Category Archives: google maps
First Look – Exploring The New Google Maps
To my surprise the new Google maps is available already. Upon receipt of the email providing me with a special link I immediately launched maps from Chrome for a quick, first look. The first thing I noticed was the browser … Continue reading
New Google Maps for iPhone (iOS) now available in iTunes Store – video
Yes indeed, after the big, Apple Maps clusterf%^k the much anticipated, official Google maps app for iOS is now available to iPhone users (not yet available as an official iPad app). Note: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, … Continue reading
Google Lowers Price for Maps API
It seems Google is now back-tracking a little in the wake of last year’s announcement of hikes in fees for the usage of the Google Maps API. It seems many developers, including the likes of foursquare have bailed out on … Continue reading
Google Maps Coordinate for Workforce Management
Something new this week out of the Google Lat/Long blog for the enterprise - Google Maps Coordinate, a workforce management tool designed to improve communication between businesses and mobile workers and enable collaboration between teams with your mobile assets. Simply … Continue reading
StreetViolence.org, Crowd Sourcing Crime reports and a Citizen Warning System on the Map
I recently read about an interesting project underway in the UK, this courtesy of an article from the MailOnline – The London Mugging Map! Indeed a very interesting project that depends on crowd-sourced information to inform and educate the population … Continue reading
Google Maps US Election Results, Starting in Iowa
For those looking to follow the 2012 US Election, look no further than Google and the Google Election Results map and data resource. Google Politics and elections is in full steam with live data feeds currently being provided at the … Continue reading
Google Maps API Usage Limits and a new APi Premier (for mobile and desktop)
Google is making noise in the Geo Community this week with details of a charge for use of their popular Maps API (used by some 350,000 Geo devs around teh World) . So, what does this mean? Well, for basic … Continue reading
Google Enlists Crowd Sourced Community For Map Maker Canada
Yes indeed Canada, you finally have access to Google Map Maker, Google’s crowd-sourcing effort that enables you to contribute and clean up Google map data – Think OSM for Google! Map Maker was launched months ago in the US and … Continue reading
InstaEarth Puts Your Instagram photos on a Google map
I’m a big fan and user of Instagram on iOS. Here’s a nice implementation of the Instagram API along with google Maps. About the app from the developers… InstaEarth is a way to discover and view beautiful Instagram photography taken … Continue reading
Putting Food Inspections On The Map With Google Maps – #OpenGov
There’s no questioning that as Government become more transparent and make more data easily available to the public in usable data formats that awesome apps and excellent examples of civic engagement will result – enter the Seattle Food Inspection Map. … Continue reading
Community Map Edits for Google Maps with Map Maker
Have you ever had the need to make edits to a Google map? Google’s Map Maker service enables you to provide them with updates or additions to the map… it’s eerily similar to the way cool OpenStreetMap concept enlisting the … Continue reading
From iPhone to Google WebMap in 5 Simple Steps
Looking for yet another simple way to use your smartphone (with GPS) to create a fun webmap with little to no effort? Here’s an example map created with the following 5 steps using an iPhone 3GS: instagr.am app to capture … Continue reading
