
Talk about having the world on a string. There are so many possibilities.
What would you map?
--B
Quote:
Yahoo and other sites also offer maps, but Google's four-month-old mapping service is more easily accessible and manipulated by outsiders, the tinkerers say.
As it turns out, Google charts each point on its maps by latitude and longitude -- that's how Google can produce driving directions to practically anywhere in the nation. Seasoned developers have figured out how to match these points with locations from outside databases that can contain vast amounts of information -- anything from police blotters to real estate listings.
Yahoo and other sites also offer maps, but Google's four-month-old mapping service is more easily accessible and manipulated by outsiders, the tinkerers say.
As it turns out, Google charts each point on its maps by latitude and longitude -- that's how Google can produce driving directions to practically anywhere in the nation. Seasoned developers have figured out how to match these points with locations from outside databases that can contain vast amounts of information -- anything from police blotters to real estate listings.
Talk about having the world on a string. There are so many possibilities.
What would you map?
--B
Comments
My favorite bit is how you can so simply switch between map view and satellite view. Just brilliant.
Google got it right - here.
Role out the world...
/uo
it does UK now!