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= Local News & Traffic by zip code.. Mapped!
Virender Ajmani over at Mibazaar.com has created a cool mashup that lets you find local news based on your U.S. zip code. This map definitely fits the mashup definition. It combines the following:Google Maps + Yahoo! Geocoding + Google RSS News Feeds + Yahoo! Traffic
To get started, simply enter your U.S. zip code to gather news headlines from Google News (Use 77058 if for an example). For most major cities there is a traffic map toggle that you can turn on that pulls in Yahoo! Traffic data. Once again Virender has created a great Google Maps mashup! Check out more of his creations linked from the left side of this map.
9 comments:
wow, very good idea.
This is cool stuff, now I just want to have people from that area add their picture etc. Hey do you want to do work for my Seattle Real Estate and local real estate website XoomPad.com I am not kidding, I wanto integrate this and othe tools with listings, I have some stuff I am working on. check out the Seattle real estate site UrbanTango.com Seattle Real Estate and our Real Estate agent website tools at Real Estate MLS Website XoomPad.com We already have integrated Google Maps to MLS listings.
awesome
I am in the process of adding Movie Theatres "button" using the new Yahoo Local Search v3 API. You think people will find this useful?
Cool stuff....Way to go...Would love to treat you....
Thanks for the offer for treating me, but you can treat yourself to some Indian or Italian Food in your neighborhood (if in US) - try out the dining buttons on the map at http://www.mibazaar.com/localnews
Will add Mexican and Chinese Dining also.
This is pretty cool, but are you sure Yahoo is all cool with you using their traffic data on another application? I wonder if this somehow violates their TOU.
Lot of folks are using Yahoo Geocoding with Google Maps. I just read this on Yahoo terms of use of their service "Yahoo! provides users with access to a rich collection of resources, including various communications tools, forums, shopping services, search services, personalized content and branded programming through its network of properties which may be accessed through any various medium or device now known or hereafter developed (the "Service")." I will try to find out more, though.
Hi,
Your mashup is excellent. But i am wondering what PHP script did you used?
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