Folksonomies and Google Maps?

by Joshua Porter  |   1 Comment  |  shortlink: http://bokardo.com/p/109

Add another one to the earlier post: FoundCity. Foundcity lets folks “tag” physical objects in a database and displays the locations of the objects on a Map so that others can find them. Like the others, uses Google Maps.

The number of applications for Google Maps must be astoundingly high. And, since these interfaces are being created by individuals and at such an amazing rate, it must be pretty easy to tie into the API.

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1.  bill h-d 3:19pm, Thu 19th, 2005

It’s funny…because there’s no official API for GoogleMaps…at least not yet. But there are a couple of good write-ups about how to get your hooks into it:

A description of GoogleMaps Standalone Mode
http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/gmaps-standalone/

GoogleMaps Hacking and Bookmarklets
http://libgmail.sourceforge.net/googlemaps.html

and

A How-To Build Customized Google Maps Tutorial!
http://mygmaps.com/mygmaps.cgi/

All of these are referenced in one another…and in various other places. But I thought I’d put them here too in case others were wondering.

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