New Interesting Mashups

John Musser, April 10th, 2006

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There have been a number of fun and/or interesting mashups added here lately. Here are some:

Color Fields Colr Pickr: Great way to find Flickr photos by color. Select colors directly or use the slider to adjust lightness and darkness. By Jim Bumgardner.
Idol Tracker: See where the American Idol 2006 candidate fan base is located. Look [...]

Google Releases Maps API v2

John Musser, April 4th, 2006

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Yesterday Google officially released version 2 of their Maps API (some testers have had this earlier). What’s new? API-level updates include:

JavaScript download is about 50% smaller
On ‘overview map’ that displays a mini collapsible map in corner
Greater extensibility for custom controls, overlays and map types
Fewer memory leaks and a handy debugging window

Still, no geocoding service yet [...]

Placebase vs. Google

John Musser, April 3rd, 2006

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Today Placebase, a five year old GIS mapping company out of LA, is directly taking on Goolge Maps by launching a new pay per transaction model commercial mapping product named Pushpin LE.
Their strategy is to target those developers who need more than Google offers, particularly in terms of support and licensing. They say PushPin [...]